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Better Auth•4w ago
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Seeding an admin user

I want to seed an admin user in my Express app. export const auth = betterAuth({ appName: 'LaundryApp', basePath: '/api/auth', trustedOrigins: ['laundryapp://'], database: prismaAdapter(prisma, { provider: 'sqlite', }), plugins: [admin(), expo()], emailAndPassword: { enabled: true, disableSignUp: false, requireEmailVerification: false, minPasswordLength: 8, advanced: { generateId: false, }, maxPasswordLength: 128, autoSignIn: true, sendResetPassword: async ({ user, url, token }) => { console.log('Reset password URL:', url) // TODO }, resetPasswordTokenExpiresIn: 3600, // 1 hour password: { hash: async (password) => { const hashedPassword = await hash(password, 10) console.log(password) return hashedPassword }, verify: async ({ hash, password }) => { const isValid = await compare(password, hash) return isValid }, }, }, }) WHEN I TRY: auth.api.createUser({... I get UNAUTHORIZED ATTEMPTED WORKAROUND I created my user directly with prisma Note: I also added an account record that is linked to the user. But when i try to sign in the user from my frontend I get this : { "code": "INVALID_EMAIL_OR_PASSWORD", "message": "Invalid email or password" } My questions : Is there a diffrent way to login admins ?? I have checked the docs but not seen any Is it possible to seed user into the database using better-auth ?? Or do I have to do it manually and if so , how do i do it correctly
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Ping
Ping•4w ago
Hey I do have a seeding library which may be able to help you out: https://www.better-auth-kit.com/docs/cli/seed
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Ping
Ping•4w ago
If you want more finegrain control over the random values in the seeding process, you can do something like this: 
export const seed = Seed(async ({ get }) => {
    const first_name = await get($.firstname());
    const last_name = await get($.lastname());

    const isBanned = await get($.randomBoolean({ probability: 0.1 }));


    return {
        test: table({
            name: $.custom(() => `${first_name} ${last_name}`),
            first_name: $.custom(() => first_name),
            last_name: $.custom(() => last_name),

            banned: $.custom(() => isBanned),
            banReason: $.custom(() => isBanned ? "test" : null),
            banExpires: $.custom(() => isBanned ? get($.randomDate("future")) : null),
        }),
    };
});
export const seed = Seed(async ({ get }) => {
    const first_name = await get($.firstname());
    const last_name = await get($.lastname());

    const isBanned = await get($.randomBoolean({ probability: 0.1 }));


    return {
        test: table({
            name: $.custom(() => `${first_name} ${last_name}`),
            first_name: $.custom(() => first_name),
            last_name: $.custom(() => last_name),

            banned: $.custom(() => isBanned),
            banReason: $.custom(() => isBanned ? "test" : null),
            banExpires: $.custom(() => isBanned ? get($.randomDate("future")) : null),
        }),
    };
});
It's not documented yet.
ab
abOP•4w ago
Just checked it out its a great library. Though for my use-case I just need to seed a single user (Admin user). Let me try looking around if I get a solution I will post it here. If not I might have to roll my own auth

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