The developers of better auth already added the ability to have roles in their admin plugin, use that addon instead of this one

🛡️ @hedystia/better-auth-admin

Enhance your Better Auth projects with powerful admin features! 🚀

🌟 Features

• 🔐 Role-based Access Control: Define and manage user roles and permissions
• 👥 Advanced User Management: Create, update, list, and remove users with ease
• 🚫 User Banning: Temporarily or permanently restrict user access
• 👤 User Impersonation: Securely access user accounts for support purposes
• 🔍 Flexible User Search: Find users quickly with powerful search and filter options
• 🛠️ Customizable Configuration: Tailor the admin features to your project needs

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install the package:

npm install @hedystia/better-auth-admin

2. Import the plugin in your auth.ts file:

import { admin } from "@hedystia/better-auth-admin";
import { betterAuth } from "better-auth";

export const auth = betterAuth({
  plugins: [
    // Other plugins...
    admin({
      // Configuration options
    }),
  ],
});

3. Add the plugin to your authClient.ts file:

import { adminClient } from "@hedystia/better-auth-admin/client";
import { createAuthClient } from "better-auth/client";

export default createAuthClient({
  plugins: [
    // Other plugins...
    adminClient()
  ],
});

🎨 Configuration

The admin plugin accepts an optional configuration object with the following properties:

admin({
  defaultRole: "user",
  adminRole: "admin",
  defaultBanReason: "No reason",
  defaultBanExpiresIn: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7, // 1 week
  impersonationSessionDuration: 60 * 60, // 1 hour
  permissions: {
    global: "*",
    createRole: "create_role",
    listPermissions: "list_permissions",
    listRoles: "list_roles",
    updateRole: "update_role",
    getRole: "get_role",
    setRole: "set_role",
    banUser: "ban_user",
    unBanUser: "un_ban_user",
    impersonateUser: "impersonate_user",
    stopImpersonating: "stop_impersonating",
    createUser: "create_user",
    updateUser: "update_user",
    deleteUser: "delete_user",
    listUsers: "list_users",
    setUserRole: "set_user_role",
    listUserSessions: "list_user_sessions",
    revokeUserSession: "revoke_user_session",
    revokeUserSessions: "revoke_user_sessions",
    linkUser: "link_user",
    unlinkUser: "unlink_user",
    removeUser: "remove_user",
  },
});

🌟 Why use this plugin?

This plugin is a fork of the original better-auth “admin” plugin but enhanced to support permissions for each role.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

🙏 Acknowledgements

• better-auth
• better-auth-admin