managers now have separate interface, role is checked on login

Author: phillipnguyenn

client/src/hooks/me.ts

@@ -2,13 +2,21 @@ import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 
 import api from "@/lib/api";
 
+export interface Profile {
+  id: number;
+  user: number;
+  profile_info: string;
+  role: string;
+}
+
 export interface User {
   id: number;
   username: string;
   first_name: string;
   last_name: string;
   email: string;
   is_staff: boolean;
+  profile: Profile;
 }
 
 export const useMe = () =>

client/src/pages/home.tsx

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function Home() {
           {me && (
             <div>
               <p>
-                Hello {me.first_name} ({me.username})
+                Hello {me.first_name} ({me.username} {me.profile.role})
               </p>
               <Button onClick={logout}>Logout</Button>
             </div>

client/src/pages/login.tsx

@@ -27,11 +27,23 @@ export default function Login() {
       username,
       password,
     });
-
     const { access, refresh } = res.data;
     setTokens(access, refresh);
 
-    router.push("/home");
+    // once logged in, get user role and redirect to appropriate page
+    const userResponse = await api.get("/user/me/");
+    const userRole = userResponse.data.profile.role;
+
+    switch (userRole) {
+      case "manager":
+        router.push("manager/dashboard");
+        break;
+      case "user":
+        router.push("/home");
+        break;
+      default:
+        router.push("/home");
+    }
   };
 
   return (

client/src/pages/manager/dashboard.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export default function ManagerDashboard() {
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <h1>Manager Dashboard</h1>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

server/user/migrations/0002_alter_profile_role.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.8 on 2026-01-02 07:56
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('user', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='profile',
+            name='role',
+            field=models.CharField(choices=[('user', 'User'), ('admin', 'Admin'), ('manager', 'Manager')], default='user', max_length=20),
+        ),
+    ]

server/user/models.py

@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ class Profile(models.Model):
     user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     profile_info = models.TextField(blank=True) # Or keep it as 'bio'?
 
-    ROLE_CHOICES = ('user','User'), ('admin','Admin')
-    role = models.CharField(max_length=20, default='user', choices=ROLE_CHOICES)  # Or we can use BooleanField is_manager: 
-                                                                                        #is_manager = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    ROLE_CHOICES = ('user','User'), ('admin','Admin'), ('manager','Manager')
+    role = models.CharField(max_length=20, default='user', choices=ROLE_CHOICES)
     def __str__(self):
         return f"Profile: {self.user.username}"