fix: define root role by setting the name of the role (#823)

src/lib/services/access-service.ts

@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@ export class AccessService {
         return this.store.addUserToRole(userId, roleId);
     }
 
-    async setUserRootRole(userId: number, roleId: number): Promise<void> {
-        const roles = await this.getRootRoles();
-        const newRootRole = roles.find(r => r.id === roleId);
+    async setUserRootRole(
+        userId: number,
+        role: number | RoleName,
+    ): Promise<void> {
+        const newRootRole = await this.resolveRootRole(role);
 
         if (newRootRole) {
             try {
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ export class AccessService {
                 );
             }
         } else {
-            throw new Error(`Could not find rootRole with id=${roleId}`);
+            throw new Error(`Could not find rootRole=${role}`);
         }
     }
 
@@ -316,6 +318,17 @@ export class AccessService {
         return this.store.getRootRoles();
     }
 
+    private async resolveRootRole(rootRole: number | RoleName): Promise<IRole> {
+        const rootRoles = await this.getRootRoles();
+        let role: IRole;
+        if (typeof rootRole === 'number') {
+            role = rootRoles.find(r => r.id === rootRole);
+        } else {
+            role = rootRoles.find(r => r.name === rootRole);
+        }
+        return role;
+    }
+
     async getRootRole(roleName: RoleName): Promise<IRole> {
         const roles = await this.store.getRootRoles();
         return roles.find(r => r.name === roleName);

src/lib/services/user-service.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { IUnleashStores } from '../types/stores';
 import PasswordUndefinedError from '../error/password-undefined';
 import EventStore from '../db/event-store';
 import { USER_UPDATED, USER_CREATED, USER_DELETED } from '../types/events';
+import { IRole } from '../db/access-store';
 
 const systemUser = new User({ id: -1, username: 'system' });
 
@@ -29,14 +30,14 @@ export interface ICreateUser {
     email?: string;
     username?: string;
     password?: string;
-    rootRole: number;
+    rootRole: number | RoleName;
 }
 
 export interface IUpdateUser {
     id: number;
     name?: string;
     email?: string;
-    rootRole?: number;
+    rootRole?: number | RoleName;
 }
 
 interface IUserWithRole extends IUser {
@@ -128,11 +129,7 @@ class UserService {
                 const passwordHash = await bcrypt.hash(pwd, saltRounds);
                 await this.store.setPasswordHash(user.id, passwordHash);
 
-                const rootRoles = await this.accessService.getRootRoles();
-                const adminRole = rootRoles.find(
-                    r => r.name === RoleName.ADMIN,
-                );
-                await this.accessService.setUserRootRole(user.id, adminRole.id);
+                await this.accessService.setUserRootRole(user.id, RoleName.ADMIN);
             } catch (e) {
                 this.logger.error('Unable to create default user "admin"');
             }

src/test/e2e/services/user-service.e2e.test.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ test.serial('should get user with root role', async t => {
     t.is(user.rootRole, adminRole.id);
 });
 
+test.serial('should get user with root role by name', async t => {
+    const email = 'some2@test.com';
+    const u = await userService.createUser({
+        email,
+        password: 'A very strange P4ssw0rd_',
+        rootRole: RoleName.ADMIN,
+    });
+    const user = await userService.getUser(u.id);
+    t.is(user.email, email);
+    t.is(user.id, u.id);
+    t.is(user.rootRole, adminRole.id);
+});
+
 test.serial(`deleting a user should delete the user's sessions`, async t => {
     const email = 'some@test.com';
     const user = await userService.createUser({