Laravel Role Manager

A comprehensive Laravel package for managing roles and permissions with a beautiful Vue 3 user interface. Built on top of the powerful Spatie Laravel Permission package, this package provides an intuitive web interface for managing your application's authorization system.

Features

• 🎨 Beautiful Vue 3 Interface - Modern, responsive UI built with Tailwind CSS
• 🔐 Complete Role Management - Create, edit, delete, and assign roles
• 🛡️ Permission Management - Manage permissions with an intuitive interface
• 👥 User Role Assignment - Easily assign and remove roles from users
• 📊 Dashboard Overview - Get insights into your authorization system
• 🔍 Search & Filter - Find roles, permissions, and users quickly
• 📱 Responsive Design - Works perfectly on desktop and mobile
• ⚡ Powered by Spatie's Laravel Permission Package - Seamless experience
• 🚀 Easy Installation - One command setup with automatic configuration

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 10.0+
• Node.js & NPM
• Vue 3

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require abdallahk/laravel-role-manager

Run the installation command:

php artisan role-manager:install

This command will:

• Publish configuration files
• Publish Vue components and assets

Run the migrations:

php artisan migrate

Configuration

User Model Setup

Add the HasRoles trait to your User model:

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Spatie\Permission\Traits\HasRoles;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasRoles;
    
    // ... rest of your User model
}

Configuration File

The package publishes a configuration file at config/role-manager.php:

<?php

return [
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Route Configuration
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    'route_prefix' => 'role-manager',
    
    'middleware' => ['web', 'auth'],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | UI Configuration
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    'ui' => [
        'title' => 'Role Manager',
        'theme' => 'default',
        'per_page' => 15,
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Models Configuration
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    'models' => [
        'user' => \App\Models\User::class,
    ],
];

Usage

Accessing the Interface

After installation, visit /role-manager to access the role management interface.

Dashboard

The dashboard provides an overview of your authorization system:

• Total roles, permissions, and users
• Recent role activity
• Quick action buttons
• System statistics

Managing Roles

Create a Role

1. Navigate to Roles → Add Role
2. Enter the role name
3. Select permissions for the role
4. Click "Create Role"

Edit a Role

1. Go to the Roles page
2. Click "Edit" on the desired role
3. Modify the role name or permissions
4. Click "Update Role"

Assign Permissions to Roles

You can assign permissions to roles in two ways:

• During role creation/editing
• Using the bulk permission assignment interface

Managing Permissions

Create a Permission

1. Navigate to Permissions → Add Permission
2. Enter a descriptive permission name
3. Click "Create Permission"

The interface provides common permission examples like:

• manage users
• edit posts
• view reports
• manage settings

User Role Management

View Users

The Users section shows all users with their assigned roles.

Assign Roles to Users

1. Go to Users → Select a user
2. Choose roles to assign
3. Click "Update User Roles"

Remove Roles from Users

1. Navigate to the user's detail page
2. Click "Remove" next to the role you want to remove

API Usage

The package also provides programmatic access to all functionality:

Creating Roles

use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;
use Spatie\Permission\Models\Permission;

// Create a role
$role = Role::create(['name' => 'editor']);

// Assign permissions to role
$role->givePermissionTo('edit posts', 'delete posts');

// Or sync permissions
$role->syncPermissions(['edit posts', 'delete posts', 'view posts']);

Creating Permissions

// Create permissions
Permission::create(['name' => 'edit posts']);
Permission::create(['name' => 'delete posts']);
Permission::create(['name' => 'manage users']);

Assigning Roles to Users

use App\Models\User;

$user = User::find(1);

// Assign role
$user->assignRole('editor');

// Assign multiple roles
$user->assignRole(['editor', 'moderator']);

// Sync roles (removes other roles)
$user->syncRoles(['editor']);

// Remove role
$user->removeRole('editor');

Checking Permissions

// Check if user has permission
if ($user->can('edit posts')) {
    // User can edit posts
}

// Check if user has role
if ($user->hasRole('editor')) {
    // User is an editor
}

// Check if user has any of the given roles
if ($user->hasAnyRole(['editor', 'admin'])) {
    // User is either editor or admin
}

Middleware

Use Spatie's middleware to protect routes:

// In your routes file
Route::middleware(['role:admin'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/admin/dashboard', [AdminController::class, 'dashboard']);
});

Route::middleware(['permission:manage users'])->group(function () {
    Route::resource('users', UserController::class);
});

Blade Directives

Use blade directives in your templates:

@role('admin')
    <p>This is visible to users with the admin role.</p>
@endrole

@hasrole('admin')
    <p>This is visible to users with the admin role.</p>
@endhasrole

@permission('edit posts')
    <p>This is visible to users with the edit posts permission.</p>
@endpermission

@hasanyrole('admin|moderator')
    <p>This is visible to users with admin or moderator roles.</p>
@endhasanyrole

Customization

Styling

The package uses Tailwind CSS. You can customize the appearance by:

1. Publishing the views:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=role-manager-views

2. Modifying the published Vue components in resources/views/vendor/role-manager/

Routes

You can customize the route prefix and middleware in the configuration file:

'route_prefix' => 'role-manager',
'middleware' => ['web', 'auth', 'role:admin'],

Per Page Items

Customize how many items are shown per page:

'ui' => [
    'per_page' => 25, // Default: 15
],

Security

Middleware Protection

The package routes are protected by the middleware defined in the configuration. By default, this includes:

• web - Web middleware group
• auth - Authentication required

Consider adding role-based middleware:

'middleware' => ['web', 'auth', 'role:admin'],

Mass Assignment Protection

All forms use Laravel's validation and mass assignment protection.

CSRF Protection

All forms include CSRF protection via Inertia.js.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Development Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: composer install && npm install
3. Run tests: composer test
4. Build assets: npm run build

Running Tests

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

Credits

• Built on top of Spatie Laravel Permission
• Vue 3 for the frontend
• Tailwind CSS for styling
• Laravel framework

Support

If you discover any security vulnerabilities, please send an e-mail to the package maintainer.

For general support and questions, please use the GitHub issues page.

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Laravel Role Manager - Making role and permission management beautiful and intuitive! 🚀