Customization

Custom User Types

The user type is an Enum that has been registered with Concord, therefore it can be fully customized.

Add More Values To The Default User Types

This package ships with a default UserType Enum that can be either client (default), admin or api. It's possible to use those and add one or more values.

1. Create an extended enum in your app:

// app/UserType.php:
namespace App;

class UserType extends \Konekt\User\Models\UserType
{
    // Adding a new value:
    const CONTRACTOR = 'contractor';

    // Changing the default value:
    const __default = self::ADMIN;
}

2. Register it with Concord

// app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Konekt\User\Contracts\UserType as UserTypeContract;
use App\UserType;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function boot()
    {
        // Replace the UserType enum with the app's one:
        $this->app->concord->registerEnum(
            UserTypeContract::class,
            UserType::class
        );
    }
}

Use Completely Custom User Types

It's not mandatory to use any of the default user types, thus you can use your own, completely custom UserType enum. The only requirements are:

• it's an Enum,
• it implements the UserType interface,
• it has to be registered with Concord.

1. Create your own enum class:

// app/UserType.php:
namespace App;

class UserType implements \Konekt\User\Contracts\UserType
{

    const __default = self::EMPLOYEE;

    const EMPLOYEE = 'employee';
    const BOSS     = 'boss';
}

2. Register it with Concord

// app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Konekt\User\Contracts\UserType as UserTypeContract;
use App\UserType;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function boot()
    {
        // Replace the UserType enum with the app's one:
        $this->app->concord->registerEnum(
            UserTypeContract::class,
            UserType::class
        );
    }
}

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