From e8d874132e4224e8fc4c18d73b74f88965efed06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aharshi3614 <aharshisinha2020@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:53:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add default admin user seeding on first server start

---
 backend/.env.example           |  6 +++++-
 backend/seeders/adminSeeder.js | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 backend/server.js              |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 backend/seeders/adminSeeder.js

diff --git a/backend/.env.example b/backend/.env.example
index 8d082aa..76538e3 100644
--- a/backend/.env.example
+++ b/backend/.env.example
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ URL_VECTORIZER_PATH=url_vectorizer.pkl
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_client_id_here
 
 # MongoDB (used for scan history / analytics dashboard)
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@<cluster>/<db>?retryWrites=true&w=majority
\ No newline at end of file
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@<cluster>/<db>?retryWrites=true&w=majority
+
+# Default Admin
+ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@example.com
+ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin123
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/seeders/adminSeeder.js b/backend/seeders/adminSeeder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88cabd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/seeders/adminSeeder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const User = require('../models/User');
+
+const seedAdminUser = async () => {
+    try{
+        const adminExists = await User.findOne({ role: 'admin' });
+        if(!adminExists){
+            const email = process.env.ADMIN_EMAIL || 'admin@example.com';
+            const password = process.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD || 'admin123';
+
+            await User.create({
+                email,
+                password,
+                role: 'admin',
+                name: 'Admin'
+            });
+
+            conso;e.log('Admin user created successfully');
+            cnsole.log(`Email: ${email}`);
+            console.log(`Password: ${password}`);
+        }
+    }catch(error){
+        console.error('Error seeding admin user:', error);
+    }
+};
+
+module.exports = seedAdminUser;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index da7b7bc..eb4954c 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require("dotenv").config();
 const dns = require("dns");
 dns.setServers(["8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1"]); // ensure SRV records resolve on all networks
 const express = require("express");
+const seedAdminUser = require("./seeders/adminSeeder");
 const { getHealthStatus } = require('./utils/healthCheck');
 const cors = require("cors");
 const axios = require("axios");
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const app = express();
 mongoose
   .connect(process.env.MONGODB_URI)
   .then(() => console.log("✅ MongoDB connected"))
+   seedAdminUser()
   .catch((err) => console.error("❌ MongoDB connection error:", err));
 
 app.use(cors());