From 245803534bbf7e481be78314ff9fa1e07a0535ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BibaBot <bibabot@example.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:06:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: enhance role middleware with hasRole helper function

---
 backend/middleware/role.middleware.js | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/middleware/role.middleware.js b/backend/middleware/role.middleware.js
index b21750a..c22f6e8 100644
--- a/backend/middleware/role.middleware.js
+++ b/backend/middleware/role.middleware.js
@@ -20,4 +20,14 @@ export const requireRole = (requiredRoles) => {
       return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Forbidden' });
     }
   };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to check if a user has a specific role
+ * @param {string} userRole - The user's role
+ * @param {string[]} requiredRoles - Array of required roles
+ * @returns {boolean} Whether the user has at least one of the required roles
+ */
+export const hasRole = (userRole, requiredRoles) => {
+  return requiredRoles.includes(userRole);
 };
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