Merge pull request #234 from sul-dlss/roles

Allow a way to set user roles for development
sul-dlss-deprecated · Dec 12, 2018 · 6abb5a7 · 6abb5a7
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ rake hydrus:refreshfix RAILS_ENV=test
 
 ## Running the application
 
-Run the Hydrus application in either of these ways:
+You can provide the current user and roles using environment variables when the server is in development mode:
 
 ```bash
-rails server
+ROLES=dlss:hydrus-app-administrators CURRENT_USER=archivist1@stanford.edu rails server
 ```
 
 ## Useful URLs during development

diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ def current_user
       break unless cur_user
       if request.env['eduPersonEntitlement']
         cur_user.groups = request.env['eduPersonEntitlement'].split(';')
+      elsif Rails.env.development? && ENV['ROLES']
+        cur_user.groups = ENV['ROLES'].split(';')
       end
     end
   end