starr-philproperties/controllers/admin/documentation/users.md

Users Controller Documentation

File: controllers/admin/users.controller.js
Base URL: /api/admin/users
Guards: authenticate → requireAdmin() → adminLimiter

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Table of Contents

• Get All Users
• Get Single User
• Add Staff User
• Update User
• Deactivate User
• Bulk Deactivate Users
• Restore User
• Bulk Restore Users
• Get Archived Users
• Get User Field Values
• Get User Sessions
• Terminate Session

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Get All Users

GET /api/admin/users

Returns a paginated list of active users.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
page	number	No	Page number. Default: 1
limit	number	No	Records per page. Default: 20
search	string	No	Search across user fields
sort_by	string	No	Column to sort by. Default: createdAt
sort_dir	string	No	Sort direction: ASC or DESC. Default: DESC
filters	array	No	Column filters from DataTable

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Users retrieved.",
  "data": {
    "rows": [
      {
        "user_id": 1,
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "acc_type": "admin",
        "reg_type": "system",
        "is_active": true,
        "is_verified": true,
        "personal_info": {
          "name": {
            "given_name": "John",
            "middle_name": null,
            "last_name": "Doe",
            "extension_name": null,
            "full_name": "John Doe"
          },
          "date_of_birth": null,
          "occupation": null,
          "addresses": [],
          "phone_number": []
        },
        "groups": [],
        "createdAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
        "updatedAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
        "deletedAt": null
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "total": 100,
      "page": 1,
      "limit": 20,
      "totalPages": 5
    }
  }
}

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Get Single User

GET /api/admin/users/:id

Returns a single user with their group memberships.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	number	Yes	User ID

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "User retrieved.",
  "data": {
    "user_id": 1,
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "acc_type": "admin",
    "is_active": true,
    "is_verified": true,
    "personal_info": { ... },
    "groups": [
      { "group_id": 1, "name": "Administrators" }
    ],
    "createdAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Response 404

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "User not found."
}

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Add Staff User

POST /api/admin/users/staff

Creates a new staff user with an auto-generated temporary password.
A welcome email is sent with the credentials and a 24-hour expiry notice.
The user is forced to change their password on first login.

Request Body application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
email	string	Yes	Staff user email address
personal_info.name.given_name	string	Yes	First name
personal_info.name.last_name	string	Yes	Last name
personal_info.name.middle_name	string	No	Middle name
personal_info.name.extension_name	string	No	Extension name e.g. Jr.
personal_info.date_of_birth	string	No	Date of birth
personal_info.occupation	string	No	Occupation

Response 201

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Staff user created successfully.",
  "data": {
    "user_id": 5,
    "email": "staff@example.com",
    "acc_type": "staff"
  }
}

Response 409

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Email is already in use."
}

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Update User

PUT /api/admin/users/:id

Updates a user's account type, active status, or personal information.
Admins cannot change their own acc_type.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	number	Yes	User ID

Request Body application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
acc_type	string	No	admin, staff, user
is_active	boolean	No	Active status
personal_info	object	No	Personal information object

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "User updated.",
  "data": { ...user }
}

Response 400

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Admins cannot change their own role."
}

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Deactivate User

DELETE /api/admin/users/:id

Soft deletes a user by setting deletedAt and is_active: false.
All active sessions are force-terminated.
Admins cannot deactivate their own account.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	number	Yes	User ID

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "User deactivated successfully."
}

Response 400

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "You cannot deactivate your own account."
}

---

Bulk Deactivate Users

DELETE /api/admin/users/bulk

Soft deletes multiple users at once.
Already-deactivated users are skipped and reported.
All active sessions for deactivated users are force-terminated.

Request Body application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
ids	number[]	Yes	Array of user IDs

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "3 user(s) deactivated successfully.",
  "data": {
    "deactivated_ids": [1, 2, 3],
    "skipped_ids": [4]
  }
}

---

Restore User

POST /api/admin/users/:id/restore

Restores a soft-deleted user by clearing deletedAt and setting is_active: true.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	number	Yes	User ID

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "User restored successfully."
}

Response 400

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "User is not deactivated."
}

---

Bulk Restore Users

POST /api/admin/users/bulk/restore

Restores multiple soft-deleted users at once.
Already-active users are skipped and reported.

Request Body application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
ids	number[]	Yes	Array of user IDs

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "3 user(s) restored successfully.",
  "data": {
    "restored_ids": [1, 2, 3],
    "skipped_ids": [4]
  }
}

---

Get Archived Users

GET /api/admin/users/archived

Returns a paginated list of soft-deleted users.

Query Parameters

Same as Get All Users.

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Archived users retrieved.",
  "data": {
    "rows": [ ...soft-deleted users ],
    "pagination": { ... }
  }
}

---

Get User Field Values

GET /api/admin/users/field-values

Returns distinct values for a given column — used to populate filter dropdowns in the DataTable.
Supports regular columns, date fields, audit fields, and JSONB dot-notation.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
field	string	Yes	Column name or JSONB path e.g. personal_info.name.given_name

Supported Field Types

Type	Example	Returns
Regular	acc_type	Distinct string values
Date	createdAt	Distinct dates (no time)
Audit by	createdBy	Full names of referenced users
JSONB	personal_info.name.given_name	Distinct JSONB path values

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Field values retrieved.",
  "data": ["admin", "staff", "user"]
}

Response 400

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Invalid or restricted field."
}

---

Get User Sessions

GET /api/admin/users/:id/sessions

Returns all sessions for a specific user, ordered by most recent.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	number	Yes	User ID

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Sessions retrieved.",
  "data": [
    {
      "session_id": 1,
      "user_id": 1,
      "is_active": true,
      "ip_address": "192.168.1.1",
      "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0...",
      "createdAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "logout_info": null
    }
  ]
}

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Terminate Session

DELETE /api/admin/users/:id/sessions/:sid

Force-terminates a specific user session.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	number	Yes	User ID
sid	number	Yes	Session ID

Response 200

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Session terminated."
}

Response 404

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Session not found."
}

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Error Responses

All endpoints return the following on server error:

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Internal server error."
}

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Notes

• Excluded fields — password, otp_code, otp_expires_at, must_change_password, password_expires_at are never returned in any response.
• Soft delete — deactivation sets deletedAt + is_active: false. Users are excluded from all queries unless explicitly queried with paranoid: false.
• Session termination — deactivating a user (single or bulk) always force-terminates all their active sessions.
• Audit fields — createdBy, updatedBy, deletedBy store the user_id of the admin who performed the action.