Implementing User-Role-Based Redirection in Vue.js

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Understanding the Problem

Let's say you have a web application with users who have the following roles:

User1: Customer

User2: Employee

User3: Admin

Each of these users should be redirected to their designated dashboard once they log in. Additionally, you want to ensure that if a user tries to access a dashboard without the necessary permissions (e.g., by manually typing the URL), they are redirected to a 404 error page.

To address this, we will break down our solution into several key components:

Storing User Role-Permissions

Redirecting Users After Login

Setting up Route Guards

1. Storing User Role-Permissions

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2. Redirecting Users After Login

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3. Setting up Route Guards

To protect your application from unauthorized access, implement router guards. This allows you to check the user's permissions before allowing them to access specific routes and redirect to a 404 page if they do not have access. Here’s how to set up a route guard using Vue Router’s beforeEach method:

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Conclusion