https://github.com/alan2207/epic-stack-with-user-impersonation

An example Remix application showcasing how to implement user impersonation in the Epic Stack.
https://github.com/alan2207/epic-stack-with-user-impersonation

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An example Remix application showcasing how to implement user impersonation in the Epic Stack.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/alan2207/epic-stack-with-user-impersonation
• Owner: alan2207
• Created: 2023-07-06T06:24:41.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-07T16:20:51.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-25T21:22:16.696Z (12 months ago)
• Topics: epic-stack, epic-stack-example, remix, user-impersonate
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 10.1 MB
• Stars: 36
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Epic Stack with User Impersonation

User impersonation is a feature that allows admin users to log in as any other

user without knowing their password. This is useful for troubleshooting issues

that a user may be experiencing.

This example demonstrates how to implement this feature in an Epic Stack application.

## Demo:

![Demo](./demo.gif)

## How it works

When an admin user wants to impersonate another user, we need to:

- Get the current session ID from the cookie and store it in the session as

  `impersonatorSessionId`

- Create a new session for the user we want to impersonate and store it in the

  cookie as `sessionId`

When the user stops impersonating, we need to:

- Take the session ID stored in `impersonatorSessionId` and assign it to

  `sessionId`, which will restore the original admin session.

- Clear `impersonatorSessionId` from the cookie