updated seeder to skip users and ranking preferences in prod, updated list of allowed admins with ppl from llsc

Author: YashK2005

.env.sample

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ENV=development # set ENV=production in prod
+
 POSTGRES_DATABASE=llsc
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres

backend/.env.sample

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ENV=development # set ENV=production in prod
+
 POSTGRES_DATABASE=llsc
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres

backend/app/routes/auth.py

@@ -19,15 +19,21 @@
 # TODO: ADD RATE LIMITING
 @router.post("/register", response_model=UserCreateResponse)
 async def register_user(user: UserCreateRequest, user_service: UserService = Depends(get_user_service)):
-    allowed_Admins = [
+    allowed_admins = {
         "[email protected]",
         "[email protected]",
         "[email protected]",
         "[email protected]",
         "[email protected]",
-    ]
+        "[email protected]",
+        "[email protected]",
+        "[email protected]",
+        "[email protected]",
+        "[email protected]",
+    }
     if user.role == UserRole.ADMIN:
-        if user.email not in allowed_Admins:
+        normalized_email = user.email.lower() if user.email else ""
+        if normalized_email not in allowed_admins:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Access denied. Admin privileges required for admin portal")
 
     try:

backend/app/seeds/runner.py

@@ -45,24 +45,40 @@ def seed_database(verbose: bool = True) -> None:
     Args:
         verbose: Whether to print detailed output
     """
+    # Check environment to determine if we should seed test data
+    env = os.getenv("ENV", "development").lower()
+    is_production = env == "production"
+
     if verbose:
         print("🌱 Starting database seeding...")
+        if is_production:
+            print("⚠️  Production mode: Skipping test data (Users, Ranking Preferences)")
+        else:
+            print(f"🔧 {env.capitalize()} mode: Including test data")
 
     session = get_database_session()
 
     try:
         # Run all seed functions in dependency order
+        # Reference data - always seed these
         seed_functions = [
             ("Roles", seed_roles),
             ("Treatments", seed_treatments),
             ("Experiences", seed_experiences),
             ("Qualities", seed_qualities),
             ("Forms", seed_forms),
-            ("Users", seed_users),
-            ("Ranking Preferences", seed_ranking_preferences),
             ("Match Status", seed_match_status),
         ]
 
+        # Test data - only seed in non-production environments
+        if not is_production:
+            seed_functions.extend(
+                [
+                    ("Users", seed_users),
+                    ("Ranking Preferences", seed_ranking_preferences),
+                ]
+            )
+
         for name, seed_func in seed_functions:
             if verbose:
                 print(f"\n📦 Seeding {name}...")