role_request

Introduction

The Role request module allows users to submit request for roles and configure a role manager to approve/deny these requests.

The primary use case for this module is:

• Community site that let user apply for elevated status

Installation

Install as you would normally install a contributed Drupal module. See: https://www.drupal.org/node/895232 for further information.

Configuration

• Go to the administration for at admin/config/people/role-request
• Select at least one role that can be requested
• Ensure that authenticated users have permission to request roles

Workflow

• Users can request roles from their profile page
• The request is created as "pending review"
• An administrator with permissions reviews the request and approves it denies it
• On approval the roles are granted to the user requesting them
• The request can be stored for reference but it only has effect on approval

Features

• Emails can be configured with tokens to personalize the body
• Users can send a message along with the request to explain the reasons
• Admins can attach a note to the approval/denial of the requests

Future features

Not currently in development but these are nice-to-haves:

• Filter out roles that have pending/denied requests to be included in the list of roles that can be requested
• Let other modules react to the roles available depending on arbitrary conditions
• Allow users to see the status of their role requests
• Request roles on registration form (optional or mandatory)
• Delete request after a approval or a certain amount of time
• Views support for requests so admins can easily apply filters.

Maintainers

Current maintainers for Drupal 11:

• Rodrigo Aguilera (rodrigoaguilera) - https://www.drupal.org/u/rodrigoaguilera

Similar modules

Heavily inspired by Apply for role. Main motivation to start the Role Request module was to have a Drupal 11 compatible version and active maintainers that can add new features. Hopefully we can join efforts in the future.