klz-cables.com/scripts/seed-payload.ts

import { getPayload } from 'payload';
import configPromise from '../payload.config';

async function seed() {
  console.log('🌱 Starting PayloadCMS seed process...');

  try {
    const payload = await getPayload({ config: configPromise });

    // Check if any users exist
    const { totalDocs } = await payload.find({
      collection: 'users',
      limit: 1,
    });

    if (totalDocs === 0) {
      console.log('👤 No users found. Creating default admin user...');
      await payload.create({
        collection: 'users',
        data: {
          email: 'admin@mintel.me',
          password: 'klz-admin-setup',
          firstName: 'KLZ',
          lastName: 'Admin',
          role: 'admin',
        },
      });
      console.log('✅ Default admin user created successfully.');
    } else {
      console.log(`ℹ️ Database already contains ${totalDocs} users. Skipping user creation.`);
    }

    console.log('✅ PayloadCMS seed completed successfully!');
    process.exit(0);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('❌ Failed to seed PayloadCMS database:', error);
    process.exit(1);
  }
}

seed();