Which wedding details should users be allowed to update?
Define editable wedding fields with explicit permissions, validation, and clear boundaries between ordinary details and sensitive ownership settings.
Which wedding details should users be allowed to update?
Users should be able to update the wedding details their role and the approved product requirements permit them to maintain. There is no universal list: an application may start with the wedding display name, couple names, date, venue, and a short description, then add more fields as their behavior becomes clear.
Distinguish ordinary planning information from fields that control access or internal state.
Define a deliberate editable list
For each field, record who can change it, whether it is optional, and how the change affects other screens. An organizer might edit all basic details, while a collaborator can update selected planning fields and a guest can only view information intended for them.
Never copy every property from an incoming request directly into a database update. OWASP's mass-assignment guidance recommends limiting bound input to intended fields. Wedding identifiers, ownership, membership roles, and creation timestamps should not become editable simply because they exist on the record.
Explain changes with wider consequences
A venue name correction is usually straightforward. Changing a public wedding URL or event date may affect links, schedules, or invitations. Define those consequences before placing such fields in a general settings form.
Prefer a small, predictable initial form over an interface that exposes internal database details. A field can remain read-only until its update workflow is designed.
Enforce permissions when saving
The server should identify the signed-in user, load the relevant wedding relationship, and verify permission for the requested update. Hiding an input in the browser does not prevent a custom request from submitting that property.
Test an organizer, a collaborator, an unrelated account, and a guest. Also submit forbidden properties directly to the endpoint. A trustworthy editor preserves protected fields even when the request does not come from the intended interface.
Ownership transfer should use a separately designed workflow with explicit authorization and confirmation, because it changes access responsibilities rather than ordinary wedding information.
That depends on the documented role policy. Give collaborators only the fields their responsibilities require, and enforce those permissions on each server update.
Use a documented validation policy, such as rejecting unknown fields, and ensure unexpected properties never reach protected database fields through an unrestricted update.
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