Merge dev into feat/progress-bar

2025-05-17 01:27:19 +02:00 · 2025-05-17 01:27:19 +02:00 · 43317c5dee
commit 43317c5dee
parent 779ebb28ee 17dd4a709e
120 changed files with 4409 additions and 1520 deletions
--- a/backend/.env.test
+++ b/backend/.env.test
@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ### Dwengo ###

 DWENGO_PORT=3000
+DWENGO_RUN_MODE=test

 DWENGO_DB_NAME=":memory:"
 DWENGO_DB_UPDATE=true
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
        "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
        "dotenv": "^16.4.7",
        "express": "^5.0.1",
+        "express-fileupload": "^1.5.1",
        "express-jwt": "^8.5.1",
        "gift-pegjs": "^1.0.2",
        "isomorphic-dompurify": "^2.22.0",
@ -37,9 +38,11 @@
        "jwks-rsa": "^3.1.0",
        "loki-logger-ts": "^1.0.2",
        "marked": "^15.0.7",
+        "mime-types": "^3.0.1",
        "nanoid": "^5.1.5",
        "response-time": "^2.3.3",
        "swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1",
+        "unzipper": "^0.12.3",
        "uuid": "^11.1.0",
        "winston": "^3.17.0",
        "winston-loki": "^6.1.3"
@ -48,10 +51,13 @@
        "@mikro-orm/cli": "6.4.12",
        "@types/cors": "^2.8.17",
        "@types/express": "^5.0.0",
+        "@types/express-fileupload": "^1.5.1",
        "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
+        "@types/mime-types": "^2.1.4",
        "@types/node": "^22.13.4",
        "@types/response-time": "^2.3.8",
        "@types/swagger-ui-express": "^4.1.8",
+        "@types/unzipper": "^0.10.11",
        "globals": "^15.15.0",
        "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
        "tsx": "^4.19.3",
--- a/backend/src/controllers/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/auth.ts
@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { UnauthorizedException } from '../exceptions/unauthorized-exception.js';
 import { getLogger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
 import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../middleware/auth/authenticated-request.js';
-import { createOrUpdateStudent } from '../services/students.js';
-import { createOrUpdateTeacher } from '../services/teachers.js';
 import { envVars, getEnvVar } from '../util/envVars.js';
-import { Response } from 'express';
+import { createOrUpdateStudent } from '../services/students.js';
+import { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { createOrUpdateTeacher } from '../services/teachers.js';
+import { AccountType } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/account-types';

 interface FrontendIdpConfig {
    authority: string;
@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ export function getFrontendAuthConfig(): FrontendAuthConfig {
    };
 }

+export function handleGetFrontendAuthConfig(_req: Request, res: Response): void {
+    res.json(getFrontendAuthConfig());
+}
+
 export async function postHelloHandler(req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response): Promise<void> {
    const auth = req.auth;
    if (!auth) {
@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ export async function postHelloHandler(req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response)
        firstName: auth.firstName ?? '',
        lastName: auth.lastName ?? '',
    };
-    if (auth.accountType === 'student') {
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Student) {
        await createOrUpdateStudent(userData);
        logger.debug(`Synchronized student ${userData.username} with IDP`);
    } else {
--- a/backend/src/controllers/learning-objects.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/learning-objects.ts
@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import { BadRequestException } from '../exceptions/bad-request-exception.js';
 import { NotFoundException } from '../exceptions/not-found-exception.js';
 import { envVars, getEnvVar } from '../util/envVars.js';
 import { FilteredLearningObject, LearningObjectIdentifierDTO, LearningPathIdentifier } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/learning-content';
+import { UploadedFile } from 'express-fileupload';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../middleware/auth/authenticated-request';
+import { requireFields } from './error-helper.js';

 function getLearningObjectIdentifierFromRequest(req: Request): LearningObjectIdentifierDTO {
    if (!req.params.hruid) {
@ -20,27 +23,35 @@ function getLearningObjectIdentifierFromRequest(req: Request): LearningObjectIde
 }

 function getLearningPathIdentifierFromRequest(req: Request): LearningPathIdentifier {
-    if (!req.query.hruid) {
-        throw new BadRequestException('HRUID is required.');
-    }
+    const { hruid, language } = req.params;
+    requireFields({ hruid });
+
    return {
-        hruid: req.params.hruid,
-        language: (req.query.language as Language) || FALLBACK_LANG,
+        hruid,
+        language: (language as Language) || FALLBACK_LANG,
    };
 }

 export async function getAllLearningObjects(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
-    const learningPathId = getLearningPathIdentifierFromRequest(req);
-    const full = req.query.full;
+    if (req.query.admin) {
+        // If the admin query parameter is present, the user wants to have all learning objects with this admin.
+        const learningObjects = await learningObjectService.getLearningObjectsAdministratedBy(req.query.admin as string);

-    let learningObjects: FilteredLearningObject[] | string[];
-    if (full) {
-        learningObjects = await learningObjectService.getLearningObjectsFromPath(learningPathId);
+        res.json(learningObjects);
    } else {
-        learningObjects = await learningObjectService.getLearningObjectIdsFromPath(learningPathId);
-    }
+        // Else he/she wants all learning objects on the path specified by the request parameters.
+        const learningPathId = getLearningPathIdentifierFromRequest(req);
+        const full = req.query.full;

-    res.json({ learningObjects: learningObjects });
+        let learningObjects: FilteredLearningObject[] | string[];
+        if (full) {
+            learningObjects = await learningObjectService.getLearningObjectsFromPath(learningPathId);
+        } else {
+            learningObjects = await learningObjectService.getLearningObjectIdsFromPath(learningPathId);
+        }
+
+        res.json({ learningObjects: learningObjects });
+    }
 }

 export async function getLearningObject(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
@ -72,3 +83,32 @@ export async function getAttachment(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void>
    }
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', attachment.mimeType).send(attachment.content);
 }
+
+export async function handlePostLearningObject(req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    if (!req.files || !req.files.learningObject) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('No file uploaded');
+    }
+    const learningObject = await learningObjectService.storeLearningObject((req.files.learningObject as UploadedFile).tempFilePath, [
+        req.auth!.username,
+    ]);
+    res.json(learningObject);
+}
+
+export async function handleDeleteLearningObject(req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const learningObjectId = getLearningObjectIdentifierFromRequest(req);
+
+    if (!learningObjectId.version) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('When deleting a learning object, a version must be specified.');
+    }
+
+    const deletedLearningObject = await learningObjectService.deleteLearningObject({
+        hruid: learningObjectId.hruid,
+        version: learningObjectId.version,
+        language: learningObjectId.language,
+    });
+    if (deletedLearningObject) {
+        res.json(deletedLearningObject);
+    } else {
+        throw new NotFoundException('Learning object not found');
+    }
+}
--- a/backend/src/controllers/learning-paths.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/learning-paths.ts
@ -7,51 +7,103 @@ import { BadRequestException } from '../exceptions/bad-request-exception.js';
 import { NotFoundException } from '../exceptions/not-found-exception.js';
 import { Group } from '../entities/assignments/group.entity.js';
 import { getAssignmentRepository, getGroupRepository } from '../data/repositories.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../middleware/auth/authenticated-request.js';
+import { LearningPath, LearningPathIdentifier } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/learning-content';
+import { getTeacher } from '../services/teachers.js';
+import { requireFields } from './error-helper.js';

 /**
 * Fetch learning paths based on query parameters.
 */
 export async function getLearningPaths(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
-    const hruids = req.query.hruid;
-    const themeKey = req.query.theme as string;
-    const searchQuery = req.query.search as string;
-    const language = (req.query.language as string) || FALLBACK_LANG;
-
-    const forGroupNo = req.query.forGroup as string;
-    const assignmentNo = req.query.assignmentNo as string;
-    const classId = req.query.classId as string;
-
-    let forGroup: Group | undefined;
-
-    if (forGroupNo) {
-        if (!assignmentNo || !classId) {
-            throw new BadRequestException('If forGroupNo is specified, assignmentNo and classId must also be specified.');
-        }
-        const assignment = await getAssignmentRepository().findByClassIdAndAssignmentId(classId, parseInt(assignmentNo));
-        if (assignment) {
-            forGroup = (await getGroupRepository().findByAssignmentAndGroupNumber(assignment, parseInt(forGroupNo))) ?? undefined;
-        }
-    }
-
-    let hruidList;
-
-    if (hruids) {
-        hruidList = Array.isArray(hruids) ? hruids.map(String) : [String(hruids)];
-    } else if (themeKey) {
-        const theme = themes.find((t) => t.title === themeKey);
-        if (theme) {
-            hruidList = theme.hruids;
-        } else {
-            throw new NotFoundException(`Theme "${themeKey}" not found.`);
-        }
-    } else if (searchQuery) {
-        const searchResults = await learningPathService.searchLearningPaths(searchQuery, language as Language, forGroup);
-        res.json(searchResults);
-        return;
+    const admin = req.query.admin;
+    if (admin) {
+        const paths = await learningPathService.getLearningPathsAdministratedBy(admin as string);
+        res.json(paths);
    } else {
-        hruidList = themes.flatMap((theme) => theme.hruids);
-    }
+        const hruids = req.query.hruid;
+        const themeKey = req.query.theme as string;
+        const searchQuery = req.query.search as string;
+        const language = (req.query.language as string) || FALLBACK_LANG;

-    const learningPaths = await learningPathService.fetchLearningPaths(hruidList, language as Language, `HRUIDs: ${hruidList.join(', ')}`, forGroup);
-    res.json(learningPaths.data);
+        const forGroupNo = req.query.forGroup as string;
+        const assignmentNo = req.query.assignmentNo as string;
+        const classId = req.query.classId as string;
+
+        let forGroup: Group | undefined;
+
+        if (forGroupNo) {
+            if (!assignmentNo || !classId) {
+                throw new BadRequestException('If forGroupNo is specified, assignmentNo and classId must also be specified.');
+            }
+            const assignment = await getAssignmentRepository().findByClassIdAndAssignmentId(classId, parseInt(assignmentNo));
+            if (assignment) {
+                forGroup = (await getGroupRepository().findByAssignmentAndGroupNumber(assignment, parseInt(forGroupNo))) ?? undefined;
+            }
+        }
+
+        let hruidList;
+
+        if (hruids) {
+            hruidList = Array.isArray(hruids) ? hruids.map(String) : [String(hruids)];
+        } else if (themeKey) {
+            const theme = themes.find((t) => t.title === themeKey);
+            if (theme) {
+                hruidList = theme.hruids;
+            } else {
+                throw new NotFoundException(`Theme "${themeKey}" not found.`);
+            }
+        } else if (searchQuery) {
+            const searchResults = await learningPathService.searchLearningPaths(searchQuery, language as Language, forGroup);
+            res.json(searchResults);
+            return;
+        } else {
+            hruidList = themes.flatMap((theme) => theme.hruids);
+        }
+
+        const learningPaths = await learningPathService.fetchLearningPaths(
+            hruidList,
+            language as Language,
+            `HRUIDs: ${hruidList.join(', ')}`,
+            forGroup
+        );
+        res.json(learningPaths.data);
+    }
+}
+
+function postOrPutLearningPath(isPut: boolean): (req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response) => Promise<void> {
+    return async (req, res) => {
+        const path = req.body as LearningPath;
+        const { hruid: hruidParam, language: languageParam } = req.params;
+
+        if (isPut) {
+            requireFields({ hruidParam, languageParam, path });
+        }
+
+        const teacher = await getTeacher(req.auth!.username);
+        if (isPut) {
+            if (req.params.hruid !== path.hruid || req.params.language !== path.language) {
+                throw new BadRequestException('id_not_matching_query_params');
+            }
+            await learningPathService.deleteLearningPath({ hruid: path.hruid, language: path.language as Language });
+        }
+        res.json(await learningPathService.createNewLearningPath(path, [teacher]));
+    };
+}
+
+export const postLearningPath = postOrPutLearningPath(false);
+export const putLearningPath = postOrPutLearningPath(true);
+
+export async function deleteLearningPath(req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response): Promise<void> {
+    const { hruid, language } = req.params;
+
+    requireFields({ hruid, language });
+
+    const id: LearningPathIdentifier = { hruid, language: language as Language };
+    const deletedPath = await learningPathService.deleteLearningPath(id);
+    if (deletedPath) {
+        res.json(deletedPath);
+    } else {
+        throw new NotFoundException('The learning path could not be found.');
+    }
 }
--- a/backend/src/controllers/students.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/students.ts
@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export async function createStudentRequestHandler(req: Request, res: Response):
    const classId = req.body.classId;
    requireFields({ username, classId });

-    const request = await createClassJoinRequest(username, classId);
+    const request = await createClassJoinRequest(username, classId.toUpperCase());
    res.json({ request });
 }

--- a/backend/src/controllers/teacher-invitations.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/teacher-invitations.ts
@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { requireFields } from './error-helper.js';
 import { createInvitation, deleteInvitation, getAllInvitations, getInvitation, updateInvitation } from '../services/teacher-invitations.js';
 import { TeacherInvitationData } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/teacher-invitation';
+import { ConflictException } from '../exceptions/conflict-exception.js';

 export async function getAllInvitationsHandler(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> {
    const username = req.params.username;
@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ export async function createInvitationHandler(req: Request, res: Response): Prom
    const classId = req.body.class;
    requireFields({ sender, receiver, classId });

+    if (sender === receiver) {
+        throw new ConflictException('Cannot send an invitation to yourself');
+    }
+
    const data = req.body as TeacherInvitationData;
    const invitation = await createInvitation(data);

--- a/backend/src/data/content/learning-object-repository.ts
+++ b/backend/src/data/content/learning-object-repository.ts
@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class LearningObjectRepository extends DwengoEntityRepository<LearningObj
                version: identifier.version,
            },
            {
-                populate: ['keywords'],
+                populate: ['keywords', 'admins'],
            }
        );
    }
@ -31,4 +31,23 @@ export class LearningObjectRepository extends DwengoEntityRepository<LearningObj
            }
        );
    }
+
+    public async findAllByAdmin(adminUsername: string): Promise<LearningObject[]> {
+        return this.find(
+            {
+                admins: {
+                    username: adminUsername,
+                },
+            },
+            { populate: ['admins'] } // Make sure to load admin relations
+        );
+    }
+
+    public async removeByIdentifier(identifier: LearningObjectIdentifier): Promise<LearningObject | null> {
+        const learningObject = await this.findByIdentifier(identifier);
+        if (learningObject) {
+            await this.em.removeAndFlush(learningObject);
+        }
+        return learningObject;
+    }
 }
--- a/backend/src/data/content/learning-path-repository.ts
+++ b/backend/src/data/content/learning-path-repository.ts
@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import { Language } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/language';
 import { LearningPathNode } from '../../entities/content/learning-path-node.entity.js';
 import { RequiredEntityData } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { LearningPathTransition } from '../../entities/content/learning-path-transition.entity.js';
-import { EntityAlreadyExistsException } from '../../exceptions/entity-already-exists-exception.js';

 export class LearningPathRepository extends DwengoEntityRepository<LearningPath> {
    public async findByHruidAndLanguage(hruid: string, language: Language): Promise<LearningPath | null> {
-        return this.findOne({ hruid: hruid, language: language }, { populate: ['nodes', 'nodes.transitions'] });
+        return this.findOne({ hruid: hruid, language: language }, { populate: ['nodes', 'nodes.transitions', 'admins'] });
    }

    /**
@ -24,7 +23,21 @@ export class LearningPathRepository extends DwengoEntityRepository<LearningPath>
                language: language,
                $or: [{ title: { $like: `%${query}%` } }, { description: { $like: `%${query}%` } }],
            },
-            populate: ['nodes', 'nodes.transitions'],
+            populate: ['nodes', 'nodes.transitions', 'admins'],
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all learning paths which have the user with the given username as an administrator.
+     */
+    public async findAllByAdminUsername(adminUsername: string): Promise<LearningPath[]> {
+        return this.findAll({
+            where: {
+                admins: {
+                    username: adminUsername,
+                },
+            },
+            populate: ['nodes', 'nodes.transitions', 'admins'],
        });
    }

@ -36,18 +49,15 @@ export class LearningPathRepository extends DwengoEntityRepository<LearningPath>
        return this.em.create(LearningPathTransition, transitionData);
    }

-    public async saveLearningPathNodesAndTransitions(
-        path: LearningPath,
-        nodes: LearningPathNode[],
-        transitions: LearningPathTransition[],
-        options?: { preventOverwrite?: boolean }
-    ): Promise<void> {
-        if (options?.preventOverwrite && (await this.findOne(path))) {
-            throw new EntityAlreadyExistsException('A learning path with this hruid/language combination already exists.');
+    /**
+     * Deletes the learning path with the given hruid and language.
+     * @returns the deleted learning path or null if it was not found.
+     */
+    public async deleteByHruidAndLanguage(hruid: string, language: Language): Promise<LearningPath | null> {
+        const path = await this.findByHruidAndLanguage(hruid, language);
+        if (path) {
+            await this.em.removeAndFlush(path);
        }
-        const em = this.getEntityManager();
-        await em.persistAndFlush(path);
-        await Promise.all(nodes.map(async (it) => em.persistAndFlush(it)));
-        await Promise.all(transitions.map(async (it) => em.persistAndFlush(it)));
+        return path;
    }
 }
--- a/backend/src/data/questions/question-repository.ts
+++ b/backend/src/data/questions/question-repository.ts
@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { Question } from '../../entities/questions/question.entity.js';
 import { LearningObjectIdentifier } from '../../entities/content/learning-object-identifier.js';
 import { Student } from '../../entities/users/student.entity.js';
 import { LearningObject } from '../../entities/content/learning-object.entity.js';
+import { Group } from '../../entities/assignments/group.entity.js';
 import { Assignment } from '../../entities/assignments/assignment.entity.js';
 import { Loaded } from '@mikro-orm/core';
-import { Group } from '../../entities/assignments/group.entity';

 export class QuestionRepository extends DwengoEntityRepository<Question> {
    public async createQuestion(question: { loId: LearningObjectIdentifier; author: Student; inGroup: Group; content: string }): Promise<Question> {
--- a/backend/src/entities/content/attachment.entity.ts
+++ b/backend/src/entities/content/attachment.entity.ts
@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export class Attachment {
    @ManyToOne({
        entity: () => LearningObject,
        primary: true,
+        deleteRule: 'cascade',
    })
    learningObject!: LearningObject;

--- a/backend/src/entities/content/learning-object.entity.ts
+++ b/backend/src/entities/content/learning-object.entity.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ArrayType, Embedded, Entity, Enum, ManyToMany, OneToMany, PrimaryKey, Property } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { ArrayType, Collection, Embedded, Entity, Enum, ManyToMany, OneToMany, PrimaryKey, Property } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { Attachment } from './attachment.entity.js';
 import { Teacher } from '../users/teacher.entity.js';
 import { DwengoContentType } from '../../services/learning-objects/processing/content-type.js';
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class LearningObject {
    @ManyToMany({
        entity: () => Teacher,
    })
-    admins!: Teacher[];
+    admins: Collection<Teacher> = new Collection<Teacher>(this);

    @Property({ type: 'string' })
    title!: string;
@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class LearningObject {
        entity: () => Attachment,
        mappedBy: 'learningObject',
    })
-    attachments: Attachment[] = [];
+    attachments: Collection<Attachment> = new Collection<Attachment>(this);

    @Property({ type: 'blob' })
    content!: Buffer;
--- a/backend/src/entities/content/learning-path-node.entity.ts
+++ b/backend/src/entities/content/learning-path-node.entity.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Collection, Entity, Enum, ManyToOne, OneToMany, PrimaryKey, Property, Rel } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { Cascade, Collection, Entity, Enum, ManyToOne, OneToMany, PrimaryKey, Property, Rel } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { LearningPath } from './learning-path.entity.js';
 import { LearningPathTransition } from './learning-path-transition.entity.js';
 import { Language } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/language';
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class LearningPathNode {
    @Property({ type: 'bool' })
    startNode!: boolean;

-    @OneToMany({ entity: () => LearningPathTransition, mappedBy: 'node' })
+    @OneToMany({ entity: () => LearningPathTransition, mappedBy: 'node', cascade: [Cascade.ALL] })
    transitions!: Collection<LearningPathTransition>;

    @Property({ length: 3 })
--- a/backend/src/entities/content/learning-path.entity.ts
+++ b/backend/src/entities/content/learning-path.entity.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Collection, Entity, Enum, ManyToMany, OneToMany, PrimaryKey, Property } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { Cascade, Collection, Entity, Enum, ManyToMany, OneToMany, PrimaryKey, Property } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { Teacher } from '../users/teacher.entity.js';
 import { LearningPathRepository } from '../../data/content/learning-path-repository.js';
 import { LearningPathNode } from './learning-path-node.entity.js';
@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ export class LearningPath {
    @Property({ type: 'blob', nullable: true })
    image: Buffer | null = null;

-    @OneToMany({ entity: () => LearningPathNode, mappedBy: 'learningPath' })
+    @OneToMany({ entity: () => LearningPathNode, mappedBy: 'learningPath', cascade: [Cascade.ALL] })
    nodes: Collection<LearningPathNode> = new Collection<LearningPathNode>(this);
 }
--- a/backend/src/interfaces/user.ts
+++ b/backend/src/interfaces/user.ts
@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export function mapToUserDTO(user: User): UserDTO {
    };
 }

+export function mapToUsername(user: { username: string }): string {
+    return user.username;
+}
+
 export function mapToUser<T extends User>(userData: UserDTO, userInstance: T): T {
    userInstance.username = userData.username;
    userInstance.firstName = userData.firstName;
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/auth.ts
@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import * as express from 'express';
 import { AuthenticatedRequest } from './authenticated-request.js';
 import { AuthenticationInfo } from './authentication-info.js';
 import { UnauthorizedException } from '../../exceptions/unauthorized-exception.js';
-import { ForbiddenException } from '../../exceptions/forbidden-exception.js';

 const JWKS_CACHE = true;
 const JWKS_RATE_LIMIT = true;
@ -108,36 +107,3 @@ function addAuthenticationInfo(req: AuthenticatedRequest, _res: express.Response
 }

 export const authenticateUser = [verifyJwtToken, addAuthenticationInfo];
-
-/**
- * Middleware which rejects unauthenticated users (with HTTP 401) and authenticated users which do not fulfill
- * the given access condition.
- * @param accessCondition Predicate over the current AuthenticationInfo. Access is only granted when this evaluates
- *                        to true.
- */
-export function authorize(accessCondition: (auth: AuthenticationInfo) => boolean) {
-    return (req: AuthenticatedRequest, _res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction): void => {
-        if (!req.auth) {
-            throw new UnauthorizedException();
-        } else if (!accessCondition(req.auth)) {
-            throw new ForbiddenException();
-        } else {
-            next();
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-/**
- * Middleware which rejects all unauthenticated users, but accepts all authenticated users.
- */
-export const authenticatedOnly = authorize((_) => true);
-
-/**
- * Middleware which rejects requests from unauthenticated users or users that aren't students.
- */
-export const studentsOnly = authorize((auth) => auth.accountType === 'student');
-
-/**
- * Middleware which rejects requests from unauthenticated users or users that aren't teachers.
- */
-export const teachersOnly = authorize((auth) => auth.accountType === 'teacher');
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/authenticated-request.d.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/authenticated-request.d.ts
@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import { Request } from 'express';
 import { JwtPayload } from 'jsonwebtoken';
 import { AuthenticationInfo } from './authentication-info.js';
+import * as core from 'express-serve-static-core';

-export interface AuthenticatedRequest extends Request {
+export interface AuthenticatedRequest<
+    P = core.ParamsDictionary,
+    ResBody = unknown,
+    ReqBody = unknown,
+    ReqQuery = core.Query,
+    Locals extends Record<string, unknown> = Record<string, unknown>,
+> extends Request<P, ResBody, ReqBody, ReqQuery, Locals> {
    // Properties are optional since the user is not necessarily authenticated.
    jwtPayload?: JwtPayload;
    auth?: AuthenticationInfo;
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/assignment-auth-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/assignment-auth-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+import { fetchClass } from '../../../services/classes.js';
+import { fetchAllGroups } from '../../../services/groups.js';
+import { mapToUsername } from '../../../interfaces/user.js';
+import { AccountType } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/account-types';
+
+/**
+ * Expects the path to contain the path parameters 'classId' and 'id' (meaning the ID of the assignment).
+ * Only allows requests from users who are
+ * - either teachers of the class the assignment was posted in,
+ * - or students in a group of the assignment.
+ */
+export const onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment = authorize(async (auth, req) => {
+    const { classid: classId, id: assignmentId } = req.params as { classid: string; id: number };
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher) {
+        const clazz = await fetchClass(classId);
+        return clazz.teachers.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+    }
+    const groups = await fetchAllGroups(classId, assignmentId);
+    return groups.some((group) => group.members.map((member) => member.username).includes(auth.username));
+});
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request.js';
+import * as express from 'express';
+import { RequestHandler } from 'express';
+import { UnauthorizedException } from '../../../exceptions/unauthorized-exception.js';
+import { ForbiddenException } from '../../../exceptions/forbidden-exception.js';
+import { envVars, getEnvVar } from '../../../util/envVars.js';
+import { AccountType } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/account-types';
+
+/**
+ * Middleware which rejects unauthenticated users (with HTTP 401) and authenticated users which do not fulfill
+ * the given access condition.
+ * @param accessCondition Predicate over the current AuthenticationInfo. Access is only granted when this evaluates
+ *                        to true.
+ */
+export function authorize<P, ResBody, ReqBody, ReqQuery, Locals extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+    accessCondition: (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest<P, ResBody, ReqBody, ReqQuery, Locals>) => boolean | Promise<boolean>
+): RequestHandler<P, ResBody, ReqBody, ReqQuery, Locals> {
+    // Bypass authentication during testing
+    if (getEnvVar(envVars.RunMode) === 'test') {
+        return async (
+            _req: AuthenticatedRequest<P, ResBody, ReqBody, ReqQuery, Locals>,
+            _res: express.Response,
+            next: express.NextFunction
+        ): Promise<void> => {
+            next();
+        };
+    }
+
+    return async (
+        req: AuthenticatedRequest<P, ResBody, ReqBody, ReqQuery, Locals>,
+        _res: express.Response,
+        next: express.NextFunction
+    ): Promise<void> => {
+        if (!req.auth) {
+            throw new UnauthorizedException();
+        } else if (!(await accessCondition(req.auth, req))) {
+            throw new ForbiddenException();
+        } else {
+            next();
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Middleware which rejects all unauthenticated users, but accepts all authenticated users.
+ */
+export const authenticatedOnly = authorize((_) => true);
+/**
+ * Middleware which rejects requests from unauthenticated users or users that aren't students.
+ */
+export const studentsOnly = authorize((auth) => auth.accountType === AccountType.Student);
+/**
+ * Middleware which rejects requests from unauthenticated users or users that aren't teachers.
+ */
+export const teachersOnly = authorize((auth) => auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher);
+/**
+ * Middleware which is to be used on requests no normal user should be able to execute.
+ * Since there is no concept of administrator accounts yet, currently, those requests will always be blocked.
+ */
+export const adminOnly = authorize(() => false);
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/class-auth-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/class-auth-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request.js';
+import { fetchClass } from '../../../services/classes.js';
+import { mapToUsername } from '../../../interfaces/user.js';
+import { getAllInvitations } from '../../../services/teacher-invitations.js';
+import { AccountType } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/account-types';
+
+async function teaches(teacherUsername: string, classId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    const clazz = await fetchClass(classId);
+    return clazz.teachers.map(mapToUsername).includes(teacherUsername);
+}
+
+/**
+ * To be used on a request with path parameters username and classId.
+ * Only allows requests whose username parameter is equal to the username of the user who is logged in and requests
+ * whose classId parameter references a class the logged-in user is a teacher of.
+ */
+export const onlyAllowStudentHimselfAndTeachersOfClass = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    if (req.params.username === auth.username) {
+        return true;
+    } else if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher) {
+        return teaches(auth.username, req.params.classId);
+    }
+    return false;
+});
+
+/**
+ * Only let the request pass through if its path parameter "username" is the username of the currently logged-in
+ * teacher and the path parameter "classId" refers to a class the teacher teaches.
+ */
+export const onlyAllowTeacherOfClass = authorize(
+    async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => req.params.username === auth.username && teaches(auth.username, req.params.classId)
+);
+
+/**
+ * Only let the request pass through if the class id in it refers to a class the current user is in (as a student
+ * or teacher)
+ */
+export const onlyAllowIfInClass = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const classId = req.params.classId ?? req.params.classid ?? req.params.id;
+    const clazz = await fetchClass(classId);
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher) {
+        return clazz.teachers.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+    }
+    return clazz.students.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+});
+
+export const onlyAllowIfInClassOrInvited = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const classId = req.params.classId ?? req.params.classid ?? req.params.id;
+    const clazz = await fetchClass(classId);
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher) {
+        const invitations = await getAllInvitations(auth.username, false);
+        return clazz.teachers.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username) || invitations.some((invitation) => invitation.classId === classId);
+    }
+    return clazz.students.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+});
+
+/**
+ * Only allows the request to pass if the 'class' property in its body is a class the current user is a member of.
+ */
+export const onlyAllowOwnClassInBody = authorize(async (auth, req) => {
+    const classId = (req.body as { class: string })?.class;
+    const clazz = await fetchClass(classId);
+
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher) {
+        return clazz.teachers.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+    }
+    return clazz.students.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+});
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/group-auth-checker.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/group-auth-checker.ts
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+import { fetchClass } from '../../../services/classes.js';
+import { fetchGroup } from '../../../services/groups.js';
+import { mapToUsername } from '../../../interfaces/user.js';
+import { AccountType } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/account-types';
+
+/**
+ * Expects the path to contain the path parameters 'classid', 'assignmentid' and 'groupid'.
+ * Only allows requests from users who are
+ * - either teachers of the class the assignment for the group was posted in,
+ * - or students in the group
+ */
+export const onlyAllowIfHasAccessToGroup = authorize(async (auth, req) => {
+    const {
+        classid: classId,
+        assignmentid: assignmentId,
+        groupid: groupId,
+    } = req.params as { classid: string; assignmentid: number; groupid: number };
+
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher) {
+        const clazz = await fetchClass(classId);
+        return clazz.teachers.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+    } // User is student
+    const group = await fetchGroup(classId, assignmentId, groupId);
+    return group.members.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+});
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/learning-content-auth-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/learning-content-auth-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks';
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request';
+import { AccountType } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/account-types';
+
+/**
+ * Only allows requests whose learning path personalization query parameters ('forGroup' / 'assignmentNo' / 'classId')
+ * are
+ * - either not set
+ * - or set to a group the user is in,
+ * - or set to anything if the user is a teacher.
+ */
+export const onlyAllowPersonalizationForOwnGroup = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const { forGroup, assignmentNo, classId } = req.params;
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Student && forGroup && assignmentNo && classId) {
+        // TODO: groupNumber?
+        // Const group = await fetchGroup(Number(classId), Number(assignmentNo), )
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+});
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/learning-object-auth-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/learning-object-auth-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Language } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/language';
+import learningObjectService from '../../../services/learning-objects/learning-object-service.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request.js';
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info.js';
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+
+export const onlyAdminsForLearningObject = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const { hruid } = req.params;
+    const { version, language } = req.query;
+    const admins = await learningObjectService.getAdmins({
+        hruid,
+        language: language as Language,
+        version: parseInt(version as string),
+    });
+    return admins.includes(auth.username);
+});
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/learning-path-auth-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/learning-path-auth-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Language } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/language';
+import learningPathService from '../../../services/learning-paths/learning-path-service.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request.js';
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info.js';
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+
+export const onlyAdminsForLearningPath = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const adminsForLearningPath = await learningPathService.getAdmins({
+        hruid: req.params.hruid,
+        language: req.params.language as Language,
+    });
+    return adminsForLearningPath && adminsForLearningPath.includes(auth.username);
+});
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/question-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/question-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request.js';
+import { requireFields } from '../../../controllers/error-helper.js';
+import { getLearningObjectId, getQuestionId } from '../../../controllers/questions.js';
+import { fetchQuestion } from '../../../services/questions.js';
+import { FALLBACK_SEQ_NUM } from '../../../config.js';
+import { fetchAnswer } from '../../../services/answers.js';
+import { mapToUsername } from '../../../interfaces/user.js';
+import { AccountType } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/account-types';
+
+export const onlyAllowAuthor = authorize(
+    (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => (req.body as { author: string }).author === auth.username
+);
+
+export const onlyAllowAuthorRequest = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const hruid = req.params.hruid;
+    const version = req.params.version;
+    const language = req.query.lang as string;
+    const seq = req.params.seq;
+    requireFields({ hruid });
+
+    const learningObjectId = getLearningObjectId(hruid, version, language);
+    const questionId = getQuestionId(learningObjectId, seq);
+
+    const question = await fetchQuestion(questionId);
+
+    return question.author.username === auth.username;
+});
+
+export const onlyAllowAuthorRequestAnswer = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const hruid = req.params.hruid;
+    const version = req.params.version;
+    const language = req.query.lang as string;
+    const seq = req.params.seq;
+    const seqAnswer = req.params.seqAnswer;
+    requireFields({ hruid });
+
+    const learningObjectId = getLearningObjectId(hruid, version, language);
+    const questionId = getQuestionId(learningObjectId, seq);
+
+    const sequenceNumber = Number(seqAnswer) || FALLBACK_SEQ_NUM;
+    const answer = await fetchAnswer(questionId, sequenceNumber);
+
+    return answer.author.username === auth.username;
+});
+
+export const onlyAllowIfHasAccessToQuestion = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const hruid = req.params.hruid;
+    const version = req.params.version;
+    const language = req.query.lang as string;
+    const seq = req.params.seq;
+    requireFields({ hruid });
+
+    const learningObjectId = getLearningObjectId(hruid, version, language);
+    const questionId = getQuestionId(learningObjectId, seq);
+
+    const question = await fetchQuestion(questionId);
+    const group = question.inGroup;
+
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher) {
+        const cls = group.assignment.within; // TODO check if contains full objects
+        return cls.teachers.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+    } // User is student
+    return group.members.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+});
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/submission-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/submission-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { languageMap } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/language';
+import { LearningObjectIdentifier } from '../../../entities/content/learning-object-identifier.js';
+import { fetchSubmission } from '../../../services/submissions.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request.js';
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info.js';
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+import { FALLBACK_LANG } from '../../../config.js';
+import { mapToUsername } from '../../../interfaces/user.js';
+import { AccountType } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/account-types';
+
+export const onlyAllowSubmitter = authorize(
+    (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => (req.body as { submitter: string }).submitter === auth.username
+);
+
+export const onlyAllowIfHasAccessToSubmission = authorize(async (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => {
+    const { hruid: lohruid, id: submissionNumber } = req.params;
+    const { language: lang, version: version } = req.query;
+
+    const loId = new LearningObjectIdentifier(lohruid, languageMap[lang as string] ?? FALLBACK_LANG, Number(version));
+    const submission = await fetchSubmission(loId, Number(submissionNumber));
+
+    if (auth.accountType === AccountType.Teacher) {
+        // Dit kan niet werken om dat al deze objecten niet gepopulate zijn.
+        return submission.onBehalfOf.assignment.within.teachers.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+    }
+
+    return submission.onBehalfOf.members.map(mapToUsername).includes(auth.username);
+});
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/teacher-invitation-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/teacher-invitation-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request.js';
+
+export const onlyAllowSenderOrReceiver = authorize(
+    (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => req.params.sender === auth.username || req.params.receiver === auth.username
+);
+
+export const onlyAllowSender = authorize((auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => req.params.sender === auth.username);
+
+export const onlyAllowSenderBody = authorize(
+    (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => (req.body as { sender: string }).sender === auth.username
+);
+
+export const onlyAllowReceiverBody = authorize(
+    (auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => (req.body as { receiver: string }).receiver === auth.username
+);
--- a/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/user-auth-checks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/auth/checks/user-auth-checks.ts
@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { authorize } from './auth-checks.js';
+import { AuthenticationInfo } from '../authentication-info.js';
+import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '../authenticated-request.js';
+
+/**
+ * Only allow the user whose username is in the path parameter "username" to access the endpoint.
+ */
+export const preventImpersonation = authorize((auth: AuthenticationInfo, req: AuthenticatedRequest) => req.params.username === auth.username);
--- a/backend/src/routes/answers.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/answers.ts
@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import { createAnswerHandler, deleteAnswerHandler, getAnswerHandler, getAllAnswersHandler, updateAnswerHandler } from '../controllers/answers.js';
+import { authenticatedOnly, teachersOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
+import { onlyAllowAuthor, onlyAllowAuthorRequestAnswer, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToQuestion } from '../middleware/auth/checks/question-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router({ mergeParams: true });

-router.get('/', getAllAnswersHandler);
+router.get('/', authenticatedOnly, getAllAnswersHandler);

-router.post('/', createAnswerHandler);
+router.post('/', teachersOnly, onlyAllowAuthor, createAnswerHandler);

-router.get('/:seqAnswer', getAnswerHandler);
+router.get('/:seqAnswer', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToQuestion, getAnswerHandler);

-router.delete('/:seqAnswer', deleteAnswerHandler);
+router.delete('/:seqAnswer', teachersOnly, onlyAllowAuthorRequestAnswer, deleteAnswerHandler);

-router.put('/:seqAnswer', updateAnswerHandler);
+router.put('/:seqAnswer', teachersOnly, onlyAllowAuthorRequestAnswer, updateAnswerHandler);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/assignments.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/assignments.ts
@ -9,22 +9,25 @@ import {
    putAssignmentHandler,
 } from '../controllers/assignments.js';
 import groupRouter from './groups.js';
+import { teachersOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
+import { onlyAllowIfInClass } from '../middleware/auth/checks/class-auth-checks.js';
+import { onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment } from '../middleware/auth/checks/assignment-auth-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router({ mergeParams: true });

-router.get('/', getAllAssignmentsHandler);
+router.get('/', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, getAllAssignmentsHandler);

-router.post('/', createAssignmentHandler);
+router.post('/', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, createAssignmentHandler);

-router.get('/:id', getAssignmentHandler);
+router.get('/:id', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, getAssignmentHandler);

-router.put('/:id', putAssignmentHandler);
+router.put('/:id', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, putAssignmentHandler);

-router.delete('/:id', deleteAssignmentHandler);
+router.delete('/:id', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, deleteAssignmentHandler);

-router.get('/:id/submissions', getAssignmentsSubmissionsHandler);
+router.get('/:id/submissions', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, getAssignmentsSubmissionsHandler);

-router.get('/:id/questions', getAssignmentQuestionsHandler);
+router.get('/:id/questions', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, getAssignmentQuestionsHandler);

 router.use('/:assignmentid/groups', groupRouter);

--- a/backend/src/routes/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/auth.ts
@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
 import express from 'express';
-import { getFrontendAuthConfig, postHelloHandler } from '../controllers/auth.js';
-import { authenticatedOnly, studentsOnly, teachersOnly } from '../middleware/auth/auth.js';
+import { handleGetFrontendAuthConfig, postHelloHandler } from '../controllers/auth.js';
+import { authenticatedOnly, studentsOnly, teachersOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
+
 const router = express.Router();

 // Returns auth configuration for frontend
-router.get('/config', (_req, res) => {
-    res.json(getFrontendAuthConfig());
-});
+router.get('/config', handleGetFrontendAuthConfig);

 router.get('/testAuthenticatedOnly', authenticatedOnly, (_req, res) => {
-    /* #swagger.security = [{ "student": [ ] }, { "teacher": [ ] }] */
+    /* #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }] */
    res.json({ message: 'If you see this, you should be authenticated!' });
 });

 router.get('/testStudentsOnly', studentsOnly, (_req, res) => {
-    /* #swagger.security = [{ "student": [ ] }] */
+    /* #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }] */
    res.json({ message: 'If you see this, you should be a student!' });
 });

 router.get('/testTeachersOnly', teachersOnly, (_req, res) => {
-    /* #swagger.security = [{ "teacher": [ ] }] */
+    /* #swagger.security = [{ "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }] */
    res.json({ message: 'If you see this, you should be a teacher!' });
 });

-router.post('/hello', authenticatedOnly, postHelloHandler);
+// This endpoint is called by the client when the user has just logged in.
+// It creates or updates the user entity based on the authentication data the endpoint was called with.
+router.post(
+    '/hello',
+    authenticatedOnly,
+    /*
+    #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }]
+*/ postHelloHandler
+);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/classes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/classes.ts
@ -14,33 +14,35 @@ import {
    putClassHandler,
 } from '../controllers/classes.js';
 import assignmentRouter from './assignments.js';
+import { adminOnly, teachersOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
+import { onlyAllowIfInClass, onlyAllowIfInClassOrInvited } from '../middleware/auth/checks/class-auth-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router();

-// Root endpoint used to search objects
-router.get('/', getAllClassesHandler);
+router.get('/', adminOnly, getAllClassesHandler);

-router.post('/', createClassHandler);
+router.post('/', teachersOnly, createClassHandler);

-router.get('/:id', getClassHandler);
+router.get('/:id', onlyAllowIfInClassOrInvited, getClassHandler);

-router.put('/:id', putClassHandler);
+router.put('/:id', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, putClassHandler);

-router.delete('/:id', deleteClassHandler);
+router.delete('/:id', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, deleteClassHandler);

-router.get('/:id/teacher-invitations', getTeacherInvitationsHandler);
+router.get('/:id/teacher-invitations', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, getTeacherInvitationsHandler);

-router.get('/:id/students', getClassStudentsHandler);
+router.get('/:id/students', onlyAllowIfInClass, getClassStudentsHandler);

-router.post('/:id/students', addClassStudentHandler);
+router.post('/:id/students', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, addClassStudentHandler);

-router.delete('/:id/students/:username', deleteClassStudentHandler);
+router.delete('/:id/students/:username', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, deleteClassStudentHandler);

-router.get('/:id/teachers', getClassTeachersHandler);
+router.get('/:id/teachers', onlyAllowIfInClass, getClassTeachersHandler);

-router.post('/:id/teachers', addClassTeacherHandler);
+// De combinatie van deze POST en DELETE endpoints kan lethal zijn
+router.post('/:id/teachers', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, addClassTeacherHandler);

-router.delete('/:id/teachers/:username', deleteClassTeacherHandler);
+router.delete('/:id/teachers/:username', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfInClass, deleteClassTeacherHandler);

 router.use('/:classid/assignments', assignmentRouter);

--- a/backend/src/routes/groups.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/groups.ts
@ -8,22 +8,24 @@ import {
    getGroupSubmissionsHandler,
    putGroupHandler,
 } from '../controllers/groups.js';
+import { onlyAllowIfHasAccessToGroup } from '../middleware/auth/checks/group-auth-checker.js';
+import { teachersOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
+import { onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment } from '../middleware/auth/checks/assignment-auth-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router({ mergeParams: true });

-// Root endpoint used to search objects
-router.get('/', getAllGroupsHandler);
+router.get('/', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, getAllGroupsHandler);

-router.post('/', createGroupHandler);
+router.post('/', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, createGroupHandler);

-router.get('/:groupid', getGroupHandler);
+router.get('/:groupid', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, getGroupHandler);

-router.put('/:groupid', putGroupHandler);
+router.put('/:groupid', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, putGroupHandler);

-router.delete('/:groupid', deleteGroupHandler);
+router.delete('/:groupid', teachersOnly, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToAssignment, deleteGroupHandler);

-router.get('/:groupid/submissions', getGroupSubmissionsHandler);
+router.get('/:groupid/submissions', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToGroup, getGroupSubmissionsHandler);

-router.get('/:groupid/questions', getGroupQuestionsHandler);
+router.get('/:groupid/questions', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToGroup, getGroupQuestionsHandler);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/learning-objects.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/learning-objects.ts
@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 import express from 'express';
-import { getAllLearningObjects, getAttachment, getLearningObject, getLearningObjectHTML } from '../controllers/learning-objects.js';
-
+import {
+    getAllLearningObjects,
+    getAttachment,
+    getLearningObject,
+    getLearningObjectHTML,
+    handleDeleteLearningObject,
+    handlePostLearningObject,
+} from '../controllers/learning-objects.js';
 import submissionRoutes from './submissions.js';
 import questionRoutes from './questions.js';
+import fileUpload from 'express-fileupload';
+import { onlyAdminsForLearningObject } from '../middleware/auth/checks/learning-object-auth-checks.js';
+import { authenticatedOnly, teachersOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router();

@ -16,13 +25,21 @@ const router = express.Router();

 // Route 2: list of object data
 // Example 2: http://localhost:3000/learningObject?full=true&hruid=un_artificiele_intelligentie
-router.get('/', getAllLearningObjects);
+router.get('/', authenticatedOnly, getAllLearningObjects);
+
+router.post('/', teachersOnly, fileUpload({ useTempFiles: true }), handlePostLearningObject);

 // Parameter: hruid of learning object
 // Query: language
 // Route to fetch data of one learning object based on its hruid
 // Example: http://localhost:3000/learningObject/un_ai7
-router.get('/:hruid', getLearningObject);
+router.get('/:hruid', authenticatedOnly, getLearningObject);
+
+// Parameter: hruid of learning object
+// Query: language
+// Route to delete a learning object based on its hruid.
+// Example: http://localhost:3000/learningObject/un_ai7?language=nl&version=1
+router.delete('/:hruid', onlyAdminsForLearningObject, handleDeleteLearningObject);

 router.use('/:hruid/submissions', submissionRoutes);

@ -32,12 +49,12 @@ router.use('/:hruid/:version/questions', questionRoutes);
 // Query: language, version (optional)
 // Route to fetch the HTML rendering of one learning object based on its hruid.
 // Example: http://localhost:3000/learningObject/un_ai7/html
-router.get('/:hruid/html', getLearningObjectHTML);
+router.get('/:hruid/html', authenticatedOnly, getLearningObjectHTML);

 // Parameter: hruid of learning object, name of attachment.
 // Query: language, version (optional).
 // Route to get the raw data of the attachment for one learning object based on its hruid.
 // Example: http://localhost:3000/learningObject/u_test/attachment/testimage.png
-router.get('/:hruid/html/:attachmentName', getAttachment);
+router.get('/:hruid/html/:attachmentName', authenticatedOnly, getAttachment);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/learning-paths.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/learning-paths.ts
@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import express from 'express';
-import { getLearningPaths } from '../controllers/learning-paths.js';
+import { authenticatedOnly, teachersOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
+import { deleteLearningPath, getLearningPaths, postLearningPath, putLearningPath } from '../controllers/learning-paths.js';
+import { onlyAdminsForLearningPath } from '../middleware/auth/checks/learning-path-auth-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router();

@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ const router = express.Router();
 // Route to fetch learning paths based on a theme
 // Example: http://localhost:3000/learningPath?theme=kiks

-router.get('/', getLearningPaths);
+router.get('/', authenticatedOnly, getLearningPaths);
+router.post('/', teachersOnly, postLearningPath);
+
+router.put('/:hruid/:language', onlyAdminsForLearningPath, putLearningPath);
+router.delete('/:hruid/:language', onlyAdminsForLearningPath, deleteLearningPath);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/questions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/questions.ts
@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import { createQuestionHandler, deleteQuestionHandler, getAllQuestionsHandler, getQuestionHandler } from '../controllers/questions.js';
 import answerRoutes from './answers.js';
+import { authenticatedOnly, studentsOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
+import { updateAnswerHandler } from '../controllers/answers.js';
+import { onlyAllowAuthor, onlyAllowAuthorRequest, onlyAllowIfHasAccessToQuestion } from '../middleware/auth/checks/question-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router({ mergeParams: true });

 // Query language

 // Root endpoint used to search objects
-router.get('/', getAllQuestionsHandler);
+router.get('/', authenticatedOnly, getAllQuestionsHandler);

-router.post('/', createQuestionHandler);
-
-router.delete('/:seq', deleteQuestionHandler);
+router.post('/', studentsOnly, onlyAllowAuthor, createQuestionHandler);

 // Information about a question with id
-router.get('/:seq', getQuestionHandler);
+router.get('/:seq', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToQuestion, getQuestionHandler);
+
+router.delete('/:seq', studentsOnly, onlyAllowAuthorRequest, deleteQuestionHandler);
+
+router.put('/:seq', studentsOnly, onlyAllowAuthorRequest, updateAnswerHandler);

 router.use('/:seq/answers', answerRoutes);

--- a/backend/src/routes/router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/router.ts
@ -18,12 +18,30 @@ router.get('/', (_, res: Response) => {
    });
 });

-router.use('/student', studentRouter /* #swagger.tags = ['Student'] */);
-router.use('/teacher', teacherRouter /* #swagger.tags = ['Teacher'] */);
-router.use('/class', classRouter /* #swagger.tags = ['Class'] */);
 router.use('/auth', authRouter /* #swagger.tags = ['Auth'] */);
-router.use('/theme', themeRoutes /* #swagger.tags = ['Theme'] */);
-router.use('/learningPath', learningPathRoutes /* #swagger.tags = ['Learning Path'] */);
-router.use('/learningObject', learningObjectRoutes /* #swagger.tags = ['Learning Object'] */);
+router.use(
+    '/class',
+    classRouter /* #swagger.tags = ['Class'], #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }] */
+);
+router.use(
+    '/learningObject',
+    learningObjectRoutes /* #swagger.tags = ['Learning Object'], #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }] */
+);
+router.use(
+    '/learningPath',
+    learningPathRoutes /* #swagger.tags = ['Learning Path'], #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }] */
+);
+router.use(
+    '/student',
+    studentRouter /* #swagger.tags = ['Student'], #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }] */
+);
+router.use(
+    '/teacher',
+    teacherRouter /* #swagger.tags = ['Teacher'], #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }] */
+);
+router.use(
+    '/theme',
+    themeRoutes /* #swagger.tags = ['Theme'], #swagger.security = [{ "studentProduction": [ ] }, { "teacherProduction": [ ] }, { "studentStaging": [ ] }, { "teacherStaging": [ ] }, { "studentDev": [ ] }, { "teacherDev": [ ] }] */
+);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/student-join-requests.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/student-join-requests.ts
@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ import {
    getStudentRequestHandler,
    getStudentRequestsHandler,
 } from '../controllers/students.js';
+import { preventImpersonation } from '../middleware/auth/checks/user-auth-checks.js';
+import { onlyAllowStudentHimselfAndTeachersOfClass } from '../middleware/auth/checks/class-auth-checks.js';
+
+// Under /:username/joinRequests/

 const router = express.Router({ mergeParams: true });

-router.get('/', getStudentRequestsHandler);
+router.get('/', preventImpersonation, getStudentRequestsHandler);

-router.post('/', createStudentRequestHandler);
+router.post('/', preventImpersonation, createStudentRequestHandler);

-router.get('/:classId', getStudentRequestHandler);
+router.get('/:classId', onlyAllowStudentHimselfAndTeachersOfClass, getStudentRequestHandler);

-router.delete('/:classId', deleteClassJoinRequestHandler);
+router.delete('/:classId', onlyAllowStudentHimselfAndTeachersOfClass, deleteClassJoinRequestHandler);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/students.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/students.ts
@ -11,33 +11,37 @@ import {
    getStudentSubmissionsHandler,
 } from '../controllers/students.js';
 import joinRequestRouter from './student-join-requests.js';
+import { preventImpersonation } from '../middleware/auth/checks/user-auth-checks.js';
+import { adminOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router();

 // Root endpoint used to search objects
-router.get('/', getAllStudentsHandler);
+router.get('/', adminOnly, getAllStudentsHandler);

-router.post('/', createStudentHandler);
+// Users will be created automatically when some resource is created for them. Therefore, this endpoint
+// Can only be used by an administrator.
+router.post('/', adminOnly, createStudentHandler);

-router.delete('/:username', deleteStudentHandler);
+router.delete('/:username', preventImpersonation, deleteStudentHandler);

 // Information about a student's profile
-router.get('/:username', getStudentHandler);
+router.get('/:username', preventImpersonation, getStudentHandler);

 // The list of classes a student is in
-router.get('/:username/classes', getStudentClassesHandler);
+router.get('/:username/classes', preventImpersonation, getStudentClassesHandler);

 // The list of submissions a student has made
-router.get('/:username/submissions', getStudentSubmissionsHandler);
+router.get('/:username/submissions', preventImpersonation, getStudentSubmissionsHandler);

 // The list of assignments a student has
-router.get('/:username/assignments', getStudentAssignmentsHandler);
+router.get('/:username/assignments', preventImpersonation, getStudentAssignmentsHandler);

 // The list of groups a student is in
-router.get('/:username/groups', getStudentGroupsHandler);
+router.get('/:username/groups', preventImpersonation, getStudentGroupsHandler);

 // A list of questions a user has created
-router.get('/:username/questions', getStudentQuestionsHandler);
+router.get('/:username/questions', preventImpersonation, getStudentQuestionsHandler);

 router.use('/:username/joinRequests', joinRequestRouter);

--- a/backend/src/routes/submissions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/submissions.ts
@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import { createSubmissionHandler, deleteSubmissionHandler, getSubmissionHandler, getSubmissionsHandler } from '../controllers/submissions.js';
+import { onlyAllowIfHasAccessToSubmission, onlyAllowSubmitter } from '../middleware/auth/checks/submission-checks.js';
+import { adminOnly, studentsOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
 const router = express.Router({ mergeParams: true });

-// Root endpoint used to search objects
-router.get('/', getSubmissionsHandler);
+router.get('/', adminOnly, getSubmissionsHandler);

-router.post('/', createSubmissionHandler);
+router.post('/', studentsOnly, onlyAllowSubmitter, createSubmissionHandler);

-// Information about an submission with id 'id'
-router.get('/:id', getSubmissionHandler);
+router.get('/:id', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToSubmission, getSubmissionHandler);

-router.delete('/:id', deleteSubmissionHandler);
+router.delete('/:id', onlyAllowIfHasAccessToSubmission, deleteSubmissionHandler);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/teacher-invitations.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/teacher-invitations.ts
@ -6,17 +6,24 @@ import {
    getInvitationHandler,
    updateInvitationHandler,
 } from '../controllers/teacher-invitations.js';
+import { preventImpersonation } from '../middleware/auth/checks/user-auth-checks.js';
+import {
+    onlyAllowReceiverBody,
+    onlyAllowSender,
+    onlyAllowSenderBody,
+    onlyAllowSenderOrReceiver,
+} from '../middleware/auth/checks/teacher-invitation-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router({ mergeParams: true });

-router.get('/:username', getAllInvitationsHandler);
+router.get('/:username', preventImpersonation, getAllInvitationsHandler);

-router.get('/:sender/:receiver/:classId', getInvitationHandler);
+router.get('/:sender/:receiver/:classId', onlyAllowSenderOrReceiver, getInvitationHandler);

-router.post('/', createInvitationHandler);
+router.post('/', onlyAllowSenderBody, createInvitationHandler);

-router.put('/', updateInvitationHandler);
+router.put('/', onlyAllowReceiverBody, updateInvitationHandler);

-router.delete('/:sender/:receiver/:classId', deleteInvitationHandler);
+router.delete('/:sender/:receiver/:classId', onlyAllowSender, deleteInvitationHandler);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/routes/teachers.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/teachers.ts
@ -10,25 +10,27 @@ import {
    updateStudentJoinRequestHandler,
 } from '../controllers/teachers.js';
 import invitationRouter from './teacher-invitations.js';
-
+import { adminOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';
+import { preventImpersonation } from '../middleware/auth/checks/user-auth-checks.js';
+import { onlyAllowTeacherOfClass } from '../middleware/auth/checks/class-auth-checks.js';
 const router = express.Router();

 // Root endpoint used to search objects
-router.get('/', getAllTeachersHandler);
+router.get('/', adminOnly, getAllTeachersHandler);

-router.post('/', createTeacherHandler);
+router.post('/', adminOnly, createTeacherHandler);

-router.get('/:username', getTeacherHandler);
+router.get('/:username', preventImpersonation, getTeacherHandler);

-router.delete('/:username', deleteTeacherHandler);
+router.delete('/:username', preventImpersonation, deleteTeacherHandler);

-router.get('/:username/classes', getTeacherClassHandler);
+router.get('/:username/classes', preventImpersonation, getTeacherClassHandler);

-router.get('/:username/students', getTeacherStudentHandler);
+router.get('/:username/students', preventImpersonation, getTeacherStudentHandler);

-router.get('/:username/joinRequests/:classId', getStudentJoinRequestHandler);
+router.get('/:username/joinRequests/:classId', onlyAllowTeacherOfClass, getStudentJoinRequestHandler);

-router.put('/:username/joinRequests/:classId/:studentUsername', updateStudentJoinRequestHandler);
+router.put('/:username/joinRequests/:classId/:studentUsername', onlyAllowTeacherOfClass, updateStudentJoinRequestHandler);

 // Invitations to other classes a teacher received
 router.use('/invitations', invitationRouter);
--- a/backend/src/routes/themes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/themes.ts
@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import { getThemesHandler, getHruidsByThemeHandler } from '../controllers/themes.js';
+import { authenticatedOnly } from '../middleware/auth/checks/auth-checks.js';

 const router = express.Router();

 // Query: language
 //  Route to fetch list of {key, title, description, image} themes in their respective language
-router.get('/', getThemesHandler);
+router.get('/', authenticatedOnly, getThemesHandler);

 // Arg: theme (key)
 //  Route to fetch list of hruids based on theme
-router.get('/:theme', getHruidsByThemeHandler);
+router.get('/:theme', authenticatedOnly, getHruidsByThemeHandler);

 export default router;
--- a/backend/src/services/answers.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/answers.ts
@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export async function createAnswer(questionId: QuestionId, answerData: AnswerDat
    return mapToAnswerDTO(answer);
 }

-async function fetchAnswer(questionId: QuestionId, sequenceNumber: number): Promise<Answer> {
+export async function fetchAnswer(questionId: QuestionId, sequenceNumber: number): Promise<Answer> {
    const answerRepository = getAnswerRepository();
    const question = await fetchQuestion(questionId);
    const answer = await answerRepository.findAnswer(question, sequenceNumber);
--- a/backend/src/services/groups.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/groups.ts
@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ export async function fetchGroup(classId: string, assignmentNumber: number, grou
    return group;
 }

+export async function fetchAllGroups(classId: string, assignmentNumber: number): Promise<Group[]> {
+    const assignment = await fetchAssignment(classId, assignmentNumber);
+
+    const groupRepository = getGroupRepository();
+    const groups = await groupRepository.findAllGroupsForAssignment(assignment);
+
+    return groups;
+}
+
 export async function getGroup(classId: string, assignmentNumber: number, groupNumber: number): Promise<GroupDTO> {
    const group = await fetchGroup(classId, assignmentNumber, groupNumber);
    return mapToGroupDTO(group, group.assignment.within);
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-objects/database-learning-object-provider.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-objects/database-learning-object-provider.ts
@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ const databaseLearningObjectProvider: LearningObjectProvider = {
        );
        return learningObjects.filter((it) => it !== null);
    },
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all learning objects containing the given username as an admin.
+     */
+    async getLearningObjectsAdministratedBy(adminUsername: string): Promise<FilteredLearningObject[]> {
+        const learningObjectRepo = getLearningObjectRepository();
+        const learningObjects = await learningObjectRepo.findAllByAdmin(adminUsername);
+        return learningObjects.map((it) => convertLearningObject(it)).filter((it) => it !== null);
+    },
 };

 export default databaseLearningObjectProvider;
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-objects/dwengo-api-learning-object-provider.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-objects/dwengo-api-learning-object-provider.ts
@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ const dwengoApiLearningObjectProvider: LearningObjectProvider = {

        return html;
    },
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain all learning objects who have the user with the given username as an admin.
+     */
+    async getLearningObjectsAdministratedBy(_adminUsername: string): Promise<FilteredLearningObject[]> {
+        return []; // The dwengo database does not contain any learning objects administrated by users.
+    },
 };

 export default dwengoApiLearningObjectProvider;
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-objects/learning-object-provider.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-objects/learning-object-provider.ts
@ -20,4 +20,9 @@ export interface LearningObjectProvider {
     * Obtain a HTML-rendering of the learning object with the given identifier (as a string).
     */
    getLearningObjectHTML(id: LearningObjectIdentifierDTO): Promise<string | null>;
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain all learning object who have the user with the given username as an admin.
+     */
+    getLearningObjectsAdministratedBy(username: string): Promise<FilteredLearningObject[]>;
 }
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-objects/learning-object-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-objects/learning-object-service.ts
@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import { LearningObjectProvider } from './learning-object-provider.js';
 import { envVars, getEnvVar } from '../../util/envVars.js';
 import databaseLearningObjectProvider from './database-learning-object-provider.js';
 import { FilteredLearningObject, LearningObjectIdentifierDTO, LearningPathIdentifier } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/learning-content';
+import { getLearningObjectRepository, getTeacherRepository } from '../../data/repositories.js';
+import { processLearningObjectZip } from './learning-object-zip-processing-service.js';
+import { LearningObject } from '../../entities/content/learning-object.entity.js';
+import { LearningObjectIdentifier } from '../../entities/content/learning-object-identifier.js';
+import { NotFoundException } from '../../exceptions/not-found-exception.js';

 function getProvider(id: LearningObjectIdentifierDTO): LearningObjectProvider {
    if (id.hruid.startsWith(getEnvVar(envVars.UserContentPrefix))) {
@ -42,6 +47,66 @@ const learningObjectService = {
    async getLearningObjectHTML(id: LearningObjectIdentifierDTO): Promise<string | null> {
        return getProvider(id).getLearningObjectHTML(id);
    },
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain all learning objects administrated by the user with the given username.
+     */
+    async getLearningObjectsAdministratedBy(adminUsername: string): Promise<FilteredLearningObject[]> {
+        return databaseLearningObjectProvider.getLearningObjectsAdministratedBy(adminUsername);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Store the learning object in the given zip file in the database.
+     * @param learningObjectPath The path where the uploaded learning object resides.
+     * @param admins The usernames of the users which should be administrators of the learning object.
+     */
+    async storeLearningObject(learningObjectPath: string, admins: string[]): Promise<LearningObject> {
+        const learningObjectRepository = getLearningObjectRepository();
+        const learningObject = await processLearningObjectZip(learningObjectPath);
+
+        if (!learningObject.hruid.startsWith(getEnvVar(envVars.UserContentPrefix))) {
+            learningObject.hruid = getEnvVar(envVars.UserContentPrefix) + learningObject.hruid;
+        }
+
+        // Lookup the admin teachers based on their usernames and add them to the admins of the learning object.
+        const teacherRepo = getTeacherRepository();
+        const adminTeachers = await Promise.all(admins.map(async (it) => teacherRepo.findByUsername(it)));
+        adminTeachers.forEach((it) => {
+            if (it !== null) {
+                learningObject.admins.add(it);
+            }
+        });
+
+        try {
+            await learningObjectRepository.save(learningObject, { preventOverwrite: true });
+        } catch (e: unknown) {
+            learningObjectRepository.getEntityManager().clear();
+            throw e;
+        }
+
+        return learningObject;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes the learning object with the given identifier.
+     */
+    async deleteLearningObject(id: LearningObjectIdentifier): Promise<LearningObject | null> {
+        const learningObjectRepository = getLearningObjectRepository();
+        return await learningObjectRepository.removeByIdentifier(id);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of the usernames of the administrators of the learning object with the given identifier.
+     * @throws NotFoundException if the specified learning object was not found in the database.
+     */
+    async getAdmins(id: LearningObjectIdentifier): Promise<string[]> {
+        const learningObjectRepo = getLearningObjectRepository();
+        const learningObject = await learningObjectRepo.findByIdentifier(id);
+        if (!learningObject) {
+            throw new NotFoundException('learningObjectNotFound');
+        }
+        return learningObject.admins.map((admin) => admin.username);
+    },
 };

 export default learningObjectService;
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-objects/learning-object-zip-processing-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-objects/learning-object-zip-processing-service.ts
@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import unzipper from 'unzipper';
+import mime from 'mime-types';
+import { LearningObject } from '../../entities/content/learning-object.entity.js';
+import { getAttachmentRepository, getLearningObjectRepository } from '../../data/repositories.js';
+import { BadRequestException } from '../../exceptions/bad-request-exception.js';
+import { LearningObjectMetadata } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/learning-content';
+import { DwengoContentType } from './processing/content-type.js';
+import { v4 } from 'uuid';
+
+const METADATA_PATH_REGEX = /.*[/^]metadata\.json$/;
+const CONTENT_PATH_REGEX = /.*[/^]content\.[a-zA-Z]*$/;
+
+/**
+ * Process an uploaded zip file and construct a LearningObject from its contents.
+ * @param filePath Path of the zip file to process.
+ */
+export async function processLearningObjectZip(filePath: string): Promise<LearningObject> {
+    let zip: unzipper.CentralDirectory;
+    try {
+        zip = await unzipper.Open.file(filePath);
+    } catch (_: unknown) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('invalidZip');
+    }
+
+    let metadata: LearningObjectMetadata | undefined = undefined;
+    const attachments: { name: string; content: Buffer }[] = [];
+    let content: Buffer | undefined = undefined;
+
+    if (zip.files.length === 0) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('emptyZip');
+    }
+
+    await Promise.all(
+        zip.files.map(async (file) => {
+            if (file.type !== 'Directory') {
+                if (METADATA_PATH_REGEX.test(file.path)) {
+                    metadata = await processMetadataJson(file);
+                } else if (CONTENT_PATH_REGEX.test(file.path)) {
+                    content = await processFile(file);
+                } else {
+                    attachments.push({
+                        name: file.path,
+                        content: await processFile(file),
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    );
+
+    if (!metadata) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('missingMetadata');
+    }
+    if (!content) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('missingIndex');
+    }
+
+    const learningObject = createLearningObject(metadata, content, attachments);
+
+    return learningObject;
+}
+
+function createLearningObject(metadata: LearningObjectMetadata, content: Buffer, attachments: { name: string; content: Buffer }[]): LearningObject {
+    const learningObjectRepo = getLearningObjectRepository();
+    const attachmentRepo = getAttachmentRepository();
+
+    const returnValue = {
+        callbackUrl: metadata.return_value?.callback_url ?? '',
+        callbackSchema: metadata.return_value?.callback_schema ? JSON.stringify(metadata.return_value.callback_schema) : '',
+    };
+
+    if (!metadata.target_ages || metadata.target_ages.length === 0) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('targetAgesMandatory');
+    }
+
+    const learningObject = learningObjectRepo.create({
+        admins: [],
+        available: metadata.available ?? true,
+        content: content,
+        contentType: metadata.content_type as DwengoContentType,
+        copyright: metadata.copyright ?? '',
+        description: metadata.description ?? '',
+        educationalGoals: metadata.educational_goals ?? [],
+        hruid: metadata.hruid,
+        keywords: metadata.keywords,
+        language: metadata.language,
+        license: metadata.license ?? '',
+        returnValue,
+        skosConcepts: metadata.skos_concepts ?? [],
+        teacherExclusive: metadata.teacher_exclusive,
+        title: metadata.title,
+        version: metadata.version,
+        estimatedTime: metadata.estimated_time ?? 1,
+        targetAges: metadata.target_ages ?? [],
+        difficulty: metadata.difficulty ?? 1,
+        uuid: v4(),
+    });
+    const attachmentEntities = attachments.map((it) =>
+        attachmentRepo.create({
+            name: it.name,
+            content: it.content,
+            mimeType: mime.lookup(it.name) || 'text/plain',
+            learningObject,
+        })
+    );
+    attachmentEntities.forEach((it) => {
+        learningObject.attachments.add(it);
+    });
+    return learningObject;
+}
+
+async function processMetadataJson(file: unzipper.File): Promise<LearningObjectMetadata> {
+    const buf = await file.buffer();
+    const content = buf.toString();
+    return JSON.parse(content);
+}
+
+async function processFile(file: unzipper.File): Promise<Buffer> {
+    return await file.buffer();
+}
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-paths/database-learning-path-provider.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-paths/database-learning-path-provider.ts
@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import { Language } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/language';
 import { Group } from '../../entities/assignments/group.entity';
 import { Collection } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { v4 } from 'uuid';
+import { getLogger } from '../../logging/initalize.js';
+
+const logger = getLogger();

 /**
 * Fetches the corresponding learning object for each of the nodes and creates a map that maps each node to its
@ -38,8 +41,13 @@ async function getLearningObjectsForNodes(nodes: Collection<LearningPathNode>):
            )
        )
    );
-    if (Array.from(nullableNodesToLearningObjects.values()).some((it) => it === null)) {
-        throw new Error('At least one of the learning objects on this path could not be found.');
+
+    // Ignore all learning objects that cannot be found such that the rest of the learning path keeps working.
+    for (const [key, value] of nullableNodesToLearningObjects) {
+        if (value === null) {
+            logger.warn(`Learning object ${key.learningObjectHruid}/${key.language}/${key.version} not found!`);
+            nullableNodesToLearningObjects.delete(key);
+        }
    }
    return nullableNodesToLearningObjects as Map<LearningPathNode, FilteredLearningObject>;
 }
@ -104,8 +112,15 @@ async function convertNode(
                !personalizedFor || // If we do not want a personalized learning path, keep all transitions
                isTransitionPossible(trans, optionalJsonStringToObject(lastSubmission?.content)) // Otherwise remove all transitions that aren't possible.
        )
-        .map((trans, i) => convertTransition(trans, i, nodesToLearningObjects));
-
+        .map((trans, i) => {
+            try {
+                return convertTransition(trans, i, nodesToLearningObjects);
+            } catch (_: unknown) {
+                logger.error(`Transition could not be resolved: ${JSON.stringify(trans)}`);
+                return undefined; // Do not crash on invalid transitions, just ignore them so the rest of the learning path keeps working.
+            }
+        })
+        .filter((it) => it !== undefined);
    return {
        _id: learningObject.uuid,
        language: learningObject.language,
@ -224,6 +239,15 @@ const databaseLearningPathProvider: LearningPathProvider = {
        };
    },

+    /**
+     * Returns all the learning paths which have the user with the given username as an administrator.
+     */
+    async getLearningPathsAdministratedBy(adminUsername: string): Promise<LearningPath[]> {
+        const repo = getLearningPathRepository();
+        const paths = await repo.findAllByAdminUsername(adminUsername);
+        return await Promise.all(paths.map(async (result, index) => convertLearningPath(result, index)));
+    },
+
    /**
     * Search learning paths in the database using the given search string.
     */
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-paths/dwengo-api-learning-path-provider.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-paths/dwengo-api-learning-path-provider.ts
@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ const dwengoApiLearningPathProvider: LearningPathProvider = {

        return searchResults ?? [];
    },
+
+    async getLearningPathsAdministratedBy(_adminUsername: string) {
+        return []; // Learning paths fetched from the Dwengo API cannot be administrated by a user.
+    },
 };

 export default dwengoApiLearningPathProvider;
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-paths/learning-path-provider.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-paths/learning-path-provider.ts
@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ export interface LearningPathProvider {
     * Search learning paths in the data source using the given search string.
     */
    searchLearningPaths(query: string, language: Language, personalizedFor?: Group): Promise<LearningPath[]>;
+
+    /**
+     * Get all learning paths which have the teacher with the given user as an administrator.
+     */
+    getLearningPathsAdministratedBy(adminUsername: string): Promise<LearningPath[]>;
 }
--- a/backend/src/services/learning-paths/learning-path-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learning-paths/learning-path-service.ts
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import dwengoApiLearningPathProvider from './dwengo-api-learning-path-provider.js';
 import databaseLearningPathProvider from './database-learning-path-provider.js';
 import { envVars, getEnvVar } from '../../util/envVars.js';
-import { LearningObjectNode, LearningPath, LearningPathResponse } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/learning-content';
+import { LearningObjectNode, LearningPath, LearningPathIdentifier, LearningPathResponse } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/learning-content';
 import { Language } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/language';
 import { Group } from '../../entities/assignments/group.entity.js';
 import { LearningPath as LearningPathEntity } from '../../entities/content/learning-path.entity.js';
@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import { base64ToArrayBuffer } from '../../util/base64-buffer-conversion.js';
 import { TeacherDTO } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/teacher';
 import { mapToTeacher } from '../../interfaces/teacher.js';
 import { Collection } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { NotFoundException } from '../../exceptions/not-found-exception.js';
+import { BadRequestException } from '../../exceptions/bad-request-exception.js';
+import learningObjectService from '../learning-objects/learning-object-service.js';

 const userContentPrefix = getEnvVar(envVars.UserContentPrefix);
 const allProviders = [dwengoApiLearningPathProvider, databaseLearningPathProvider];
@ -43,27 +46,24 @@ export function mapToLearningPath(dto: LearningPath, adminsDto: TeacherDTO[]): L
        const fromNode = nodes.find(
            (it) => it.learningObjectHruid === nodeDto.learningobject_hruid && it.language === nodeDto.language && it.version === nodeDto.version
        )!;
-        const transitions = nodeDto.transitions
-            .map((transDto, i) => {
-                const toNode = nodes.find(
-                    (it) =>
-                        it.learningObjectHruid === transDto.next.hruid &&
-                        it.language === transDto.next.language &&
-                        it.version === transDto.next.version
-                );
+        const transitions = nodeDto.transitions.map((transDto, i) => {
+            const toNode = nodes.find(
+                (it) =>
+                    it.learningObjectHruid === transDto.next.hruid && it.language === transDto.next.language && it.version === transDto.next.version
+            );

-                if (toNode) {
-                    return repo.createTransition({
-                        transitionNumber: i,
-                        node: fromNode,
-                        next: toNode,
-                        condition: transDto.condition ?? 'true',
-                    });
-                }
-                return undefined;
-            })
-            .filter((it) => it)
-            .map((it) => it!);
+            if (toNode) {
+                return repo.createTransition({
+                    transitionNumber: i,
+                    node: fromNode,
+                    next: toNode,
+                    condition: transDto.condition ?? 'true',
+                });
+            }
+            throw new BadRequestException(
+                `Invalid transition destination: ${JSON.stringify(transDto.next)}: This learning object does not exist in this learning path.`
+            );
+        });

        fromNode.transitions = new Collection<LearningPathTransition>(fromNode, transitions);
    });
@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ const learningPathService = {
        };
    },

+    /**
+     * Fetch the learning paths administrated by the teacher with the given username.
+     */
+    async getLearningPathsAdministratedBy(adminUsername: string): Promise<LearningPath[]> {
+        const providerResponses = await Promise.all(allProviders.map(async (provider) => provider.getLearningPathsAdministratedBy(adminUsername)));
+        return providerResponses.flat();
+    },
+
    /**
     * Search learning paths in the data source using the given search string.
     */
@ -119,11 +127,67 @@ const learningPathService = {
     * Add a new learning path to the database.
     * @param dto Learning path DTO from which the learning path will be created.
     * @param admins Teachers who should become an admin of the learning path.
+     * @returns the created learning path.
     */
-    async createNewLearningPath(dto: LearningPath, admins: TeacherDTO[]): Promise<void> {
+    async createNewLearningPath(dto: LearningPath, admins: TeacherDTO[]): Promise<LearningPathEntity> {
        const repo = getLearningPathRepository();
+
+        const userContentPrefix = getEnvVar(envVars.UserContentPrefix);
+        if (!dto.hruid.startsWith(userContentPrefix)) {
+            dto.hruid = userContentPrefix + dto.hruid;
+        }
+
        const path = mapToLearningPath(dto, admins);
-        await repo.save(path, { preventOverwrite: true });
+
+        // Verify that all specified learning objects actually exist.
+        const learningObjectsOnPath = await Promise.all(
+            path.nodes.map(async (node) =>
+                learningObjectService.getLearningObjectById({
+                    hruid: node.learningObjectHruid,
+                    language: node.language,
+                    version: node.version,
+                })
+            )
+        );
+        if (learningObjectsOnPath.some((it) => !it)) {
+            throw new BadRequestException('pathContainsNonExistingLearningObjects');
+        }
+
+        try {
+            await repo.save(path, { preventOverwrite: true });
+        } catch (e: unknown) {
+            repo.getEntityManager().clear();
+            throw e;
+        }
+        return path;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes the learning path with the given identifier from the database.
+     * @param id Identifier of the learning path to delete.
+     * @returns the deleted learning path.
+     */
+    async deleteLearningPath(id: LearningPathIdentifier): Promise<LearningPathEntity> {
+        const repo = getLearningPathRepository();
+
+        const deletedPath = await repo.deleteByHruidAndLanguage(id.hruid, id.language);
+        if (deletedPath) {
+            return deletedPath;
+        }
+        throw new NotFoundException('No learning path with the given identifier found.');
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of the usernames of the administrators of the learning path with the given identifier.
+     * @param id The identifier of the learning path whose admins should be fetched.
+     */
+    async getAdmins(id: LearningPathIdentifier): Promise<string[]> {
+        const repo = getLearningPathRepository();
+        const path = await repo.findByHruidAndLanguage(id.hruid, id.language);
+        if (!path) {
+            throw new NotFoundException('No learning path with the given identifier found.');
+        }
+        return path.admins.map((admin) => admin.username);
    },
 };

--- a/backend/src/services/questions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/questions.ts
@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { fetchStudent } from './students.js';
 import { NotFoundException } from '../exceptions/not-found-exception.js';
 import { FALLBACK_VERSION_NUM } from '../config.js';
 import { fetchAssignment } from './assignments.js';
+import { ConflictException } from '../exceptions/conflict-exception.js';

 export async function getQuestionsAboutLearningObjectInAssignment(
    loId: LearningObjectIdentifier,
@ -99,10 +100,18 @@ export async function createQuestion(loId: LearningObjectIdentifier, questionDat

    const inGroup = await getGroupRepository().findByAssignmentAndGroupNumber(assignment, questionData.inGroup.groupNumber);

+    if (!inGroup) {
+        throw new NotFoundException('Group with id and assignment not found');
+    }
+
+    if (!inGroup.members.contains(author)) {
+        throw new ConflictException('Author is not part of this group');
+    }
+
    const question = await questionRepository.createQuestion({
        loId,
        author,
-        inGroup: inGroup!,
+        inGroup: inGroup,
        content,
    });

--- a/backend/src/services/students.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/students.ts
@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import { SubmissionDTO, SubmissionDTOId } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/subm
 import { QuestionDTO, QuestionId } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/question';
 import { ClassJoinRequestDTO } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/class-join-request';
 import { ConflictException } from '../exceptions/conflict-exception.js';
-import { Submission } from '../entities/assignments/submission.entity';
+import { Submission } from '../entities/assignments/submission.entity.js';
+import { mapToUsername } from '../interfaces/user.js';

 export async function getAllStudents(full: boolean): Promise<StudentDTO[] | string[]> {
    const studentRepository = getStudentRepository();
@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export async function getAllStudents(full: boolean): Promise<StudentDTO[] | stri
        return users.map(mapToStudentDTO);
    }

-    return users.map((user) => user.username);
+    return users.map(mapToUsername);
 }

 export async function fetchStudent(username: string): Promise<Student> {
@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export async function createStudent(userData: StudentDTO): Promise<StudentDTO> {
    const newStudent = mapToStudent(userData);
    await studentRepository.save(newStudent, { preventOverwrite: true });

-    return userData;
+    return mapToStudentDTO(newStudent);
 }

 export async function createOrUpdateStudent(userData: StudentDTO): Promise<StudentDTO> {
--- a/backend/src/services/teacher-invitations.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/teacher-invitations.ts
@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export async function createInvitation(data: TeacherInvitationData): Promise<Tea
        throw new ConflictException('The teacher sending the invite is not part of the class');
    }

+    if (cls.teachers.contains(receiver)) {
+        throw new ConflictException('The teacher receiving the invite is already part of the class');
+    }
+
    const newInvitation = mapToInvitation(sender, receiver, cls);
    await teacherInvitationRepository.save(newInvitation, { preventOverwrite: true });

--- a/backend/src/services/teachers.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/teachers.ts
@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { StudentDTO } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/student';
 import { ClassJoinRequestDTO } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/class-join-request';
 import { ClassStatus } from '@dwengo-1/common/util/class-join-request';
 import { ConflictException } from '../exceptions/conflict-exception.js';
+import { mapToUsername } from '../interfaces/user.js';

 export async function getAllTeachers(full: boolean): Promise<TeacherDTO[] | string[]> {
    const teacherRepository: TeacherRepository = getTeacherRepository();
@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export async function getAllTeachers(full: boolean): Promise<TeacherDTO[] | stri
    if (full) {
        return users.map(mapToTeacherDTO);
    }
-    return users.map((user) => user.username);
+    return users.map(mapToUsername);
 }

 export async function fetchTeacher(username: string): Promise<Teacher> {
@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ export async function getTeacher(username: string): Promise<TeacherDTO> {
    return mapToTeacherDTO(user);
 }

-export async function createTeacher(userData: TeacherDTO): Promise<TeacherDTO> {
+// TODO update parameter
+export async function createTeacher(userData: TeacherDTO, _update?: boolean): Promise<TeacherDTO> {
    const teacherRepository: TeacherRepository = getTeacherRepository();

    const newTeacher = mapToTeacher(userData);
@ -98,7 +100,9 @@ export async function getStudentsByTeacher(username: string, full: boolean): Pro

    const classIds: string[] = classes.map((cls) => cls.id);

-    const students: StudentDTO[] = (await Promise.all(classIds.map(async (username) => await getClassStudentsDTO(username)))).flat();
+    const students: StudentDTO[] = (await Promise.all(classIds.map(async (classId) => await getClassStudentsDTO(classId))))
+        .flat()
+        .filter((student, index, self) => self.findIndex((s) => s.username === student.username) === index);

    if (full) {
        return students;
--- a/backend/tests/controllers/teachers.test.ts
+++ b/backend/tests/controllers/teachers.test.ts
@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
 import { BadRequestException } from '../../src/exceptions/bad-request-exception.js';
 import { EntityAlreadyExistsException } from '../../src/exceptions/entity-already-exists-exception.js';
 import { getStudentRequestsHandler } from '../../src/controllers/students.js';
-import { TeacherDTO } from '@dwengo-1/common/interfaces/teacher';
 import { getClassHandler } from '../../src/controllers/classes';
 import { getClass02 } from '../test_assets/classes/classes.testdata';

@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ describe('Teacher controllers', () => {
    });

    it('Teacher list', async () => {
-        req = { query: { full: 'true' } };
+        req = { query: { full: 'false' } };

        await getAllTeachersHandler(req as Request, res as Response);

@ -105,8 +104,7 @@ describe('Teacher controllers', () => {

        const result = jsonMock.mock.lastCall?.[0];

-        const teacherUsernames = result.teachers.map((s: TeacherDTO) => s.username);
-        expect(teacherUsernames).toContain('testleerkracht1');
+        expect(result.teachers).toContain('testleerkracht1');

        expect(result.teachers).toHaveLength(5);
    });