diff --git a/account/src/lib/sample-users.ts b/account/src/lib/sample-users.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4cb621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/account/src/lib/sample-users.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import * as AT from "../../../website/src/types/account-types";
+
+const basic: AT.LingdocsUser = {
+    "_id":"5e8dd381-950f-4641-922d-c63c6bf0f8e9",
+    "_rev":"1713-1a299e0d66da62fe4c8d059f0f068cb7",
+    "userId":"5e8dd381-950f-4641-922d-c63c6bf0f8e9" as AT.UUID,
+    "email":"bob@example.com",
+    "emailVerified":true,
+    "name":"Bob Smith",
+    "password":"12345" as AT.Hash,
+    "level":"basic",
+    "tests":[],
+    "lastLogin":1629893763810 as AT.TimeStamp,
+    "lastActive":1630414108552 as AT.TimeStamp,
+    "userTextOptionsRecord":{
+        "lastModified":1629983812750 as AT.TimeStamp,
+        "userTextOptions":{"spelling":"Afghan","diacritics":false,"dialect":"standard","phonetics":"lingdocs"}
+    },
+};
+
+const student: AT.LingdocsUser = {
+    "_id":"5e8dd381-950f-4641-922d-c63c6bf0f8e8",
+    "_rev":"1713-1a299e0d66da62fe4c8d059f0f068cb6",
+    "userId":"5e8dd381-950f-4641-922d-c63c6bf0f8e9" as AT.UUID,
+    "email":"jim@example.com",
+    "emailVerified":true,
+    "name":"Jim Weston",
+    "password":"12345" as AT.Hash,
+    "level":"student",
+    "tests":[],
+    "lastLogin":1629893763810 as AT.TimeStamp,
+    "lastActive":1630414108552 as AT.TimeStamp,
+    "couchDbPassword": "12345" as AT.UserDbPassword,
+    "wordlistDbName": "jim-db" as AT.WordlistDbName,
+    "userTextOptionsRecord":{
+        "lastModified":1629983812750 as AT.TimeStamp,
+        "userTextOptions":{"spelling":"Afghan","diacritics":false,"dialect":"standard","phonetics":"lingdocs"}
+    },
+};
+
+const admin: AT.LingdocsUser = {
+    "_id":"5e8dd381-950f-4641-922d-c63c6bf0f8e8",
+    "_rev":"1713-1a299e0d66da62fe4c8d059f0f068cb6",
+    "userId":"5e8dd381-950f-4641-922d-c63c6bf0f8e9" as AT.UUID,
+    "email":"jim@example.com",
+    "emailVerified":true,
+    "name":"Frank Weston",
+    "password":"12345" as AT.Hash,
+    "level":"editor",
+    "admin":true,
+    "tests":[],
+    "lastLogin":1629893763810 as AT.TimeStamp,
+    "lastActive":1630414108552 as AT.TimeStamp,
+    "couchDbPassword": "12345" as AT.UserDbPassword,
+    "wordlistDbName": "jim-db" as AT.WordlistDbName,
+    "userTextOptionsRecord":{
+        "lastModified":1629983812750 as AT.TimeStamp,
+        "userTextOptions":{"spelling":"Afghan","diacritics":false,"dialect":"standard","phonetics":"lingdocs"}
+    },
+};
+
+const editor: AT.LingdocsUser = {
+    "_id":"5e8dd381-950f-4641-922d-c63c6bf0f8e8",
+    "_rev":"1713-1a299e0d66da62fe4c8d059f0f068cb6",
+    "userId":"5e8dd381-950f-4641-922d-c63c6bf0f8e9" as AT.UUID,
+    "email":"jim@example.com",
+    "emailVerified":true,
+    "name":"Frank Weston",
+    "password":"12345" as AT.Hash,
+    "level":"editor",
+    "tests":[],
+    "lastLogin":1629893763810 as AT.TimeStamp,
+    "lastActive":1630414108552 as AT.TimeStamp,
+    "couchDbPassword": "12345" as AT.UserDbPassword,
+    "wordlistDbName": "jim-db" as AT.WordlistDbName,
+    "userTextOptionsRecord":{
+        "lastModified":1629983812750 as AT.TimeStamp,
+        "userTextOptions":{"spelling":"Afghan","diacritics":false,"dialect":"standard","phonetics":"lingdocs"}
+    },
+};
+
+export default {
+    basic,
+    student,
+    editor,
+    admin,
+};
diff --git a/account/src/lib/with-user.ts b/account/src/lib/with-user.ts
index 60ddb05..e042630 100644
--- a/account/src/lib/with-user.ts
+++ b/account/src/lib/with-user.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {
     GetServerSidePropsContext,
     GetServerSidePropsResult,
 } from "next";
-
+import sampleUsers from "./sample-users";
 
 declare module "http" {
     interface IncomingMessage {
@@ -38,14 +38,18 @@ async function fetchUser(cookies: any): Promise<AT.LingdocsUser | undefined> {
  * 
  * @returns 
  */
-export async function lingdocsUserExpressMiddleware(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
-    const user = await fetchUser(req.headers.cookie);
-    Object.defineProperty(
-        req,
-        "user",
-        { value: user, writable: false, enumerable: true },
-    );
-    next();
+export function lingdocsUserExpressMiddleware(devSampleUser?: "basic" | "student" | "admin" | "editor" | "none"): (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => Promise<void>  {
+    return async function expressMiddleware(req, res, next) {
+        const user = devSampleUser
+            ? (devSampleUser === "none" ? undefined : sampleUsers[devSampleUser])
+            : await fetchUser(req.headers.cookie);
+        Object.defineProperty(
+            req,
+            "user",
+            { value: user, writable: false, enumerable: true },
+        );
+        next();
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -62,9 +66,11 @@ export async function lingdocsUserExpressMiddleware(req: Request, res: Response,
  * @param handler 
  * @returns 
  */
-export function withLingdocsUserApiRoute(handler: NextApiHandler): NextApiHandler {
+export function withLingdocsUserApiRoute(handler: NextApiHandler, devSampleUser?: "basic" | "student" | "admin" | "editor" | "none"): NextApiHandler {
     return async function nextApiHandlerWrappedWithLingdocsUser(req, res) {
-        const user = await fetchUser(req.cookies);
+        const user = devSampleUser
+            ? (devSampleUser === "none" ? undefined : sampleUsers[devSampleUser])
+            : await fetchUser(req.headers.cookies);
         Object.defineProperty(
             req,
             "user",
@@ -91,11 +97,15 @@ export function withLingdocsUserSsr<
 >(
     handler: (
         context: GetServerSidePropsContext,
-    ) => GetServerSidePropsResult<P> | Promise<GetServerSidePropsResult<P>>) {
+    ) => GetServerSidePropsResult<P> | Promise<GetServerSidePropsResult<P>>,
+    devSampleUser?: "basic" | "student" | "admin" | "editor" | "none",
+) {
     return async function nextGetServerSidePropsHandlerWrappedWithLingdocsUser(
         context: GetServerSidePropsContext,
     ) {
-        const user = await fetchUser(context.req.cookies);
+        const user = devSampleUser
+            ? (devSampleUser === "none" ? undefined : sampleUsers[devSampleUser])
+            : await fetchUser(context.req.cookies);
         Object.defineProperty(
             context.req,
             "user",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c70411..a23cbc7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/lingdocs-main",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.2.3",
   "description": "types and functions for lingdocs stuff",
   "main": "dist/library.js",
   "module": "dist/library.js",