permission 0.4.1
Simple and flexible permission control for Flask app.
License: MIT

Permission
==========

|Latest Version| |The MIT License|

Simple and flexible permission control for Flask app.

Features
--------

-  **Simple**: all you need to do is subclassing ``Rule`` and
   ``Permission`` class.
-  **Flexible**: support rule inheritance and bitwise operations(\ ``&``
   and ``|``) to build your own rules.

Installation
------------

::

    $ pip install permission

Rule
----

``Rule`` has 3 methods which can be overrided:

-  base(): define base rule.
-  check(): determine whether this rule should be passed or not.
-  deny(): will be executed when ``check()`` failed.

You should always override ``check()`` and ``deny()`` while overriding
``base()`` as needed.

Permission
----------

``Permission`` has 1 method which can be overrided:

-  rule(): define rule needed by this permission

You should always override ``rule()``.

``Permission`` has 2 instance methods you can use in codes:

-  check(): call this to check rule of this permission
-  deny(): call this to execute codes when ``check()`` failed

Usage
-----

First you need to define your own rules by subclassing ``Rule`` then
override ``check()`` and ``deny()``:

.. code:: py

    # rules.py
    from flask import session, flash, redirect, url_for
    from permission import Rule


    class UserRule(Rule):
        def check(self):
            """Check if there is a user signed in."""
            return 'user_id' in session

        def deny(self):
            """When no user signed in, redirect to signin page."""
            flash('Sign in first.')
            return redirect(url_for('signin'))

Then you define permissions by subclassing ``Permission`` and override
``rule()``:

.. code:: py

    # permissions.py
    from permission import Permission
    from .rules import UserRule


    class UserPermission(Permission):
        """Only signin user has this permission."""
        def rule(self):
            return UserRule()

There are 4 ways to use the ``UserPermission`` defined above:

**1. Use as view decorator**

.. code:: py

    from .permissions import UserPermission


    @app.route('/settings')
    @UserPermission()
    def settings():
        """User settings page, only accessable for sign-in user."""
        return render_template('settings.html')

**2. Use in view codes**

.. code:: py

    from .permissions import UserPermission


    @app.route('/settions')
    def settings():
        permission = UserPermission()
        if not permission.check()
            return permission.deny()
        return render_template('settings.html')

**3. Use in view codes (using ``with`` statement)**

.. code:: py

    from .permissions import UserPermission


    @app.route('/settions')
    def settings():
        with UserPermission():
            return render_template('settings.html')

**Note**: if you don't raise an exception when the permission check
failed (in other words, a rule's ``deny()`` will be called),
``PermissionDeniedException`` will be raised in order to stop the
execution of the with-body codes. By the way, you can import this
exception as needed:

.. code:: py

    from permission import PermissionDeniedException

**4. Use in Jinja2 templates**

First you need to inject your defined permissions to template context:

.. code:: py

    from . import permissions


    @app.context_processor
    def inject_vars():
        return dict(
            permissions=permissions
        )

then in templates:

.. code:: html

    {% if permissions.UserPermission().check() %}
        <a href="{{ url_for('new') }}">New</a>
    {% endif %}

Rule Inheritance
----------------

Need to say, inheritance here is not the same thing as Python class
inheritance, it's just means you can use RuleA as the base rule of
RuleB.

We achieve this by overriding ``base()``.

Let's say an administrator user should always be a user:

.. code:: py

    # rules.py
    from flask import session, abort, flash, redirect, url_for
    from permission import Rule


    class UserRule(Rule):
        def check(self):
            return 'user_id' in session

        def deny(self):
            flash('Sign in first.')
            return redirect(url_for('signin'))


    class AdminRule(Rule):
        def base(self):
            return UserRule()

        def check(self):
            user_id = int(session['user_id'])
            user = User.query.filter(User.id == user_id).first()
            return user and user.is_admin

        def deny(self):
            abort(403)

Rule Bitwise Operations
-----------------------

-  ``RuleA & RuleB`` means it will be passed when both RuleA and RuleB
   are passed.
-  ``RuleA | RuleB`` means it will be passed either RuleA or RuleB is
   passed.

Let's say we need to build a forum with Flask. Only the topic creator
and administrator user can edit a topic:

First define rules:

.. code:: py

    # rules.py
    from flask import session, abort, flash, redirect, url_for
    from permission import Rule
    from .models import User, Topic


    class UserRule(Rule):
        def check(self):
            """Check if there is a user signed in."""
            return 'user_id' in session

        def deny(self):
            """When no user signed in, redirect to signin page."""
            flash('Sign in first.')
            return redirect(url_for('signin'))


    class AdminRule(Rule):
        def base(self):
            return UserRule()

        def check(self):
            user_id = int(session['user_id'])
            user = User.query.filter(User.id == user_id).first()
            return user and user.is_admin

        def deny(self):
            abort(403)


    class TopicCreatorRule(Rule):
        def __init__(self, topic):
            self.topic = topic
            super(TopicCreatorRule, self).__init__()

        def base(self):
            return UserRule()

        def check(self):
            return topic.user_id == session['user_id']

        def deny(self):
            abort(403)

then define permissions:

.. code:: py

    # permissions.py
    from permission import Permission


    class TopicAdminPermission(Permission):
        def __init__(self, topic):
            self.topic = topic
            super(TopicAdminPermission, self).__init__()

        def rule(self):
            return AdminRule() | TopicCreatorRule(self.topic)

so we can use ``TopicAdminPermission`` in ``edit_topic`` view:

.. code:: py

    from .permissions import TopicAdminPermission


    @app.route('topic/<int:topic_id>/edit')
    def edit_topic(topic_id):
        topic = Topic.query.get_or_404(topic_id)
        permission = TopicAdminPermission(topic)
        if not permission.check():
            return permission.deny()
        ...

License
-------

MIT

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