Mojolicious::Plugin::Authorization - A plugin to make Authorization a bit easier
version 1.03
use Mojolicious::Plugin::Authorization
$self->plugin('Authorization' => {
'has_priv' => sub { ... },
'is_role' => sub { ... },
'user_privs' => sub { ... },
'user_role' => sub { ... },
'fail_render' => { status => 401, json => { ... } },
});
if ($self->has_priv('delete_all', { optional => 'extra data stuff' })) {
...
}
A very simple API implementation of role-based access control (RBAC). This plugin is only an API you will have to do all the work of setting up your roles and privileges and then provide four subs that are used by the plugin. The plugin expects that the current session will be used to get the role its privileges. It also assumes that you have already been authenticated and your role set. That is about it you are free to implement any system you like.
'has_priv' and 'has_privilege' will use the supplied has_priv
subroutine ref to check if the current session has the
given privilege. Returns true when the session has the privilege or false otherwise.
You can pass additional data along in the extra_data hashref and it will be passed to your has_priv
subroutine as-is.
'is' / 'is_role' will use the supplied is_role
subroutine ref to check if the current session is the
given role. Returns true when the session has privilege or false otherwise.
You can pass additional data along in the extra_data hashref and it will be passed to your is_role
subroutine as-is.
'privileges' will use the supplied user_privs
subroutine ref and return the privileges of the current session.
You can pass additional data along in the extra_data hashref and it will be passed to your user_privs
subroutine as-is. The returned data is dependent on the supplied user_privs
subroutine.
'role' will use the supplied user_role
subroutine ref and return the role of the current session.
You can pass additional data along in the extra_data hashref and it will be passed to your user_role
subroutine as-is. The returned data is dependent on the supplied user_role
subroutine.
The following options must be set for the plugin:
The following options are not required but allow greater control:
'has_priv' is used when you need to confirm that the current session has the given privilege.
The coderef you pass to the has_priv
configuration key has the following signature:
sub {
my ($app, $privilege,$extradata) = @_;
...
}
You must return either 0 for a fail and 1 for a pass. This allows ROUTING VIA CONDITION
to work correctly.
'is' / 'is_role' is used when you need to confirm that the current session is set to the given role.
The coderef you pass to the is_role
configuration key has the following signature:
sub {
my ($app, $role, $extradata) = @_;
...
return $role;
}
You must return either 0 for a fail and 1 for a pass. This allows ROUTING VIA CONDITION
to work correctly.
'privileges' is used when you need to get all the privileges of the current session.
The coderef you pass to the user_privs
configuration key has the following signature:
sub {
my ($app,$extradata) = @_;
...
return $privileges;
}
You can return anything you want. It would normally be an arrayref of privileges but you are free to return a scalar, hashref, arrayref, blessed object, or undef.
'role' is used when you need to get the role of the current session.
The coderef you pass to the user_privs
configuration key has the following signature:
sub {
my ($app,$extradata) = @_;
...
return $role;
}
You can return anything you want. It would normally be just a scalar but you are free to return a scalar, hashref, arrayref, blessed object, or undef.
For a code example using this, see the t/01-functional.t
test,
it uses Mojolicious::Lite and this plugin.
This plugin also exports a routing condition you can use in order to limit access to certain documents to only sessions that have a privilege.
$r->route('/delete_all')->requires(has_priv => 'delete_all')->to('mycontroller#delete_all');
my $delete_all_only = $r->route('/members')->requires(has_priv => 'delete_all')->to('members#delete_all');
$delete_all_only->route('delete')->to('members#delete_all');
If the session does not have the 'delete_all' privilege, these routes will not be considered by the dispatcher and unless you have set up a catch-all route, a 404 Not Found will be generated instead.
Another condition you can use to limit access to certain documents to only those sessions that have a role.
$r->route('/view_all')->requires(is => 'ADMIN')->to('mycontroller#view_all');
my $view_all_only = $r->route('/members')->requires(is => 'view_all')->to('members#view_all');
$view_all_only->route('view')->to('members#view_all');
If the session is not the 'ADMIN' role, these routes will not be considered by the dispatcher and unless you have set up a catch-all route, a 404 Not Found will be generated instead. This behavior is similar to the "has" condition.
It is not recommended to route un-authorized requests to anything but a 404 page. If you do route to some sort of 'You are not allowed page' you are telling a hacker that the URL was correct while the 404 tells them nothing. This is just my opinion.
However in the case of publicly documented APIs returning a 404 when priv/role checks fails can confuse users, so you can override the default 404 status on failure by supplying a 'fail_render' value in the plugin config. This will be passed to the Mojolicious ->render method when the has_priv/is/is_role routing fails. For example, to return a status code of 401 with JSON:
fail_render => { status => 401, json => { error => 'Denied' } },
Mojolicious::Sessions, Mojocast 3: Authorization
John Scoles, <byterock at hotmail.com>
Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at https://github.com/byterock/mojolicious-plugin-authorization/issues.
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Mojolicious::Plugin::Authorization You can also look for information at:
Ben van Staveren (madcat)
- For 'Mojolicious::Plugin::Authentication' which I used as a guide in writing up this one.
Chuck Finley
- For staring me off on this.
Abhijit Menon-Sen
- For the routing suggestions
Roland Lammel
- For some other good suggestions
Copyright 2012 John Scoles. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.