Issue with config/policies.js

[rishab-yumist]

Hello,

If I have my controllers in api/controllers/v1/, when I try to write policies, it doesn't apply on them.

Here's my config/policies.js code

Could you help me with the same?

Thanks in advance. @cludden

[cludden]

hey @rishab-yumist if your project structure looks like this:

• /api
  • /controllers
  • /v1
    • EventController.js
  • /policies
  • /policyFactories
  • member.js
• /config
  • policies.js

then to apply a policy or policy factory to the EventController, you need to prefix the relative path of the controller to the controller name, like so

// in /config/policies.js
module.exports.policies = {
    // ..
    'v1/EventController': {
        '*': must().be.a.member()
    }
    // ..
}

[rishab-yumist]

Hello @cludden ,

I tried using this. It throws an error.

[cludden]

can you give some additional info? node version? sails version? also, you're policyFactory file if that's cool?

[rishab-yumist]

Sure @cludden , here are the details : Sails version 0.11.3 Node version 4.2.3

api/policies/member.js

config/policies.js ![Uploading Screen Shot 2016-01-19 at 8.22.35 pm.png…]()

[cludden]

Oh I think I see the issue, I don't believe you can put policyFactories in the /policies folder, as this folder is reserved by sails for traditional policies. Try moving it to /api/policyFactories/member.js and change your require statement to reflect the move:

// in /config/policies
var must = require('sails-must')({
    helpers: ['to', 'of', 'at', 'a'],
    response: function(err, errors, req, res, next) {
        // ...
    }
})

[rishab-yumist]

Hard luck, still getting the same error.

Folder structure

[cludden]

hmm, do you sails-hook-must installed and have you disabled the default policy hook?

[rishab-yumist]

Hey @cludden , I found what the issue was, my .sailsrc file was missing. I added it and it works like a wonder. Thanks for your help :)

[cludden]

Awesome!