collaborator-map

A redis data structure for users collaborating on projects.

installation

$ npm install collaborator-map

usage

You need a Redis server running, you can provide the connection details to the constructor.

First - create a new map connected to the redis server:

var Collaborators = require('collaborator-map');
 
var map = Collaborators({
    host:'127.0.0.1',
    port:6379,
 
    // this will be prepended to all redis keys used by the map
    prefix:'mycustomprefix'
})
 

adding a project

When a user creates a new resource that requires access control - tell the map about the:

• project id
• owner id
• access level

 
// project_id = binocarlos/countries
// user_id = binocarlos
// access = private
 
map.create_project('binocarlos/countries', 'binocarlos', 'private', function(error){
    
})

getting access

There are 3 access levels a given user can obtain with a resource:

• read
• write
• none

To get the access level for any user on a particular project id:

map.get_access('binocarlos/countries', 'otheruser', function(error, access){
    
    // from our example above access would be 'none' - the project is private
 
})
 

collaborators

The people who can write to a project (or read a private one) are called 'collaborators'.

By default the owner of a project is a collaborator (and cannot be removed as one).

You can added and remove collaborators to a project:

Add a user:

map.add_collaborator('bobsnewprojects', 'pete', next);

Remove a user:

map.remove_collaborator('bobsnewprojects', 'pete', next);

renaming projects

If for some reason you want to change the id by which you refer to a project:

map.rename_project('oldprojectid', 'newprojectid', next);
 

listing user projects

You can list the projects that a user can access.

The list contains objects with the following properties:

• id - the project id
• access - the access setting (public | private)
• owner - whether the user is the owner of the project (true | false)

map.get_projects('bob', function(error, projects){
    // projects is an array of objects
})

licence

MIT