Fellowship

An unopinionated bitwise memory based ACL. To be used as a low level base for implementing a persistant module.

Installation

npm install fellowship --save

Usage

var Fellowship = require('fellowship')
  , resources = { resourceOne: { permission1: 1, permission2: 2, permission3: 4 }  }
  , groups = { Admin: { resourceOne: 6 }}
  , acl = new Fellowship(resources, groups)
 
acl.hasPermission('Admin', 'resourceOne', 'permission1') // false
acl.hasPermission('Admin', 'resourceOne', 'permission2') // true
acl.hasPermission('Admin', 'resourceOne', 'permission3') // true
 
// Moderator
acl.addResource('Blog', [ 'create,', 'read', 'update', 'delete' ])
acl.addGroup('Moderator')
acl.addPermission('Moderator', 'Blog', 'create')
acl.hasPermission('Moderator', 'Blog', 'create') // true
 
// Root
acl.addGroup('Root')
acl.addPermission('Root', 'Blog', '*')
acl.hasPermission('Root', 'Blog', 'read') // true

Methods

addGroup (name, [resourcePermissions])

• name - The identifier to the group, either a name or a data based id
• resourcePermissions - An optional object of permissions, e.g. { permission1: 1, permission2: 2, permission3: 4 }

addResource (name, permissions)

• name - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id
• permissions - An array of permissions, e.g. [ 'create,', 'read', 'update', 'delete' ]

addPermission (groupName, resourceName, permissionName)

• groupName - The identifier to the group, either a name or a data based id
• resourceName - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id
• permissionName - Self explanatory, will throw an error if resource does not have such a permission

addPermission (groupName, resourceName, permissionNames)

• groupName - The identifier to the group, either a name or a data based id
• resourceName - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id
• permissionNames - Self explanatory, array of permission names, will throw an error if resource does not have such a permission

Internally uses addPermission

deleteGroup (groupName)

• groupName - The identifier to the group, either a name or a data based id

deletePermission (resourceName, permissionName)

• resourceName - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id
• permissionName - Self explanatory, will throw an error if resource does not have such a permission

Recalculates permission values and group resource values

deleteResource (resourceName)

• resourceName - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id

Also removes the resource from all groups, use removeResource to only remove it from a particular group

getGroup (name)

• groupName - The identifier to the group, either a name or a data based id

Returns the groups resource permissions

getResource (name)

• name - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id

Returns the resources permissions and their associated 'bit' value

hasPermission (groupName, resourceName, permissionName)

• groupName - The identifier to the group, either a name or a data based id
• resourceName - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id
• permissionName - Self explanatory, will throw an error if resource does not have such a permission

Returns true if group has permission, false if not

newPermission (resourceName, permissionName)

• resourceName - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id
• permissionName - Self explanatory, will throw an error if resource does not have such a permission

Adds a new permission to the resource, maximum of 31 permissions per resource

removePermission (groupName, resourceName, permissionName)

• groupName - The identifier to the group, either a name or a data based id
• resourceName - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id
• permissionName - Self explanatory, will throw an error if resource does not have such a permission

Removes the permission from the group, and recalculates resource value for group

removeResource (groupName, resourceName)

• groupName - The identifier to the group, either a name or a data based id
• resourceName - The identifier to the resource, either a name or a data based id

Removes the resource from the group

Events

Every method apart from getters emit an event

fellowship.on('permission.removed', function (groupName, resourceName, permissionName) {
  console.log(groupName, resourceName, permissionName)
})

• group.added (name, resourcePermissions)

• permission.added (groupName, resourceName, permissionName)

• permissions.added (groupName, resourceName, permissions)

• resource.added (name, permissions)

• group.deleted (name)

• permission.deleted (resourceName, permissionName)

• resource.deleted (resourceName)

• permission.new (resourceName, permissionName)

• permission.removed (groupName, resourceName, permission)

• resource.removed (groupName, resourceName)

FAQ

Why is there a limit on the amount of permissions per resource?

This is due to 32bit operations within JavaScript. If you find yourself needing a resource with more than 31 permissions, you should look into refactoring.

Bad

fellowship.addResource('Forum', [ 'createtopic', 'createpost', 'locktopic' ])

Good

fellowship.addResource('Topic', [ 'create', 'lock' ])
fellowship.addResource('Post', [ 'create', 'edit', 'delete' ])