we-core-acl

Simple and powerfull access control list (ACL) module exported from we.js core

Installation

npm install --save we-core-acl

Usage

Test it in your browser:

https://tonicdev.com/albertosouza/tonic-npm-we-core-acl

Example

var ACL = require('we-core-acl');
var acl = new ACL();

var options = {
  config: {
    permissions: {
      'fly_fast': {
        'title': 'Fly super fast'
      }
    },
    // roles with permissions
    roles: {
      administrator: {
        // administrators can do everything and dont need permissions
        name: "Administrator"
      },
      bird: {
        name: 'bird',
        permissions: []
      },
      jet: {
        name: 'jet',
        permissions: [
          'fly_fast'
        ]
      }
    }    
  }
}

acl.init(options, function(){
  // acl is ready to use

  if (acl.can('fly_fast', ['bird'])) {
    // can fly fast, this will not run in this example
  } else {
    // birds cant fly fast
  }

  if (acl.can('fly_fast', ['jet'])) {
    // jet can fly fast
  } else {
    // this not run in this example
  }

  if (acl.can('fly_fast', ['jet', 'bird'])) {
    // Bird Jets can fly fast
  } else {
    // this not run in this example
  }

});

License

MIT © Alberto Souza