effective_roles 0.1
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- data/MIT-LICENSE +20 -0
- data/README.md +129 -0
- data/Rakefile +23 -0
- data/app/helpers/effective_roles_helper.rb +13 -0
- data/app/models/concerns/acts_as_role_restricted.rb +82 -0
- data/app/views/effective/roles/_roles_fields.html.haml +17 -0
- data/lib/effective_roles.rb +12 -0
- data/lib/effective_roles/engine.rb +27 -0
- data/lib/effective_roles/version.rb +3 -0
- data/lib/generators/effective_roles/install_generator.rb +17 -0
- data/lib/generators/templates/README +1 -0
- data/lib/generators/templates/effective_roles.rb +30 -0
- data/lib/tasks/effective_roles_tasks.rake +4 -0
- data/spec/dummy/README.rdoc +261 -0
- data/spec/dummy/Rakefile +7 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js +15 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb +14 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config.ru +4 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/application.rb +59 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/boot.rb +10 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/database.yml +25 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/environment.rb +5 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/environments/development.rb +37 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/environments/production.rb +67 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/environments/test.rb +37 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/inflections.rb +15 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +7 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/session_store.rb +8 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/locales/en.yml +5 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/routes.rb +58 -0
- data/spec/dummy/db/development.sqlite3 +0 -0
- data/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb +16 -0
- data/spec/dummy/db/test.sqlite3 +0 -0
- data/spec/dummy/log/development.log +17 -0
- data/spec/dummy/log/test.log +1 -0
- data/spec/dummy/public/404.html +26 -0
- data/spec/dummy/public/422.html +26 -0
- data/spec/dummy/public/500.html +25 -0
- data/spec/dummy/public/favicon.ico +0 -0
- data/spec/dummy/script/rails +6 -0
- data/spec/effective_roles_spec.rb +7 -0
- data/spec/spec_helper.rb +34 -0
- data/spec/support/factories.rb +1 -0
- metadata +231 -0
data/MIT-LICENSE
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Copyright 2013 Code and Effect Inc.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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data/README.md
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# Effective Roles
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Implements multi-role authorization based on an integer roles_mask field
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Includes a mixin for adding authentication for any model.
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SQL Finders for returning a Relation with all permitted records.
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Handy formtastic helper for assigning roles.
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Intended for use with the other effective_* gems
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Designed to work on its own, or with simple pass through to CanCan
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Rails >= 3.2.x, Ruby >= 1.9.x. Has not been tested/developed for Rails4.
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## Getting Started
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Add to Gemfile:
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```ruby
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gem 'effective_roles'
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```
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Run the bundle command to install it:
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```console
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bundle install
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```
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Install the configuration file:
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```console
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rails generate effective_roles:install
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```
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The generator will install an initializer which describes all configuration options.
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## Usage
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Add the mixin to an existing model:
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```ruby
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class Post
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acts_as_role_restricted
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end
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```
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Then create a migration to add the :roles_Mask column to the model.
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```console
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rails generate migration add_roles_to_post roles_mask:integer
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```
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which will create a migration something like
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```ruby
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class AddRolesToPost < ActiveRecord::Migration
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def change
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add_column :posts, :roles_mask, :integer
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end
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end
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```
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## Behavior
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### Defining Roles
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All roles are defined in the config/effective_roles.rb initializer.
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### Model
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Assign roles:
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```ruby
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post.roles = [:admin, :superamdin]
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post.save
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See if an object has been assigned a specific role:
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```ruby
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post.is_role_restricted?
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post.is?(:admin)
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=> true
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post.roles
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=> [:admin, :superadmin]
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```
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### Finder Methods
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Find all objects that have been assigned a specific role (or roles). Will not return posts that have no assigned roles (roles_mask = 0)
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```ruby
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Post.with_role(:admin, :superadmin) # Can pass as an array if you want
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Find all objects that are appropriate for a specific role. Will return posts that have no assigned roles
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```ruby
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Post.for_role(:admin)
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These are both ActiveRecord::Relations, so you can chain them with other methods like normal.
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## License
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MIT License. Copyright Code and Effect Inc. http://www.codeandeffect.com
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You are not granted rights or licenses to the trademarks of Code and Effect
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## Credits
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This model implements the https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/Role-Based-Authorization multi role based authorization based on the roles_mask field
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### Testing
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The test suite for this gem is unfortunately not yet complete.
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Run tests by:
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```ruby
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rake spec
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#!/usr/bin/env rake
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begin
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require 'bundler/setup'
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rescue LoadError
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puts 'You must `gem install bundler` and `bundle install` to run rake tasks'
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# Our tasks
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load 'lib/tasks/effective_roles_tasks.rake'
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# Testing tasks
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APP_RAKEFILE = File.expand_path("../spec/dummy/Rakefile", __FILE__)
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load 'rails/tasks/engine.rake'
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Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
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require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
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desc "Run all specs in spec directory (excluding plugin specs)"
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RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec => 'app:db:test:prepare')
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task :default => :spec
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module EffectiveRolesHelper
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# For use in formtastic forms
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def effective_roles_fields(form, options = {})
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if EffectiveRoles.role_descriptions.kind_of?(Hash)
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role_descriptions = EffectiveRoles.role_descriptions[form.object.class.name]
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end
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role_descriptions ||= (EffectiveRoles.role_descriptions || [])
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opts = {:f => form, :role_descriptions => role_descriptions}.merge(options)
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render :partial => 'effective/roles/roles_fields', :locals => opts
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# ActsAsRoleRestricted
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# This model implements the
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# https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/Role-Based-Authorization
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# multi role based authorization based on the roles_mask field
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# Mark your model with 'acts_as_role_restricted'
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#
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# and create the migration
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# structure do
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# roles_mask :integer, :default => 0
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# end
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module ActsAsRoleRestricted
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extend ActiveSupport::Concern
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module ActiveRecord
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def acts_as_role_restricted(*options)
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@acts_as_role_restricted_opts = options || []
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include ::ActsAsRoleRestricted
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end
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end
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included do
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validates :roles_mask, :numericality => true, :allow_nil => true
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end
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module ClassMethods
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# Call with for_role(:admin) or for_role(@user.roles) or for_role([:admin, :member]) or for_role(:admin, :member, ...)
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# Returns all records which have been assigned any of the the given roles
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def with_role(*roles)
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where(with_role_sql(roles))
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end
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# Returns all records which have been assigned any of the given roles, as well as any record with no role assigned
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def for_role(*roles)
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sql = with_role_sql(roles) || ''
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sql += ' OR ' if sql.present?
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sql += "(#{self.table_name}.roles_mask = 0) OR (#{self.table_name}.roles_mask IS NULL)"
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where(sql)
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def with_role_sql(*roles)
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roles.map { |role| "(#{self.table_name}.roles_mask & %d > 0)" % 2**EffectiveRoles.roles.index(role) }.join(' OR ')
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def roles=(roles)
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self.roles_mask = (roles.map(&:to_sym) & EffectiveRoles.roles).map { |r| 2**EffectiveRoles.roles.index(r) }.sum
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def roles
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def is?(role)
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module EffectiveRoles
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helper EffectiveRolesHelper
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end
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end
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