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https://github.com/chrisglass/django-rulez

A lean and mean object-level rules system for the Django framework
https://github.com/chrisglass/django-rulez

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A lean and mean object-level rules system for the Django framework

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django-rulez

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django-rulez is a lean, fast and complete rules-based permissions system for

the django framework.



Most other authentication frameworks focus on using database joins, which gets

pretty slow after a while (since mostly every query generates a lot of joins).

Django-rulez uses a memory-based hashmap instead.



Django-rulez also implements a role concept, allowing for very readable and

maintainable code.



django-rulez was forked from django-rules, since some of the goals django-rules

set themselves didn't match our current project goals. You can refer to their 

github project page for more information about this other cool project: 

https://github.com/maraujop/django-rules

Kudos for the good work guys!



Generally, it is also an instance-level authorization backend, that stores the 

rules themselves as methods on models.



Status

======



Since many people asked - this project is still active and used in production

systems, but its current goals have been reached and not much further

development happens.



Pull requests or discussion is very welcome, especially if you have an

interesting use-case we haven't thought of :)



Our test coverage is 100%, and we would like to keep it this way, so

please make sure you test before you push.



Installation

=============



From source

------------



To install django-rulez from source:



.. code-block:: shell



	git clone https://github.com/chrisglass/django-rulez/ django-rulez

	cd django-rulez

	python setup.py install



From Pypi

----------



Simply install django-rulez like you would install any other pypi package:



.. code-block:: shell



    pip install django-rulez



Configuration

==============



* Add `rulez` to the list of `INSTALLED_APPS` in your `settings.py`

* Add the django-rulez authorization backend to the list of `AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS` in `settings.py`:



  .. code-block:: python



	AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [

	    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend', # Django's default auth backend

	    'rulez.backends.ObjectPermissionBackend',

	]



Example

=========



The following example should get you started:



.. code-block:: python



    # models.py

    from rulez import registry

    

    class myModel(models.Model):

        

        def can_edit(self, user_obj):

            '''

            Not a very useful rule, but it's an example

            '''

            if user_obj.username == 'chris':

                return True

            return False

            

    registry.register('can_edit', myModel)



Django-rulez requires to declare the rule as a method in the same model. This

is very simple in case the rule applies to a model in our own application, but

in some cases, we might need to set object permisions to models from 3rd-party

applications (e.g. to the User model). Let's see an example for this case:



.. code-block:: python



    # models.py

    from django.contrib.auth.models import User

    from rulez import registry

    

    def user_can_edit(self, user_obj):

        '''

        This function will be hooked up to the User model as a method.

        The rule says that a user can only be modified by the same user

        '''

        if self == user_obj:

            return True

        return False

    

    # 'add_to_class' is a standard Django method

    User.add_to_class('can_edit', user_can_edit)

            

    registry.register('can_edit', User)



Another example: using roles

=============================



A little more code is needed to use roles, but it's still pretty concise:



.. code-block:: python



    # models.py

    from rulez.rolez.base import AbstractRole

    from rulez.roles.models import ModelRoleMixin

    from rulez import registry



    class Editor(AbstractRole):

        """ That's a role"""

        @classmethod

        def is_member(cls, user, obj):

            """Remember, class methods take the class instead of self"""

            if user.username == 'chris':

                return True

            return False



    class myModel(models.Model, ModelRoleMixin): # Don't forget the mixin!

        

        def can_edit(self, user_obj):

            '''

            Not a very useful either but it's an example

            '''

            return self.has_role(user_obj, Editor):



        roles = [Editor, ]



    registry.register('can_edit', myModel)



Using your rules

=================



Once you have created a rule or role, you can utilize them directly on 

an instance of your model:



.. code-block:: python



    model_instance = MyModel.objects.get(pk=1)

    user_chris = User.objects.get(username='chris')



    model_instance.can_edit(user_chris)



Or, with the help of django-rulez's authentication backend, on a user 

object:



.. code-block:: python



    user_chris.has_perm('can_edit', model_instance)



In addition, the following templatetag usage is supported:



.. code-block:: html+django



   {% load rulez_perms %}

   {% rulez_perms can_edit model_instance as VARNAME %}

   {% if VARNAME %}

   You have permissions

   {% else %}

   Sorry, you don't have permission

   {% endif %}