access-policy

Access Policy Encoder/Parser

Statements Format

{
  "statements": [ //Array
    {
      "effect": "deny", // String
      "action": "*", // String or Array
      "resource": [ // String or Array
        "/user/${user.id}/*"
      ],
      "condition": { // Object
        "equals": { // Object
          "key": "value"
        }
      },
      "restiction": {
        "equals": { // Object
          "key": "value"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Statement

• effect: (Optional) Access to a resource is always denied if there are no matches in a statement. If you need to countermand a more "general" allowed statement with a specific rule, you would use deny.
• action: The HTTP action (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• resource: The URL that is being accessed
• condition: (Optional) A condition for accessing the resource. NOT YET IMPLEMENTED
• restriction: (Otional) Restrictions to the data that can be accessed from a resource. While it's entirely possible to access a resource it can be possible to limit that data that is available from it.

Encoding

Encoding a statement happens at run time (if the provided statement hasn't already been encoded) and evaluated against data provided.

Template Format

When encoding a policy variables are provided via template literal style strings.

{
    "key": "${value}"
}

Parsing

Accepted Data

The following object is what the parser expects to recieve.

{
    Action: 'GET',
    Resource: 'user/12345',
    property: 'value',
    property2: {
      key: 'value',
      key2: 'value'
    }
}

Required

The following properties are required for validation:

• Method: The http method for the request (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Resource: The pathname of the requesting URL

Optional

Beyond the required properties you can inlude arbitrary properties that can be nested and accessed during encoding.

// Template
{
  "statements": [
    {
      "effect": "deny",
      "action": "*",
      "resource": [
        "/user/${user.id}/*"
      ],
      "restiction": {
        "equals": {
          "account_id": "${accountId}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
 
// Data
{
  Action: "GET",
  Resource: "/user/1234",
  accountId: "5678"
}