casbin-postgresql-watcher 1.1.1

Casbin role watcher to be used for monitoring updates to policies for PyCasbin

postgresql-watcher

Casbin watcher based on PostgreSQL for monitoring updates to casbin policies.

Installation

pip install casbin-postgresql-watcher

Basic Usage Example

from flask_authz import CasbinEnforcer
from postgresql_watcher import PostgresqlWatcher
from flask import Flask
from casbin.persist.adapters import FileAdapter

casbin_enforcer = CasbinEnforcer(app, adapter)
watcher = PostgresqlWatcher(host=HOST, port=PORT, user=USER, password=PASSWORD, dbname=DBNAME)
watcher.set_update_callback(casbin_enforcer.load_policy)
casbin_enforcer.set_watcher(watcher)

# Call should_reload before every call of enforce to make sure
# the policy is update to date
watcher.should_reload()
if casbin_enforcer.enforce("alice", "data1", "read"):
    # permit alice to read data1
    pass
else:
    # deny the request, show an error
    pass

alternatively, if you need more control

from flask_authz import CasbinEnforcer
from postgresql_watcher import PostgresqlWatcher
from flask import Flask
from casbin.persist.adapters import FileAdapter

casbin_enforcer = CasbinEnforcer(app, adapter)
watcher = PostgresqlWatcher(host=HOST, port=PORT, user=USER, password=PASSWORD, dbname=DBNAME)
casbin_enforcer.set_watcher(watcher)

# Call should_reload before every call of enforce to make sure
# the policy is update to date
if watcher.should_reload():
    casbin_enforcer.load_policy()

if casbin_enforcer.enforce("alice", "data1", "read"):
    # permit alice to read data1
    pass
else:
    # deny the request, show an error
    pass

Basic Usage Example With SSL Enabled

See PostgresQL documentation for full details of SSL parameters.

...
watcher = PostgresqlWatcher(host=HOST, port=PORT, user=USER, password=PASSWORD, dbname=DBNAME, sslmode="verify_full", sslcert=SSLCERT, sslrootcert=SSLROOTCERT, sslkey=SSLKEY)
...