rbac-infra 0.1.3

Secure, DIP-based reusable RBAC infrastructure

rbac_infra

A reusable, framework-friendly Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) infrastructure package with:

• A clean core service based on abstractions (Dependency Inversion Principle).
• Pluggable repositories for roles and permissions.
• Policy fallback hooks for contextual authorization rules.
• Optional caching backends (in-memory and Redis).
• A ready-to-use Django adapter (models, repositories, auth backend).

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Features

• Multi-tenant permission keys in the form: tenant:action:resource
• Strict tenant isolation during permission matching
• Wildcard support for action/resource (*) with safe matching
• Extensible policy interface for custom checks (e.g., owner-based access)
• Adapter-friendly architecture for integrating with any persistence layer
• Django integration out of the box

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Project structure

rbac_infra/
├── core/
│   ├── entities.py        # Permission entity + key generation
│   ├── interfaces.py      # RoleRepository, PermissionRepository, Policy
│   ├── service.py         # RBACService permission engine
│   └── exceptions.py      # AccessDenied
├── caching/
│   ├── interfaces.py      # CacheBackend interface
│   └── memory_cache.py    # InMemoryCache + RedisCache
└── adapter/
    ├── models.py          # Django models for Tenant/Role/Permission/UserRole
    ├── repository.py      # Django repository implementations
    ├── backend.py         # Django auth backend using RBACService
    └── migrations/

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Installation

Base package

pip install rbac_infra

Add required variable

REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0 # (Use your production redis url.)

Development dependencies (includes Django + test tools)

pip install -e .[dev]

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Core concepts

1. Permission model

Permissions are represented as:

• tenant_id
• action
• resource

Canonical key format:

tenant:action:resource

Examples:

• tenant1:read:invoice
• tenant2:update:user
• tenant1:*:invoice (all actions on invoice)
• tenant1:read:* (read any resource)

2. Repository abstraction

The core service does not know about Django, SQLAlchemy, or any DB directly. You inject:

• RoleRepository → returns role names for a user in a tenant
• PermissionRepository → returns permissions for a role in a tenant

This keeps your domain logic portable and testable.

3. Policy fallback

If role/permission checks fail, the service evaluates optional policies.

Use policies for contextual rules such as:

• ownership
• time-based access
• business workflow constraints

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Using the core service directly

from rbac_infra.core.service import RBACService
from rbac_infra.core.interfaces import RoleRepository, PermissionRepository
from rbac_infra.core.entities import Permission

class MyRoleRepo(RoleRepository):
    def get_user_roles(self, user_id, tenant_id):
        return ["admin"]

class MyPermissionRepo(PermissionRepository):
    def get_role_permissions(self, role_name, tenant_id):
        return [Permission(action="read", resource="invoice", tenant_id=tenant_id)]

service = RBACService(
    role_repo=MyRoleRepo(),
    permission_repo=MyPermissionRepo(),
)

allowed = service.check(
    user_id="user-1",
    tenant_id="tenant1",
    action="read",
    resource="invoice",
)

If access is denied, RBACService.check(...) raises AccessDenied.

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Caching

You can provide any cache implementation that satisfies CacheBackend.

Built-ins:

• InMemoryCache — simple process-local cache
• RedisCache — Redis-backed cache using REDIS_URL (default redis://localhost:6379/0)

Example:

from rbac_infra.caching.memory_cache import InMemoryCache
from rbac_infra.core.service import RBACService

service = RBACService(
    role_repo=role_repo,
    permission_repo=permission_repo,
    cache=InMemoryCache(),
)

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Django adapter (ready to use)

The project includes a Django adapter with:

• Models: Tenant, Role, Permission, UserRole
• Repositories: DjangoRoleRepository, DjangoPermissionRepository
• Backend: RBACBackend

1) Add app and backend

# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    "rbac_infra.adapter.apps.RBACAdapterConfig",
]

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
    "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
    "rbac_infra.adapter.backend.RBACBackend",
]

2) Run migrations

python manage.py migrate

3) Check permissions

user.has_perm("tenant1:read:invoice")

Permission string format must always be:

tenant:action:resource

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Create custom policies

Implement Policy.evaluate(user_id, action, resource, context) -> bool.

from rbac_infra.core.interfaces import Policy

class OwnerPolicy(Policy):
    def evaluate(self, user_id, action, resource, context):
        return context.get("owner_id") == user_id

Inject into the service:

service = RBACService(
    role_repo=role_repo,
    permission_repo=permission_repo,
    policies=[OwnerPolicy()],
)

You can pass context at runtime:

service.check(
    user_id="u1",
    tenant_id="tenant1",
    action="update",
    resource="invoice",
    context={"owner_id": "u1"},
)

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Build your own adapter/repository (beyond Django)

If you want to support another framework (Flask/FastAPI/custom service) or data store (SQLAlchemy/Mongo/HTTP API), follow the same adapter pattern used in rbac_infra/adapter:

1. Implement a RoleRepository.
2. Implement a PermissionRepository.
3. Map your storage records to rbac_infra.core.entities.Permission.
4. Inject these into RBACService.
5. (Optional) wrap service calls in your framework-specific authorization hook/middleware.

Example: custom SQLAlchemy-style adapter skeleton

from rbac_infra.core.interfaces import RoleRepository, PermissionRepository
from rbac_infra.core.entities import Permission

class SQLARoleRepository(RoleRepository):
    def __init__(self, session):
        self.session = session

    def get_user_roles(self, user_id, tenant_id):
        # Query your own tables
        # return list[str]
        ...

class SQLAPermissionRepository(PermissionRepository):
    def __init__(self, session):
        self.session = session

    def get_role_permissions(self, role_name, tenant_id):
        # Query your own tables
        rows = ...
        return [
            Permission(
                action=row.action,
                resource=row.resource,
                tenant_id=tenant_id,
            )
            for row in rows
        ]

Then use it:

service = RBACService(
    role_repo=SQLARoleRepository(session),
    permission_repo=SQLAPermissionRepository(session),
)

This keeps your authorization rules centralized while letting your persistence and framework vary.

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Testing

Run tests:

pytest

The test suite covers:

• core permission checks
• wildcard matching
• tenant isolation
• policy fallback
• Django repository/backend behavior
• Redis cache behavior

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Security notes

• Tenant matching is strict: tenant IDs must match exactly.
• Invalid permission string formats are denied.
• Backend behavior is fail-closed for inactive/anonymous users.

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Contributing

• Fork the repo
• Create a feature branch

git checkout -b feature/awesome

• Run test after implementing your feature

pytest

• Commit changes

git commit -m 'Add awesome feature'

• Push branch and open a PR

Support

For enterprise inquiries, please contact [e-mail]

For bugs, open an issue on GitHub.

Built with ❤️ by OFFSIDE INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY — because developers do not need hassle wiring RBAC.

License

MIT