roleflow 0.1.3

A lightweight, hassle-free and production-ready RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) library.

RoleFlow

A lightweight, production-ready Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) package for Python, designed to be simple, fast, and framework-agnostic, while featuring seamless integration out-of-the-box for FastAPI.

Features

• Generic RBAC Engine: Easily verify permissions using wildcards (*, table.*) or exact matches.
• Pydantic Validation: Strong typing and validation for your Role and Permission schemas.
• FastAPI Integration: Native RBACGuard dependency injection for secure and hassle-free route protection.

Installation

pip install roleflow

To install with FastAPI dependencies:

pip install roleflow[fastapi]

Quick Start

1. Define your Roles

from roleflow import Role, RBACEngine

roles = [
    Role(id=1, name="ROLE_ADMIN", permissions=["*"]),
    Role(id=2, name="ROLE_STUDENT", permissions=["profile.read", "profile.edit", "course.read"]),
    Role(id=3, name="ROLE_HOD", permissions=["course.*", "leave.approve"])
]

engine = RBACEngine(roles=roles)

2. Fetch Roles from a Database (Dynamic Loading)

You don't have to provide all roles upfront. You can hook into your Database ORM by passing a role_loader callback function to the engine:

from roleflow import Role, RBACEngine

# Simulated database fetch function (e.g. using SQLAlchemy)
def db_role_loader(role_name: str) -> Role:
    # 1. Query your database here using SQLAlchemy
    # db_record = session.query(DbRole).filter(DbRole.name == role_name).first()
    # 2. Convert database result into the generic easy_rbac.Role schema
    # return Role(id=db_record.id, name=db_record.name, permissions=db_record.permissions)
    pass

# Initialize engine without static roles
engine = RBACEngine(role_loader=db_role_loader)

# The engine will automatically call db_role_loader("ROLE_ADMIN") and cache it!
engine.is_granted("ROLE_ADMIN", "table1.read")

3. Check Permissions

# Returns True
engine.is_granted("ROLE_ADMIN", "anything.you.want") 
engine.is_granted("ROLE_STUDENT", "profile.read")
engine.is_granted("ROLE_HOD", "course.create")

# Returns False
engine.is_granted("ROLE_STUDENT", "course.create")

4. FastAPI Integration

from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends
from roleflow.fastapi import RBACGuard

app = FastAPI()

# A mock function to get the current user's role
def get_current_user_role() -> str:
    return "ROLE_STUDENT"

guard = RBACGuard(engine=engine, role_provider=get_current_user_role)

@app.get("/courses", dependencies=[Depends(guard("course.read"))])
def list_courses():
    return {"message": "You can read courses!"}