scutum 0.2.0

Framework-agnostic authorization gates inspired by Laravel

Scutum

Scutum is a lightweight authorization library inspired by Laravel's Policies and Gates. It provides an easy way to manage permissions using decorators, making access control more structured and maintainable.

Installation

pip install scutum

Usage

Defining Actions

An action is a set of rules that determine whether a user can manipulate a particular resource.

from scutum import gate

@gate.register("edit")
def edit_post(user, post):
    return user.id == post.author_id

Defining Policies

A policy is a named class whose methods are actions that will be registered along with the class name.

from scutum import Policy, gate

@gate.policy("user")
class UserPolicy(Policy):
    def create(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
        return user.is_admin

Checking Permissions

Through the gate it is possible to check the permissions of registered policies.

from scutum import Policy, gate

@gate.policy("user")
class UserPolicy(Policy):
    def create(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
        return user.is_admin

    def delete(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
        return user.is_admin

def create_user():
    user = current_user()

    if gate.allowed("user:create", user): # If action is allowed
        return "You are authorized to create a user"

    if gate.denied("user:create", user): # If action is denied
        return "You are not authorized to create a user"

    if gate.any(["user:create", "user:delete"], user): # If any action
        return "You have permission to create or delete a user."

    if gate.none(["user:create", "user:delete"], user): # If none action
        return "You do not have permission to create or delete a user."

    response = gate.check("user:create", user) # bool or Response
    
    return response

Responses

Responses are classes that can be returned within an action or policy for an allowed or denied action and can define details such as status code and response body.

from scutum import Response, gate

@guard.register("update")
def update_user(authenticated_user, user):
    if authenticated_user.is_admin:
        return Response.allow("User authorized")

    return Response.deny("This action is not authorized")

Extensions

You can explore example projects demonstrating how to integrate this library with popular Python web frameworks:

• Flask Example: github.com/jigordev/flask-scutum-example
• FastAPI Example: github.com/jigordev/fastapi-scutum-example

License

MIT License