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NAME

Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::YARBAC - Yet Another Role Based Access Control Framework

VERSION

version 0.011

SYNOPSIS

Configure the plugin to use the authentication provider class you would like to use. In this example we'll use the 'Database' provider:

plugins:
Auth::YARBAC:
  # Set redirect page after user logs out
  after_logout: '/login'
  # Set default redirect page after user logs in
  after_login: '/'
  # Set default redirect page if user fails login attempt
  login_denied: '/login'
  # Specify URL's that do not require authentication
  no_login_required: '^/login|/denied|/css|/images|/generate_hash'
  # Set your realms, one realm is required but you can have many
  realms:
    # Realm name
    test:
      # Our backend provider
      provider: 'Database'
      # Set the users table name (required by Database, default: users)
      users_table: 'users'
      # Set the users id column name (required by Database, default: id)
      users_id_column: 'id'
      # Set the users username column name (Database, default: username)
      users_username_column: 'username'
      # Set the users username column name (Database, default: password)
      users_password_column: 'password'
      # Password strength options optionally allows a check password strength
      password_strength:
         # Set the required minimum password score
        required_score: 25
        # Set minimum password length
        min_length: 6
        # Set maximum password length (good idea to avoid DDOS attacks)
        max_length: 32
        # If true, password must contain special characters
        special_characters: 1
        # If true, password must contain control characters
        control_characters: 1
        # If true, password must not be a repeating character
        no_repeating: 1
        # If true, password must contain a uppercase character
        upper_case: 1
        # If true, password must contain a lowercase character
        lower_case: 1
        # If true, password must contain a number
        numbers: 1

In your app the order of modules loaded is important. Ensure you set the session module before YARBAC. YARBAC doesn't care which session module you use so long as one is loaded. If you're using the Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::YARBAC::Provider::Database backend provider ensure you've also loaded Dancer2::Plugin::Database before YARBAC.

package MyPackage;
   
use Dancer2;
use Dancer2::Plugin::Database;
use Dancer2::Session::Cookie;
use Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::YARBAC;

The configuration you provide will depend on the backend provider module you choose to use. In this example we're assuming the Database backend provider, see: Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::YARBAC::Provider::Database.

DESCRIPTION

YARBAC is a role based user authentication and authorisation framework for Dancer2 apps. Designed with security and a medium to large user base in mind. This framework was heavily inspired by the excellent Dancer::Plugin::Auth::Extensible framework which I'd highly recommend. YARBAC was designed to support secure password checking, enforced password hashing, multiple authentication realms and the ability to create your own backend provider. YARBAC was also designed to to be as flexible and as feature rich as possible in the hope that I'll never have to write RBAC code for Dancer again. :) While similar to Extensible in some ways, this framework has some significantly different approaches. These differences were born out of my own experiences writing RBAC code for various Dancer apps and finding myself always having to extend existing modules or starting from scratch or worse still, copy/paste my old code then reworking it. The major difference with YARBAC is that it tries to be a complete solution to the problem. However in order to be a little more flexible and feature rich in some areas it is also a little more opinionated in others. The main area of opinion in YARBAC is how it achieves role-based access control. YARBAC is structed with users, roles, groups and permissions. A user can have many roles but it might be a good idea in larger enviornments to only allow a user to have one role and then assign that role have many groups. Think of a role as being a role-group. Then there are groups which have many permissions. A user can have one or more roles, a role can have one or more groups and groups can have one or more permissions. This means when deciding if a user is authorised we could require they be logged in, or have a specifc role, or specific group, or a specific group with a specific permission and so on. To put it another way, this design moves the access control down to the role-group relationship thus allowing one to quickly and easily see, assign or revoke permissions to a user even when dealing with a fairly complex authorisation environment.

The logical flow of this design looks like so:

                                             +------------+
                                          -->| PERMISSION |
                              +-------+   |  +------------+
                           -->| GROUP |---- 
               +------+    |  +-------+      +------------+
            -->| ROLE |----               -->| PERMISSION |
            |  +------+    |  +-------+   |  +------------+
            |              -->| GROUP |----
            |                 +-------+   |  +------------+
            |                             -->| PERMISSION |
+------+    |                                +------------+
| USER |----|                              
+------+    |                                +------------+
            |                             -->| PERMISSION |
            |                 +-------+   |  +------------+
            |              -->| GROUP |---- 
            |  +------+    |  +-------+   |  +------------+
            -->| ROLE |----               -->| PERMISSION |
               +------+    |  +-------+      +------------+
                           -->| GROUP |----
                              +-------+   |  +------------+
                                          -->| PERMISSION |
                                             +------------+

Of course just because there are users, roles, groups and permissions doesn't mean you have to use them. This module will happily function even if you just care about user authentication. Or perhaps you're just interested in users and roles, this is also fine.

AUTHENTICATION BACKEND PROVIDERS

This framework allows the use of different backend providers. At time of writing only the Database backend is available.

Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::YARBAC::Provider::Database

Authentication and authorisation using a database backend.

Want to create your own provider backend? No problem, just write a Moo based module (or similar oo) and use it to extend Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::YARBAC::Provider::Base then implement the required methods and you're done.

CONTROLLING AUTHENTICATION ACCESS

There are three ways you can control authentication access to your app. One is using the keyword 'hook_before_require_login' which is a global check for all routes. This is handy if your app is mostly locked down with only a few exceptions. The exceptions can be specified in your apps config using the option 'no_login_required' and putting in exempt routes here as a regex. The second option is to use the keyword 'require_login' which must be set on each route you wish authentication to be a requirement. This is handy when most of your app is open to the big wide world but you've got a few routes that need protecting. The third option is the keyword 'logged_in_user' which is more manual but handy if the default behavour of URL redirecting is getting in your way.

hook_before_require_login - Add on 'hook before', requires user to be logged in
hook before => hook_before_require_login sub {
  
};

If the user attempts to access a route that's not exempt via the config option regex 'no_login_require' then they will be redirected to whatever URL was specified in the apps config using the option 'login_denied'.

require_login - Add to any route, requires user to be logged in
get '/auth/is/required' => require_login sub {
    
};

If the user attempts to access this route and they are not logged in they'll be redirected to whatever URL was specified in the apps config using the option 'login_denied'.

logged_in_user - Checks if user is logged in.
get '/' => sub {
  unless ( logged_in_user ) {
      # user isn't logged in.
  }

  template 'index', {};
};

If the user is logged in, the keyword 'logged_in_user' will return the logged in user as a hashref. If the user is not logged in, it returns false.

GRANTING AUTHENTICATION ACCESS

There are two ways one can authenticate a user. The first is using the built in 'login' keyword. This option will take care of the session management for you and redirect the user. Please note, YARBAC requires you to use a Dancer2 session module in your app but it doesn't care which one you choose. The second is using the keyword 'authenticate_user' which will only check if the username and password was correct and then report back with a hashref.

login - Attempts login and then redirects.
any ['get', 'post'] => '/login' => sub {
  # Optionally set the realm:
  # return login( { username => params->{username}, 
  #                 password => params->{password} }, 
  #               { realm => params->{realm} } );
                
  if ( params->{username} && params->{password} ) {
      return login( { username => params->{username},
                      password => params->{password} } );
  }
        
  template 'login', {};
};

If the user authenticates successfully this will redirect the user to whatever was set via the config option 'after_login'. Unless the user was trying to access a specific route prior to authentication, in which case this will redirect the user to whatever route the user was trying to access. If the users attempt to authenticate fails this will redirect the user to whatever was set via the config option 'login_denied'. This also keeps track of the amount of failed authentication attempts by the user with the 'login_failed' param.

authenticate_user - Attempts auth and then returns a hashref
get '/auth/user' => sub {
  # Optionally set the realm:
  # my $auth = authenticate_user( { username => params->{username}, 
  #                                 password => params->{password} }, 
  #                               { realm => params->{realm} } );

  my $auth = authenticate_user( { username => params->{username}, 
                                  password => params->{password} } );

  unless ( $auth->{success} ) {
      # User did not provide valid username or password.
  }

  #.......
};

If the user authenticates successfully this will return a hashref with $auth->{success} being true and $auth->{realm} which will contain the realm name the user authenticated againts successfully. If the users attempt to authenticate fails this will return a hashref but $auth->{realm} will be false. That is all this keyword does so in order for a user to be correctly authenticated with YARBAC the session name 'logged_in_user' will need to be set with the users username and 'logged_in_user_realm' set with the users realm name.

CONTROLLING AUTHORISATION BASED ACCESS

As previously stated, a user can have many roles, a role has one or more groups and a group has one or more permissions. Therefore we can determine if a user should be granted access to a route or other material based on a number of requirements.

user_has_role - Checks if a user has a role
get '/has/role' => sub { 
  # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
  # user_has_role( { role_name => 'admin', username => 'sarah' } );
  #
  # Optionally user other realm than current logged in user:
  # user_has_role( { role_name => 'admin', }, { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $has_role = user_has_role( { role_name => 'admin' } );

  unless ( $has_role ) {
      # User doesn't have the role.
  }
  
  #....... 
};

Keyword 'user_has_role' will check if the current logged in user has the role specified. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has the role returns true otherwiese returns false.

user_has_any_role - Checks an arrayref of role names to see if the user has any
get '/has/any/role' => sub { 
  # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
  # user_has_any_role( { role_names => [ 'admin', 'managers' ], username => 'sarah' } );
  #
  # Optionally user other realm than current logged in user:
  # user_has_any_role( { role_names => [ 'admin', 'managers' ] }, { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $has_role = user_has_any_role( { role_names => [ 'admin', 'managers' ] } );

  unless ( $has_role ) {
      # User doesn't have the role.
  }
  
  #....... 
};

Keyword 'user_has_any_role' will check if the current logged in user has any of the roles specified. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has any of the roles returns true otherwise returns false.

user_has_all_roles - Checks an arrayref of role names to see if the user has all
get '/has/all/roles' => sub {
   # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
   # user_has_all_roles( { role_names => [ 'admin', 'managers' ], 
   #                       username => 'gabby' } );
   #
   # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
   # user_has_all_roles( { role_names => [ 'admin', 'managers' ] }, 
   #                     { realm => 'admins' } );

   my $has_roles = user_has_all_roles( { role_names => [ 'admin', 'managers' ] } );

   unless ( $has_roles ) {
       # User doesn't have all of these roles.
   }

   #....... 
 };

Keyword 'user_has_all_roles' will check if the current logged in user has all of the roles specified. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has all of the roles returns true otherwise returns false.

user_has_group - Checks if a user has a group
get '/has/group' => sub {
  # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
  # user_has_group( { group_name => 'cs', username => 'ada' } );
  #
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # user_has_group( { group_name => 'cs'}, { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $has_group = user_has_group( { group_name => 'cs' } );

  unless ( $has_group ) {
      # User doesn't have the group.
  }
  
  #....... 
};

Keyword 'user_has_group' will check if the current logged in user has the group specified. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has the group returns true otherwise returns false.

user_has_any_group - Checks an arrayref of group names to see if the user has any
get '/has/any/group' => sub {
   # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
   # user_has_any_group( { group_names => [ 'cs', 'ops' ], username => 'morris' } );
   #
   # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
   # user_has_any_group( { group_names => [ 'cs', 'ops' ] }, { realm => 'admins' } );

   my $has_groups = user_has_any_group( { group_names => [ 'cs', 'ops' ] } );

   unless ( $has_groups ) {
       # User doesn't have any of these groups.
   }

   #....... 
 };

Keyword 'user_has_any_group' will check if the current logged in user has any of the groups specified. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has any of the groups returns true otherwise returns false.

user_has_all_groups - Checks an arrayref of group names to see if the user has all
get '/has/all/groups' => sub {
   # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
   # user_has_all_groups( { group_names => [ 'cs', 'ops' ], 
   #                        username => 'gabby' } );
   #
   # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
   # user_has_all_groups( { group_names => [ 'cs', 'ops' ] }, 
   #                      { realm => 'admins' } );

   my $has_groups = user_has_all_groups( { group_names => [ 'cs', 'ops' ] } );

   unless ( $has_groups ) {
       # User doesn't have all of these groups.
   }

   #....... 
 };

Keyword 'user_has_all_groups' will check if the current logged in user has all of the groups specified. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has all of the groups returns true otherwise returns false.

user_has_group_permission - Checks if a user has a specific group with a permission
get '/has/group/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
  # user_has_group_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
                                 permission_name => 'write', 
                                 username => 'Tess' } );
  #
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # user_has_group_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
                                 permission_name => 'write' }, 
                               { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $has_permission = user_has_group_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
                                                    permission_name => 'write' } );

  unless ( $has_permission ) {
      # User doesn't have this group or group doesn't have this permission.
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'user_has_group_permission' will check if the current logged in user has specified group and that this group has a specified permission. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has all of the groups returns true otherwise returns false.

user_has_group_with_any_permission - Checks if a user has a specific group with any permission
get '/has/group/with/any/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
  # user_has_group_with_any_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
  #                                       permission_names => [ 'write', 'delete' ], 
  #                                       username => 'Jane' } );
  #
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # user_has_group_with_any_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
  #                                       permission_names => [ 'write', 'delete' ] },
  #                                       { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $has_permission = user_has_group_with_any_permission( group_name => 'cs', 
                                                           permission_names => [ 'write', 'delete' ] );

  unless ( $has_permission ) {
      # User doesn't have this group or group doesn't have any of these permissions.
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'user_has_group_with_any_permission' will check if the current logged in user has the specified group and that this group has any of the specified permissions. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has the group with any of the specified permissions returns true otherwise returns false.

user_has_group_with_all_permissions - Checks if a user has a specific group with all permissions
get '/has/group/with/all/permissions' => sub {
  # Optionally check user other than current logged in user:
  # user_has_group_with_all_permissions( { group_name => 'cs', permission_names => [ 'write', 'delete' ], 
  #                                        username => 'matthew' } );
  #
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # user_has_group_with_all_permissions( { group_name => 'cs', permission_names => [ 'write', 'delete' ] }, 
  #                                      { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $has_permission = user_has_group_with_all_permissions( { group_name => 'cs', 
                                                              permission_names => [ 'write', 'delete' ] } );

  unless ( $has_permission ) {
      # User doesn't have this group or group doesn't have all of these permissions.
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'user_has_group_with_all_permissions' will check if the current logged in user has the specified group and that this group has all of the specified permissions. However one can specify a user to check by adding 'username'. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user has the group with all of the specified permissions returns true otherwise returns false.

role_has_group - Checks if role has a group
get '/role/has/group' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # role_has_group( { role_name => 'admin', 
  #                   group_name => 'ops' }, 
  #                 { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $has_group = role_has_group( { role_name => 'admin', 
                                    group_name => 'ops' } );

  unless( $has_group ) {
      # Role doesn't have this group.
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'role_has_group' will check if the specified role has the group specified. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the role has the group returns true otherwise returns false.

group_has_permission - Checks if group has a permission
get '/group/has/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # group_has_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
  #                         permission_name => 'write' }, 
  #                       { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $has_permission = group_has_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
                                               permission_name => 'write' } );

  unless {
      # group does not have this permission.
  }

  #.......    
};

Keyword 'group_has_permission' will check if the specified group has the permission specified. One can also check a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the group has the permission returns true otherwise returns false.

CREATING USERS, ROLES, GROUPS & PERMISSIONS

create_user - Creates a user
get '/create/user' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $create = create_user( { username => 'Craig', 
  #                             password => 'pass' }, 
  #                           { realm => 'admins' } );
  # Oh, and don't ever use that password for real, obviously :)

  my $create = create_user( { username => 'Craig', 
                              password => 'pass' } );
  if ( $create ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'create_user' creates a new user. So long as your backend can match the hash key (i.e Database backend has a column name that matches the hash key) the data will be accepted. The users password is always hashed by default. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user was created returns true otherwise reutrns false.

create_role - Creates a role
get '/create/role' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $create = create_role( { role_name => 'some role', 
  #                             description => 'blah blah' }, 
  #                           { realm => 'admins' } );
  #
  # description is optional
  my $create = create_role( { role_name => 'some role', 
                              description => 'blah blah' } );
  if ( $create ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'create_role' creates a new role. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. One can also optionally give the role a description. If the role was created returns true otherwise reutrns false.

create_group - Creates a group
get '/create/group' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # $create = create_group( { group_name => params->{group}, 
  #                           description => params->{description} }, 
  #                         { realm => 'admins' } );
  #
  # description is optional
  my $create = create_group( { group_name => params->{group}, 
                               description => params->{description} } );
  if ( $create ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'create_group' creates a new group. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. One can also optionally give the group a description. If the group was created returns true otherwise reutrns false.

create_permission - Creates a permission
get '/create/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # $create = create_permission( { permission_name => 'write', 
  #                                description => 'write stuff' }, 
  #                              { realm => 'admins' } );
  #
  # description is optional
  my $create = create_permission( { permission_name => 'write', 
                                    description => 'write stuff' } );
  if ( $create ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'create_permission' creates a new permission. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. One can also optionally give the group a description. If the permission was created returns true otherwise reutrns false.

ASSIGN ROLES, GROUPS & PERMISSIONS

assign_user_role - Assign user a role
get '/assign/user/role' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $assign = assign_role_group( { role_name => 'admin', 
  #                                   group_name => 'ops' }, 
  #                                 { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $assign = assign_user_role( { username => 'klaus', 
                                   role_name => 'admin' } );
  if ( $assign ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'assign_user_role' assigns the user a role. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the role was assigned returns true otherwise reutrns false.

assign_role_group - Assign role a group
get '/assign/role/group' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $assign = assign_role_group( { role_name => 'admin', 
  #                                   group_name => 'ops' }, 
  #                                 { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $assign = assign_role_group( { role_name => 'admin', 
                                    group_name => 'ops' } );
  if ( $assign ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'assign_role_group' assigns the role a group. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the group was assigned returns true otherwise reutrns false.

assign_group_permission
get '/assign/group/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $assign = assign_group_permission( { group_name => 'ops', 
  #                                         permission_name => 'delete' }, 
  #                                       { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $assign = assign_group_permission( { group_name => 'ops', 
                                          permission_name => 'delete' } );
  if ( $assign ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'assign_group_permission' assigns the group a permission. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the group was assigned returns true otherwise reutrns false.

RETRIEVING ROLES, GROUPS & PERMISSIONS

retrieve_user - Returns user as hashref
get '/user' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $user = retrieve_user( { username => params->{username} }, { realm => 'admin' } );
  my $user = retrieve_user( { username => params->{username} } );
               
  # Optionally you can expand the YARBAC authorisation tree to give you all of the 
  # users roles, groups and permissions the user has displayed in a hierarchical way like so:
  my $user = retrieve_user( { username => params->{username} }, { expand => 1 } );
                         
  # This will add the hash key name 'yarbac' to your user hashref which has the tree
  # data which will look like:
  # $VAR1 = {
  #           'username' => 'sarah',
  #           'yarbac'   => { 'roles' => [ { role_name => 'role', groups => [ { group_name => 'group', permissions => [{}] }, ] }, ] },
  #         };
  # Although the expand call is a bit on the expensive side but can be helpful under certain conditions.
  #.......
};

Keyword 'retrieve_user' returns the user with all attributes has a hashref if the user exists. If the user does not exist returns false.

retrieve_role - Returns role as hashref
get '/role' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $role = retrieve_role( { role_name => 'admin' }, { realm => 'admin' } );
          
  my $role = retrieve_role( { role_name => 'admin' } );
      
 #.......
};

Keyword 'retrieve_role' returns the role with all attributes has a hashref if the role exists. If the role does not exist returns false.

retrieve_group - Returns group as hashref
get '/group' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $group = retrieve_group( { group_name => 'cs' }, { realm => 'admin' } );
          
  my $group = retrieve_role( { group_name => 'cs' } );
      
 #.......
};

Keyword 'retrieve_group' returns the group with all attributes has a hashref if the group exists. If the group does not exist returns false.

retrieve_permission - Returns permission as hashref
get '/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $perms = retrieve_permission( { permission_name => 'write' }, { realm => 'admin' } );
          
  my $perms = retrieve_permission( { permission_name => 'write' } );
      
 #.......
};

Keyword 'retrieve_permission' returns the permission with all attributes has a hashref if the permission exists. If the permission does not exist returns false.

role_groups - Returns role groups as arrayref
get '/role/groups' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $groups = role_groups( { role_name => params->{role} }, { realm => 'admin' } );
         
  my $groups = role_groups( { role_name => params->{role} } );
         
  #.......
};

Keyword 'role_groups' returns the all of the role groups as an arrayref. If the no groups exist returns false.

group_permissions - Returns group permissions as arrayref
get '/group/permissions' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $perms = group_permissions( { group_name => params->{group} }, { realm => 'admin' } );
     
  my $perms = group_permissions( { group_name => params->{group} }, { realm => 'admin' } );

  #.......
};

Keyword 'group_permissions' returns the all of the group permissions as an arrayref. If the no permissions exist returns false.

user_roles - Returns user roles as arrayref
get '/user/roles' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $role = user_roles( { username => params->{username} }, { realm => 'admin' } );
    
  my $role = user_roles( { username => params->{username} }, { realm => 'admin' } );
      
  #.......
};

Keyword 'user_roles' returns the all of the users roles as an arrayref. If the no roles exist returns false.

user_groups - Returns user groups as arrayref
get '/user/groups' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $groups = user_groups( { username => params->{username} }, { realm => 'admin' } );
        
  my $groups = user_groups( { username => params->{username} } );
          
  #.......
};

Keyword 'user_groups' returns the all of the users groups as an arrayref. If the no groups exist returns false.

REVOKING ROLES, GROUPS & PERMISSIONS

revoke_user_role - Revoke a role from a user
get '/revoke/user/role' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # revoke_user_role( { username => 'sam', role_name => 'admin' }, { realm => 'admins' } );
  #
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  my $revoke = revoke_user_role( { username => 'sam', role_name => 'admin' } );
     
  if ( $revoke ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'revoke_user_role' revokes the role from the user. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the role was revoked returns true otherwise reutrns false.

revoke_role_group - Revoke a group from a role
get '/revoke/role/group' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $revoke = revoke_role_group( { role_name => 'admin', 
  #                                   group_name => 'marketing' }, 
  #                                 { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $revoke = revoke_role_group( { role_name => 'admin', 
                                    group_name => 'marketing' } );
     
  if ( $revoke ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'revoke_role_group' revokes the group from the role. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the group was revoked returns true otherwise reutrns false.

revoke_group_permission - Revoke a permission from a group
get '/revoke/group/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $revoke = revoke_group_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
  #                                         permission_name => 'write' }, 
  #                                       { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $revoke = revoke_group_permission( { group_name => 'cs', 
                                          permission_name => 'write' } );
     
  if ( $revoke ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'revoke_group_permission' revokes the permission from the group One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the permssion was revoked returns true otherwise reutrns false.

MODIFYING USERS, ROLES, GROUPS & PERMISSIONS

modify_user - Modify existing user
get '/modify/user' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $modify = modify_user( { username => 'sarah',
  #                             password => 'my new pass' }, 
  #                           { id => '1', realm =>'admins' } );
  # password is optional
  my $modify = modify_user( { username => 'sarah',
                              password => 'my new pass' },
                            { id => '1' } );
  # This is annoying backwards when compared to 
  # Dancer::Plugin::Database, sorry about that.
  # One could argue this isn't necessary.
   
  if ( $modify ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'modify_user' modifies an existing user. So long as your backend can match the hash key (i.e Database backend has a column name that matches the hash key) the data will be accepted. The users password is optional but is always hashed by default. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If you wish to modify the users username then you'll need to provide the user id else you can just provide the username or id. If the user was modified returns true otherwise reutrns false.

modify_role - Modify existing role
get '/modify/role' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $modify = modify_role( { role_name => 'admin',
  #                             description => 'blah' },
  #                           { id => '1', realm => 'admins' } );
  #
  # description is optional
  my $modify = modify_role( { role_name => 'admin',
                              description => 'blah' },
                            { id => '1' } );
  # This is annoying backwards when compared to 
  # Dancer::Plugin::Database, sorry about that.
  # One could argue this isn't necessary.
    
  if ( $modify ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'modify_role' modifies an existing role. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If you wish to modify the role name then you'll need to provide the role id else you just provide the role name or id. One can also optionally give the role a description. If the role was created returns true otherwise reutrns false.

modify_group - Modify existing group
get '/modify/group' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $modify = modify_group( { group_name => 'who cares',
  #                              description => 'tired of writing' }, 
  #                            { id => '1', realm => 'admins' } );
  #
  # description is optional
  my $modify = modify_group( { group_name => 'who cares',
                               description => 'tired of writing' },
                             { id => '1' } );
  # This is annoying backwards when compared to 
  # Dancer::Plugin::Database, sorry about that.
  # One could argue this isn't necessary.
   
  if ( $modify ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'modify_group' modifies an existing group. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. One can also optionally give the group a description. If you wish to modify the group name then you'll need to provide the group id else you just provide the group name or id. If the group was modified returns true otherwise reutrns false.

modify_permission - Modify existing permission
get '/modify/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $modify = modify_permission( { permission_name => 'write',
  #                                   description => 'meh' }, 
  #                                 { id => '1', realm => 'admins' } );
  #
  # description is optional
  my $modify = modify_permission( { permission_name => 'write',
                                    description => 'meh' },
                                  { id => '1' } );
  # This is annoying backwards when compared to 
  # Dancer::Plugin::Database, sorry about that.
  # One could argue this isn't necessary.
          
  if ( $modify ) {
      # success
  }

  #.......
};

Keyword 'modify_permission' modifies an existing permission. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. One can also optionally give the group a description. If you wish to modify the permission name then you'll need to provide the permission id else you just provide the permission name or id. If the permission was modified returns true otherwise reutrns false.

DELETEING USERS, ROLES, GROUPS & PERMISSIONS

delete_user - Deletes user
get '/delete/user' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $delete = delete_user( { username => 'robin' }, 
  #                           { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $delete = delete_user( { username => 'robin' } );
            
  if ( $delete ) {
      # success
  }
            
  #.......
};

Keyword 'delete_user' deletes the user specified by username. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the user was deleted returns true otherwise returns false.

delete_role - Deletes role
get '/delete/role' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $delete = delete_role( { role_name => 'some role' }, 
  #                           { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $delete = delete_role( { role_name => 'some role' } );
            
  if ( $delete ) {
      # success
  }
            
  #.......
};

Keyword 'delete_role' deletes the role specified by role name. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the role was deleted returns true otherwise returns false.

delete_group - Deletes group
get '/delete/group' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $delete = delete_group( { group_name => 'some group' }, 
  #                            { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $delete = delete_group( { group_name => 'some group' } );
            
  if ( $delete ) {
      # success
  }
            
  #.......
};

Keyword 'delete_group' deletes the group specified by group name. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the group was deleted returns true otherwise returns false.

delete_permission - Deletes permission
get '/delete/permission' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $delete = delete_permission( { permission_name => 'some perm' }, 
  #                                 { realm => 'admins' } );

  my $delete = delete_permission( { permission_name => 'some perm' } );
            
  if ( $delete ) {
      # success
  }
            
  #.......
};

Keyword 'delete_permission' deletes the permission specified by permission name. One can also use a different realm by adding 'realm'. If the group was deleted returns true otherwise returns false.

PASSWORDS AND HASHING

generate_hash - Turn clear text into hash
get '/generate_hash' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  # my $hash = generate_hash( { password => params->{password} }, { realm => 'test' } );
           
  my $hash = generate_hash( { password => params->{password} } );
           
  #....... 
};

Keyword 'generate_hash' will turn your clear text password into the a SHA2 512bit hash with salt using Crypt::PBKDF2. Which is the default hashing method employed with YARBAC. However, when creating or modify a user with YARBAC you don't need to call on this as hashing happens automatically.

password_strength - Checks a clear text password for its strength
post '/password_strength' => sub {
  # Optionally use other realm than current logged in user:
  my $strength = password_strength( { password => params->{password} }, { realm => 'admin' } );
              
  my $strength = password_strength( { password => params->{password} } );
 
  # returns a hashref like so:
  # { score => $score, error => $error, errors => \@errors }
  # Depending on what is enabled in your config, 
  # possile error codes are in error arrayref are: 
  #{ code => 1, message => 'Password is empty' }
  #{ code => 2, message => 'Password is too short' }
  #{ code => 3, message => 'Password is too long' }
  #{ code => 4, message => 'Password must contain special characters' }
  #{ code => 5, message => 'Password must contain control characters' }
  #{ code => 6, message => 'Password must not be repeating characters' }
  #{ code => 7, message => 'Password must contain at least one uppercase character' }
  #{ code => 8, message => 'Password must contain at least one lowercase character' }
  #{ code => 9, message => 'Password must contain at least one number character' }
  #{ code => 10, message => 'Password scored x points, must score at least y points' }

  unless ( $strength->{error} ) {
      # Looks like the password strength isn't strong enough.
  }
  
  #.......             
};

Keyword 'password_strength' will check a clear text password for its strength. This is not enforced when creating or updating a user via YARBAC thus is completely optional. If errors are found returns a hashref with 'error' as true otherwise 'error' is false.

MISCELLANEOUS

provider - Returns the backend provider object
get '/provider' => sub {
  my $provider = provider();
  #.......         
};

Keyword 'provider' returns the backend provider object. Wouldn't recommend it without a good reason.

AUTHOR

Sarah Fuller <sarah@averna.id.au>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Sarah Fuller.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.