RBAC

Role-based access control with javascript (incl. jquery plugin)

Getting Started

Assuming you have the following HTML file

<div class="content">
    <div data-rbac-roles="administrator,moderator">
        <p>Only administrator or moderator have permission to view this page.</p>
    </div>
    <div data-rbac-permissions="delete resources">
        <p>You have permission to delete resources.</p>
    </div>
</div>

you can define the roles and permissions

rbac.init({
    role: "administrator",
    rules: {
        "administrator": {
            permissions: [
                "delete resources"
            ],
            inherits: ["moderator"]
        },
        "moderator": {
            permissions: [
                "edit resources",
                "add resources"
            ],
            inherits: ["guest"]
        },
        "guest": {
            permissions: [
                "view resources"
            ],
            inherits: []
        }
    }
}, function(rbac) {
    console.log('Your current role is ' + rbac.role());
    $('.content').rbac(); // You can remove unauthorized elements from the DOM.
});

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Cheton Wu

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.