vue-authorize

vue-authorize is a simple authorization library for Vue.js and is an extension of vue-authenticate library.

DISCLAIMER

For now, this package only supports ES6 import usage, but soon will have standalone ES5 build.

DEMO app comming soon...

Instalation

npm install vue-authorize

Usage

import Vue from 'vue'
import VueResource from 'vue-resource'
import VueAuthenticate from 'vue-authenticate'
import VueAuthorize from 'vue-authorize'
 
Vue.use(VueResource)
Vue.use(VueAuthenticate, {
  // Your authentication config
}
 
Vue.use(VueAuthorize, {
  roles: {
    user: {
      handler: function () {
        // You have $auth instance directly in your role or permission handlers
        return this.$auth.isAuthorized()
      },
      permissions: ['can_read', 'can_create', 'can_update', 'can_delete']
    },
    guest: {
      handler: function () {
        return !this.$auth.isAuthorized()
      },
      permissions: ['can_read']
    }
  },
 
  permissions: {
    // You can have simple logic for checking if current user has write rights
    can_read:   function () { return true },
 
    // ... or you can even perform AJAX request and return Promise instance
    can_create: function () { return Promise.resolve() },
    can_update: function () { return false },
    can_delete: function () { return Promise.reject() }
  }
})

For internal Vue component usage, you have access to $authorize service. To check if user has access to some resource, you can simply call $authorize.isAuthorized(roles, permissions) method.

new Vue({
  data() {
    return {
      showCreateButton: false,
      showUpdateButton: false,
      showDeleteButton: false
    }
  },
 
  inserted () {
    /** 
     * This will resolve since user role (if we asume that use is authenticated)
     * has 'can_create' permission.
     */
    this.$authorize.isAuthorized(['user'], ['can_create']).then(() => {
      // User is allowed to add more resources
      this.showCreateButton = true
    }).catch(() => {
      // User is not allowed to add any more resources
      this.showCreateButton = false
    })
 
    /** 
     * This will reject since user role (if we asume that use is authenticated)
     * has 'can_update' permission, but that permission returns `false`.
     */
    this.$authorize.isAuthorized(['guest'], ['can_update']).then(() => {
      // User is allowed to add more resources
      this.showUpdateButton = true
    }).catch(() => {
      // User is not allowed to add any more resources
      this.showUpdateButton = false
    })
 
    /** 
     * This will reject since user role (if we asume that use is authenticated)
     * has 'can_delete' permission, but that permission returns `Promise.reject()`.
     */
    this.$authorize.isAuthorized(['guest'], ['can_delete']).then(() => {
      // User is allowed to add more resources
      this.showUpdateButton = true
    }).catch(() => {
      // User is not allowed to add any more resources
      this.showUpdateButton = false
    })
 
    /** 
     * This will reject since guest role (if we asume that use is authenticated)
     * does not have 'can_create' permission.
     */
    this.$authorize.isAuthorized(['guest'], ['can_create']).then(() => {
      // User is allowed to add more resources
      this.showCreateButton = true
    }).catch(() => {
      // User is not allowed to add any more resources
      this.showCreateButton = false
    })
  }
})

$authorize.isAuthorized() use cases

// Check if user with guest role has access to resources. 
this.$authorize.isAuthorized(['guest'])

// Check if user with guest role has permission to access and read resources.
this.$authorize.isAuthorized(['guest'], ['can_read'])

// Check if user with any role has permission to edit resources.
this.$authorize.isAuthorized(null, ['can_update'])

vue-router

You can easily use this library with vue-router

Route example:

new VueRouter({
  routes: [
    {
      path: '/protected-route',
      meta: {
        permissions: {
          roles: ['user'],
          redirectTo: '/login'
        }
      }
    }
  ]
})

Once you have setup your route meta data, write simple route change handler to check if user has access to targeted route.

router.beforeEach(function (to, from, next) {
  if (to.meta && to.meta.permissions) {
    let roles = to.meta.permissions.roles
    let permissions = to.meta.permissions.permissions
 
    router.app.$authorize.isAuthorized(roles, permissions).then(function () {
      next()
    }).catch(function () {
      next(to.meta.permissions.redirectTo || '/login')
    })
  } else {
    next()
  }
})

Also, you can use already built-in directive and component to show/hide elements in the template.

Directive (WIP) - need help!

Directive only does show/hide of elements

<div class="user-only" v-if-authorized="{ roles: ['users'] }"></div>
<div class="user-can_update-only" v-if-authorized="{ roles: ['users'], permissions: ['can_update'] }"></div>
<div class="user-can_update-only" v-if-authorized="{ permissions: ['can_update'] }"></div>

Component

Component internaly removes elements from the DOM if user does not have access to them.

<is-authorized :roles="['user']" :permissions="['can_update']">
  <!-- Elements to show if user can update resource -->
</is-authorized>

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Davor Grubelić

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