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Installation

Go

go get github.com/casbin/casbin/v2

Java

For Maven:

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.casbin/jcasbin -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.casbin</groupId>
    <artifactId>jcasbin</artifactId>
    <version>1.x.y</version>
</dependency>

Node.js

# NPM
npm install casbin --save

# Yarn
yarn add casbin

PHP

Require this package in the composer.json of your project. This will download the package:

composer require casbin/casbin

Python

pip install casbin

.NET

dotnet add package Casbin.NET

C++

# download source
git clone https://github.com/casbin/casbin-cpp.git

# generate project files
cd casbin-cpp && mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

# build and install casbin
cmake --build . --config Release --target casbin install -j 10

Rust

cargo install cargo-edit
cargo add casbin

// If you use async-std as async executor
cargo add async-std

// If you use tokio as async executor
cargo add tokio // make sure you activate its `macros` feature

Delphi

Casbin4D comes in a package (currently for Delphi 10.3 Rio) and you can install it in the IDE. However, there are no visual components which means that you can use the units independently of packages. Just import the units in your project (assuming you do not mind the number of them).

Lua

luarocks install casbin  

If report Error: Your user does not have write permissions in /usr/local/lib/luarocks/rocks -- you may want to run as a privileged user or use your local tree with --local. you can add --local behind your command like this to fix:

luarocks install casbin  --local

New a Casbin enforcer

Casbin uses configuration files to set the access control model.

It has two configuration files, model.conf and policy.csv. Among them, model.conf stores our access model, and policy.csv stores our specific user permission configuration. The use of Casbin is very refined. Basically, we just need one main structure: enforcer. When constructing this structure, model.conf and policy.csv will be loaded.

In another word, to new a Casbin enforcer, you must provide a Model and an Adapter.

Casbin has a FileAdapter, see Adapter for more information.

• Use the Model file and default FileAdapter:

Go

import "github.com/casbin/casbin/v2"

e, err := casbin.NewEnforcer("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv")

Java

import org.casbin.jcasbin.main.Enforcer;

Enforcer e = new Enforcer("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv");

Node.js

import { newEnforcer } from 'casbin';

const e = await newEnforcer('path/to/model.conf', 'path/to/policy.csv');

PHP

require_once './vendor/autoload.php';

use Casbin\Enforcer;

$e = new Enforcer("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv");

Python

import casbin

e = casbin.Enforcer("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv")

.NET

using NetCasbin; 

var e = new Enforcer("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv");

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <casbin/casbin.h>

int main() {
    // Create an Enforcer
    casbin::Enforcer e("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv");

    // your code ..
}

Delphi

var
  casbin: ICasbin;
begin
  casbin := TCasbin.Create('path/to/model.conf', 'path/to/policy.csv');
  ...
end

Rust

use casbin::prelude::*;

// If you use async_td as async executor
#[cfg(feature = "runtime-async-std")]
#[async_std::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let mut e = Enforcer::new("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv").await?;
    Ok(())
}

// If you use tokio as async executor
#[cfg(feature = "runtime-tokio")]
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let mut e = Enforcer::new("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv").await?;
    Ok(())
}

Lua

local Enforcer = require("casbin")
local e = Enforcer:new("path/to/model.conf", "path/to/policy.csv") -- The Casbin Enforcer

• Use the Model text with other Adapter:

Go

import (
    "log"

    "github.com/casbin/casbin/v2"
    "github.com/casbin/casbin/v2/model"
    xormadapter "github.com/casbin/xorm-adapter/v2"
    _ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
)

// Initialize a Xorm adapter with MySQL database.
a, err := xormadapter.NewAdapter("mysql", "mysql_username:mysql_password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/")
if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("error: adapter: %s", err)
}

m, err := model.NewModelFromString(`
[request_definition]
r = sub, obj, act

[policy_definition]
p = sub, obj, act

[policy_effect]
e = some(where (p.eft == allow))

[matchers]
m = r.sub == p.sub && r.obj == p.obj && r.act == p.act
`)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("error: model: %s", err)
}

e, err := casbin.NewEnforcer(m, a)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("error: enforcer: %s", err)
}

Python

import casbin
import casbin_sqlalchemy_adapter


# Use SQLAlchemy Casbin adapter with SQLLite DB
adapter = casbin_sqlalchemy_adapter.Adapter('sqlite:///test.db')

# Create a config model policy
with open("rbac_example_model.conf", "w") as f:
    f.write("""
    [request_definition]
    r = sub, obj, act

    [policy_definition]
    p = sub, obj, act

    [policy_effect]
    e = some(where (p.eft == allow))

    [matchers]
    m = r.sub == p.sub && r.obj == p.obj && r.act == p.act
    """)

# Create enforcer from adapter and config policy
e = casbin.Enforcer('rbac_example_model.conf', adapter)

Check permissions

Add an enforcement hook into your code right before the access happens:

Go

sub := "alice" // the user that wants to access a resource.
obj := "data1" // the resource that is going to be accessed.
act := "read" // the operation that the user performs on the resource.

ok, err := e.Enforce(sub, obj, act)

if err != nil {
    // handle err
}

if ok == true {
    // permit alice to read data1
} else {
    // deny the request, show an error
}

// You could use BatchEnforce() to enforce some requests in batches.
// This method returns a bool slice, and this slice's index corresponds to the row index of the two-dimensional array.
// e.g. results[0] is the result of {"alice", "data1", "read"}
results, err := e.BatchEnforce([][]interface{}{{"alice", "data1", "read"}, {"bob", "data2", "write"}, {"jack", "data3", "read"}})

Java

String sub = "alice"; // the user that wants to access a resource.
String obj = "data1"; // the resource that is going to be accessed.
String act = "read"; // the operation that the user performs on the resource.

if (e.enforce(sub, obj, act) == true) {
    // permit alice to read data1
} else {
    // deny the request, show an error
}

Node.js

const sub = 'alice'; // the user that wants to access a resource.
const obj = 'data1'; // the resource that is going to be accessed.
const act = 'read'; // the operation that the user performs on the resource.

if ((await e.enforce(sub, obj, act)) === true) {
    // permit alice to read data1
} else {
    // deny the request, show an error
}

PHP

$sub = "alice"; // the user that wants to access a resource.
$obj = "data1"; // the resource that is going to be accessed.
$act = "read"; // the operation that the user performs on the resource.

if ($e->enforce($sub, $obj, $act) === true) {
    // permit alice to read data1
} else {
    // deny the request, show an error
}

Python

sub = "alice"  # the user that wants to access a resource.
obj = "data1"  # the resource that is going to be accessed.
act = "read"  # the operation that the user performs on the resource.

if e.enforce(sub, obj, act):
    # permit alice to read data1
    pass
else:
    # deny the request, show an error
    pass

.NET

var sub = "alice";  # the user that wants to access a resource.
var obj = "data1";  # the resource that is going to be accessed.
var act = "read";  # the operation that the user performs on the resource.

if (await e.EnforceAsync(sub, obj, act)) 
{
    // permit alice to read data1
}
else
{
    // deny the request, show an error
}

C++

    casbin::Enforcer e("../assets/model.conf", "../assets/policy.csv");

    if (e.Enforce({"alice", "/alice_data/hello", "GET"})) {
        std::cout << "Enforce OK" << std::endl;
    } else {
        std::cout << "Enforce NOT Good" << std::endl;
    }

    if (e.Enforce({"alice", "/alice_data/hello", "POST"})) {
        std::cout << "Enforce OK" << std::endl;
    } else {
        std::cout << "Enforce NOT Good" << std::endl;
    }

Delphi

if casbin.enforce(['alice,data1,read']) then
  // Alice is super happy as she can read data1
else
  // Alice is sad

Rust

  let sub = "alice"; // the user that wants to access a resource.
  let obj = "data1"; // the resource that is going to be accessed.
  let act = "read"; // the operation that the user performs on the resource.

  if e.enforce((sub, obj, act)).await? {
      // permit alice to read data1
  } else {
      // error occurs
  }

Lua

if e:enforce("alice", "data1", "read") then
   -- permit alice to read data1
else
   -- deny the request, show an error
end

Casbin also provides API for permission management at run-time. For example, You can get all the roles assigned to a user as below:

Go

roles, err := e.GetRolesForUser("alice")

Java

List<String> roles = e.getRolesForUser("alice");

Node.js

const roles = await e.getRolesForUser('alice');

PHP

$roles = $e->getRolesForUser("alice");

Python

roles = e.get_roles_for_user("alice")

.NET

var roles = e.GetRolesForUser("alice");

Delphi

roles = e.rolesForEntity("alice")

Rust

let roles = e.get_roles_for_user("alice");

Lua

local roles = e:GetRolesForUser("alice")

See Management API and RBAC API for more usage.

Please refer to the test cases for more usage.