mongoDB-acl-nodejs

A very simple Acl module for NodeJS using in app memory and MongoDB

I create this module cause I was needing a very simple Acl module using MongoDB

Function explanations

Acl.init(options, callback)

-options : Object use to connect to your mongo database :

• dbAddress : String, Database address
• port : Int/String, port used by database
• dbName : String, Database name

callback : (optional) function called when you are connected to the database

Acl.addRole(roleName, callback)

roleName : String, name of the new role

callback : callback : (optional) function called when new role is added

Acl.addRessource(ressourceName, callback)

ressourceName : String, name of the new ressource

callback : callback : (optional) function called when new ressource is added

Acl.addPermission(ressource, permissionName, state, callback)

ressource : String, name of the ressource where is added new permission

permissionName : String, name of the new permission

state : String, default state of the permission

callback :callback : (optional) function called when new permission is added

Acl.inherit(heir, parent, callback)

heir : String inheriting role

parent : String role inherited from

callback : (optional) function called when role has been inherited

Acl.getRole(roleName, callback)

roleName : String, role wanted

callback : (optional) function called before role is returned

return role corresponding to the roleName

Acl.getRessource(roleName, ressourceName, callback)

roleName : String, role where is the wanted ressource

ressourceName : String, wanted ressource

callback : (optional) function called before role is returned

return ressource corresponding to the ressourceName in the roleName

Acl.can(roleName, ressourceName, permissionName, callback)

roleName : String, role where is the wanted permission

ressourceName : String, ressource where is the wanted permission

permissionName : String, wanted permission

callback : (optional) function before returning permission state or when there is an error

return state of the permission

Acl.save(roleName, callback)

roleName : String, name of the role you want to save. If equals to "", it saves all roles

callback : (optional) function called when role(s) is/are saved

Acl.load(callback)

callback : (optional) function called when all roles are retrieved from database