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django-guardian
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``django-guardian`` is an implementation of per object permissions [1]_ on top
of Django's authorization backend
Documentation
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Online documentation is available at https://django-guardian.readthedocs.io/.
Requirements
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* Python 3.5+
* A supported version of Django (currently 2.1+)
Travis CI tests on Django version 2.1, 2.2, and master.
Installation
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To install ``django-guardian`` simply run::
pip install django-guardian
Configuration
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We need to hook ``django-guardian`` into our project.
1. Put ``guardian`` into your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` at settings module:
.. code:: python
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'guardian',
)
2. Add extra authorization backend to your ``settings.py``:
.. code:: python
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend', # default
'guardian.backends.ObjectPermissionBackend',
)
3. Create ``guardian`` database tables by running::
python manage.py migrate
Usage
-----
After installation and project hooks we can finally use object permissions
with Django_.
Lets start really quickly:
.. code:: python
>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group
>>> jack = User.objects.create_user('jack', 'jack@example.com', 'topsecretagentjack')
>>> admins = Group.objects.create(name='admins')
>>> jack.has_perm('change_group', admins)
False
>>> from guardian.models import UserObjectPermission
>>> UserObjectPermission.objects.assign_perm('change_group', jack, obj=admins)
<UserObjectPermission: admins | jack | change_group>
>>> jack.has_perm('change_group', admins)
True
Of course our agent jack here would not be able to *change_group* globally:
.. code:: python
>>> jack.has_perm('change_group')
False
Admin integration
-----------------
Replace ``admin.ModelAdmin`` with ``GuardedModelAdmin`` for those models
which should have object permissions support within admin panel.
For example:
.. code:: python
from django.contrib import admin
from myapp.models import Author
from guardian.admin import GuardedModelAdmin
# Old way:
#class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
# pass
# With object permissions support
class AuthorAdmin(GuardedModelAdmin):
pass
admin.site.register(Author, AuthorAdmin)
.. [1] Great paper about this feature is available at `djangoadvent articles <https://github.com/djangoadvent/djangoadvent-articles/blob/master/1.2/06_object-permissions.rst>`_.
.. _Django: http://www.djangoproject.com/