Cloudey.Reflex.Authorization 1.0.1

Reflex

Authorization

Plug-and-play authorization extending ASP.NET Core Authorization to make it easier and more pleasant to use.
Most features require Autofac.

Features

• Plug-and-play, no boilerplate required
• Provides authorization services and providers for use with Autofac DI
• Define authorization policies without boilerplate
• Policies are auto-registered with the DI container
• Reference policies by type instead of name for better type safety

Installation

Install with NuGet

Register the authorization services with Autofac:

using Autofac;

public class MyModule : Module
{
    protected override void Load (ContainerBuilder builder)
    {
        builder.RegisterReflexAuthorization(ThisAssembly); // Provide a list of assemblies to scan for policies and authorization handlers
    }
}

If you are not using ASP.NET Core Authorization already, register the authorization middleware:

// Program.cs

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
// ...
var app = builder.Build();
// ...
app.UseAuthorization(); // <-- Register authorization middleware
// ...

await app.RunAsync();

Usage

Policies

Define policies anywhere in your application by implementing the IPolicy interface:

public class MustBeAdminPolicy : IPolicy
{
	public static AuthorizationPolicy Policy { get; } = new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder()
		.RequireAuthenticatedUser()
		.RequireRole("Admin")
		.Build();
}

Use the policy with the extended Authorize attribute:

using Cloudey.Reflex.Authorization; // <-- Use the Authorize attribute from this library

// ...

[Authorize<MustBeAdminPolicy>] // <-- Use the policy type instead of the policy name
[HttpGet]
public void AdminOnlyEndpoint()
{
    // ...
}

Alternatively, you can reference the policy by its name:

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization; // <-- In this case, using the default ASP.NET Core Authorize attribute also works

[Authorize(nameof(MustBeAdminPolicy))] // <-- Use the policy type instead of the policy name
[HttpGet]
public void AdminOnlyEndpoint()
{
    // ...
}

That's it! There is no need to register the policy anywhere else or define additional handlers.

Assertions

Assertions are easy ways to add more complex requirements to your policies.

public class UserPolicy : IPolicy
{
	public static AuthorizationPolicy Policy { get; } = new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder()
		.RequireAuthenticatedUser()
		.RequireAssertion(context => context.User.HasClaim("superuser", "true"))
		.Build();
}

There is no further configuration required to handle assertion requirements.

GraphQL / HotChocolate

If you are using HotChocolate for GraphQL, check out Cloudey.Reflex.Authorization.HotChocolate for a plug-and-play solution to authorization in GraphQL.

License

Licensed under Apache 2.0.
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