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+++ b/docs/tutorials/wiki/authorization.rst
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
+.. _wiki_adding_authorization:
+
====================
-Adding Authorization
+Adding authorization
====================
:app:`Pyramid` provides facilities for :term:`authentication` and
-:term:`authorization`. We'll make use of both features to provide security
-to our application. Our application currently allows anyone with access to
-the server to view, edit, and add pages to our wiki. We'll change that
-to allow only people who are members of a *group* named ``group:editors``
-to add and edit wiki pages but we'll continue allowing
-anyone with access to the server to view pages.
-
-We will also add a login page and a logout link on all the
-pages. The login page will be shown when a user is denied
-access to any of the views that require a permission, instead of
-a default "403 Forbidden" page.
+::term:`authorization`. We'll make use of both features to provide security
+:to our application. Our application currently allows anyone with access to
+:the server to view, edit, and add pages to our wiki. We'll change that to
+:allow only people who are members of a *group* named ``group:editors`` to add
+:and edit wiki pages but we'll continue allowing anyone with access to the
+:server to view pages.
+
+We will also add a login page and a logout link on all the pages. The login
+page will be shown when a user is denied access to any of the views that
+require permission, instead of a default "403 Forbidden" page.
We will implement the access control with the following steps:
@@ -28,12 +29,13 @@ Then we will add the login and logout feature:
* Add ``login`` and ``logout`` views (``views.py``).
* Add a login template (``login.pt``).
-* Make the existing views return a ``logged_in`` flag to the renderer (``views.py``).
+* Make the existing views return a ``logged_in`` flag to the renderer
+ (``views.py``).
* Add a "Logout" link to be shown when logged in and viewing or editing a page
(``view.pt``, ``edit.pt``).
-Access Control
+Access control
--------------
Add users and groups
@@ -49,11 +51,9 @@ following content:
The ``groupfinder`` function accepts a userid and a request and
returns one of these values:
-- If the userid exists in the system, it will return a
- sequence of group identifiers (or an empty sequence if the user
- isn't a member of any groups).
-- If the userid *does not* exist in the system, it will
- return ``None``.
+- If the userid exists in the system, it will return a sequence of group
+ identifiers (or an empty sequence if the user isn't a member of any groups).
+- If the userid *does not* exist in the system, it will return ``None``.
For example, ``groupfinder('editor', request )`` returns ``['group:editor']``,
``groupfinder('viewer', request)`` returns ``[]``, and ``groupfinder('admin',
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ request)`` returns ``None``. We will use ``groupfinder()`` as an
:term:`authentication policy` "callback" that will provide the
:term:`principal` or principals for a user.
-In a production system, user and group
-data will most often come from a database, but here we use "dummy"
-data to represent user and groups sources.
+In a production system, user and group data will most often come from a
+database, but here we use "dummy" data to represent user and groups sources.
Add an ACL
~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -81,44 +80,42 @@ Add the following lines to the ``Wiki`` class:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/models.py
:lines: 9-13
:linenos:
+ :lineno-start: 9
:emphasize-lines: 4-5
:language: python
-We import :data:`~pyramid.security.Allow`, an action that
-means that permission is allowed, and
-:data:`~pyramid.security.Everyone`, a special :term:`principal`
-that is associated to all requests. Both are used in the
+We import :data:`~pyramid.security.Allow`, an action that means that
+permission is allowed, and :data:`~pyramid.security.Everyone`, a special
+:term:`principal` that is associated to all requests. Both are used in the
:term:`ACE` entries that make up the ACL.
-The ACL is a list that needs to be named `__acl__` and be an
-attribute of a class. We define an :term:`ACL` with two
-:term:`ACE` entries: the first entry allows any user the `view`
-permission, and the second entry allows the ``group:editors``
-principal the `edit` permission.
+The ACL is a list that needs to be named `__acl__` and be an attribute of a
+class. We define an :term:`ACL` with two :term:`ACE` entries: the first entry
+allows any user the `view` permission. The second entry allows the
+``group:editors`` principal the `edit` permission.
-The ``Wiki`` class that contains the ACL is the :term:`resource`
-constructor for the :term:`root` resource, which is
-a ``Wiki`` instance. The ACL is
-provided to each view in the :term:`context` of the request, as
-the ``context`` attribute.
+The ``Wiki`` class that contains the ACL is the :term:`resource` constructor
+for the :term:`root` resource, which is a ``Wiki`` instance. The ACL is
+provided to each view in the :term:`context` of the request as the ``context``
+attribute.
It's only happenstance that we're assigning this ACL at class scope. An ACL
can be attached to an object *instance* too; this is how "row level security"
can be achieved in :app:`Pyramid` applications. We actually need only *one*
ACL for the entire system, however, because our security requirements are
-simple, so this feature is not demonstrated. See
-:ref:`assigning_acls` for more information about what an
-:term:`ACL` represents.
+simple, so this feature is not demonstrated. See :ref:`assigning_acls` for
+more information about what an :term:`ACL` represents.
-Add Authentication and Authorization Policies
+Add authentication and authorization policies
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Open ``tutorial/__init__.py`` and
-add these import statements:
+Open ``tutorial/tutorial/__init__.py`` and add the highlighted import
+statements:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/__init__.py
- :lines: 4-5,8
+ :lines: 1-8
:linenos:
+ :emphasize-lines: 4-5,8
:language: python
Now add those policies to the configuration:
@@ -126,15 +123,16 @@ Now add those policies to the configuration:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/__init__.py
:lines: 18-23
:linenos:
+ :lineno-start: 18
:emphasize-lines: 1-3,5-6
:language: python
-(Only the highlighted lines need to be added.)
+Only the highlighted lines need to be added.
-We are enabling an ``AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy``, it is based in an
-auth ticket that may be included in the request, and an
-``ACLAuthorizationPolicy`` that uses an ACL to determine the allow or deny
-outcome for a view.
+We are enabling an ``AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy``, which is based in an auth
+ticket that may be included in the request. We are also enabling an
+``ACLAuthorizationPolicy``, which uses an ACL to determine the *allow* or
+*deny* outcome for a view.
Note that the :class:`pyramid.authentication.AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy`
constructor accepts two arguments: ``secret`` and ``callback``. ``secret`` is
@@ -144,235 +142,231 @@ machinery represented by this policy: it is required. The ``callback`` is the
Add permission declarations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Open ``tutorial/tutorial/views.py``. Add a ``permission='edit'`` parameter
-to the ``@view_config`` decorator for ``add_page()`` and
-``edit_page()``, for example:
+Open ``tutorial/tutorial/views.py`` and add a ``permission='edit'`` parameter
+to the ``@view_config`` decorators for ``add_page()`` and ``edit_page()``:
-.. code-block:: python
- :linenos:
- :emphasize-lines: 3
+.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
+ :lines: 50-52
+ :emphasize-lines: 2-3
+ :language: python
- @view_config(name='add_page', context='.models.Wiki',
- renderer='templates/edit.pt',
- permission='edit')
+.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
+ :lines: 70-72
+ :emphasize-lines: 2-3
+ :language: python
-(Only the highlighted line, along with its preceding comma,
-needs to be added.)
+Only the highlighted lines, along with their preceding commas, need to be
+edited and added.
-The result is that only users who possess the ``edit``
-permission at the time of the request may invoke those two views.
+The result is that only users who possess the ``edit`` permission at the time
+of the request may invoke those two views.
-Add a ``permission='view'`` parameter to the ``@view_config``
-decorator for ``view_wiki()`` and ``view_page()``, like this:
+Add a ``permission='view'`` parameter to the ``@view_config`` decorator for
+``view_wiki()`` and ``view_page()`` as follows:
-.. code-block:: python
- :linenos:
- :emphasize-lines: 2
+.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
+ :lines: 23-24
+ :emphasize-lines: 1-2
+ :language: python
- @view_config(context='.models.Page', renderer='templates/view.pt',
- permission='view')
+.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
+ :lines: 28-29
+ :emphasize-lines: 1-2
+ :language: python
-(Only the highlighted line, along with its preceding comma,
-needs to be added.)
+Only the highlighted lines, along with their preceding commas, need to be
+edited and added.
This allows anyone to invoke these two views.
-We are done with the changes needed to control access. The
-changes that follow will add the login and logout feature.
+We are done with the changes needed to control access. The changes that
+follow will add the login and logout feature.
-Login, Logout
+Login, logout
-------------
-Add Login and Logout Views
+Add login and logout views
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-We'll add a ``login`` view which renders a login form and processes
-the post from the login form, checking credentials.
+We'll add a ``login`` view which renders a login form and processes the post
+from the login form, checking credentials.
-We'll also add a ``logout`` view callable to our application and
-provide a link to it. This view will clear the credentials of the
-logged in user and redirect back to the front page.
+We'll also add a ``logout`` view callable to our application and provide a
+link to it. This view will clear the credentials of the logged in user and
+redirect back to the front page.
-Add the following import statements to the
-head of ``tutorial/tutorial/views.py``:
+Add the following import statements to the head of
+``tutorial/tutorial/views.py``:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
:lines: 6-17
- :linenos:
- :emphasize-lines: 3,6-11
+ :emphasize-lines: 1-12
:language: python
-(Only the highlighted lines, with other necessary modifications,
-need to be added.)
+All the highlighted lines need to be added or edited.
-:meth:`~pyramid.view.forbidden_view_config` will be used
-to customize the default 403 Forbidden page.
-:meth:`~pyramid.security.remember` and
-:meth:`~pyramid.security.forget` help to create and
-expire an auth ticket cookie.
+:meth:`~pyramid.view.forbidden_view_config` will be used to customize the
+default 403 Forbidden page. :meth:`~pyramid.security.remember` and
+:meth:`~pyramid.security.forget` help to create and expire an auth ticket
+cookie.
-Now add the ``login`` and ``logout`` views:
+Now add the ``login`` and ``logout`` views at the end of the file:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
- :lines: 82-120
+ :lines: 82-116
:linenos:
+ :lineno-start: 82
:language: python
``login()`` has two decorators:
-- a ``@view_config`` decorator which associates it with the
- ``login`` route and makes it visible when we visit ``/login``,
-- a ``@forbidden_view_config`` decorator which turns it into
- a :term:`forbidden view`. ``login()`` will be invoked
- when a user tries to execute a view callable for which they lack
- authorization. For example, if a user has not logged in
- and tries to add or edit a Wiki page, they will be shown the
- login form before being allowed to continue.
+- a ``@view_config`` decorator which associates it with the ``login`` route
+ and makes it visible when we visit ``/login``,
+- a ``@forbidden_view_config`` decorator which turns it into a
+ :term:`forbidden view`. ``login()`` will be invoked when a user tries to
+ execute a view callable for which they lack authorization. For example, if
+ a user has not logged in and tries to add or edit a Wiki page, they will be
+ shown the login form before being allowed to continue.
-The order of these two :term:`view configuration` decorators
-is unimportant.
+The order of these two :term:`view configuration` decorators is unimportant.
-``logout()`` is decorated with a ``@view_config`` decorator
-which associates it with the ``logout`` route. It will be
-invoked when we visit ``/logout``.
+``logout()`` is decorated with a ``@view_config`` decorator which associates
+it with the ``logout`` route. It will be invoked when we visit ``/logout``.
Add the ``login.pt`` Template
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Create ``tutorial/tutorial/templates/login.pt`` with the following
-content:
+Create ``tutorial/tutorial/templates/login.pt`` with the following content:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/templates/login.pt
- :language: xml
+ :language: html
-The above template is referred in the login view that we just added
-in ``views.py``.
+The above template is referenced in the login view that we just added in
+``views.py``.
-Return a logged_in flag to the renderer
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Return a ``logged_in`` flag to the renderer
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Add a ``logged_in`` parameter to the return value of
-``view_page()``, ``edit_page()`` and ``add_page()``,
-like this:
+Open ``tutorial/tutorial/views.py`` again. Add a ``logged_in`` parameter to
+the return value of ``view_page()``, ``edit_page()``, and ``add_page()`` as
+follows:
-.. code-block:: python
- :linenos:
- :emphasize-lines: 4
+.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
+ :lines: 47-48
+ :emphasize-lines: 1-2
+ :language: python
- return dict(page = page,
- content = content,
- edit_url = edit_url,
- logged_in = request.authenticated_userid)
+.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
+ :lines: 67-68
+ :emphasize-lines: 1-2
+ :language: python
-(Only the highlighted line and a trailing comma on the preceding
-line need to be added.)
+.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
+ :lines: 75-77
+ :emphasize-lines: 2-3
+ :language: python
+
+Only the highlighted lines need to be added or edited.
The :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.authenticated_userid` will be ``None`` if
-the user is not authenticated, or a user id if the user is authenticated.
+the user is not authenticated, or a userid if the user is authenticated.
Add a "Logout" link when logged in
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Open ``tutorial/tutorial/templates/edit.pt`` and
-``tutorial/tutorial/templates/view.pt`` and add this within the
-``<div id="right" class="app-welcome align-right">`` div:
+``tutorial/tutorial/templates/view.pt`` and add the following code as
+indicated by the highlighted lines.
-.. code-block:: xml
-
- <span tal:condition="logged_in">
- <a href="${request.application_url}/logout">Logout</a>
- </span>
+.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/templates/edit.pt
+ :lines: 34-38
+ :emphasize-lines: 3-5
+ :language: html
-The attribute ``tal:condition="logged_in"`` will make the element be
-included when ``logged_in`` is any user id. The link will invoke
-the logout view. The above element will not be included if ``logged_in``
-is ``None``, such as when a user is not authenticated.
+The attribute ``tal:condition="logged_in"`` will make the element be included
+when ``logged_in`` is any user id. The link will invoke the logout view. The
+above element will not be included if ``logged_in`` is ``None``, such as when
+a user is not authenticated.
-Seeing Our Changes
-------------------
+Reviewing our changes
+---------------------
-Our ``tutorial/tutorial/__init__.py`` will look something like this
-when we're done:
+Our ``tutorial/tutorial/__init__.py`` will look like this when we're done:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/__init__.py
:linenos:
:emphasize-lines: 4-5,8,18-20,22-23
:language: python
-(Only the highlighted lines need to be added.)
+Only the highlighted lines need to be added or edited.
-Our ``tutorial/tutorial/models.py`` will look something like this
-when we're done:
+Our ``tutorial/tutorial/models.py`` will look like this when we're done:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/models.py
:linenos:
:emphasize-lines: 4-7,12-13
:language: python
-(Only the highlighted lines need to be added.)
+Only the highlighted lines need to be added or edited.
-Our ``tutorial/tutorial/views.py`` will look something like this
-when we're done:
+Our ``tutorial/tutorial/views.py`` will look like this when we're done:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/views.py
:linenos:
:emphasize-lines: 8,11-15,17,24,29,48,52,68,72,80,82-120
:language: python
-(Only the highlighted lines need to be added.)
+Only the highlighted lines need to be added or edited.
-Our ``tutorial/tutorial/templates/edit.pt`` template will look
-something like this when we're done:
+Our ``tutorial/tutorial/templates/edit.pt`` template will look like this when
+we're done:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/templates/edit.pt
:linenos:
- :emphasize-lines: 41-43
- :language: xml
+ :emphasize-lines: 36-38
+ :language: html
-(Only the highlighted lines need to be added.)
+Only the highlighted lines need to be added or edited.
-Our ``tutorial/tutorial/templates/view.pt`` template will look
-something like this when we're done:
+Our ``tutorial/tutorial/templates/view.pt`` template will look like this when
+we're done:
.. literalinclude:: src/authorization/tutorial/templates/view.pt
:linenos:
- :emphasize-lines: 41-43
- :language: xml
+ :emphasize-lines: 36-38
+ :language: html
-(Only the highlighted lines need to be added.)
+Only the highlighted lines need to be added or edited.
Viewing the Application in a Browser
------------------------------------
We can finally examine our application in a browser (See
-:ref:`wiki-start-the-application`). Launch a browser and visit
-each of the following URLs, check that the result is as expected:
-
-- ``http://localhost:6543/`` invokes the
- ``view_wiki`` view. This always redirects to the ``view_page`` view
- of the ``FrontPage`` Page resource. It is executable by any user.
-
-- ``http://localhost:6543/FrontPage`` invokes
- the ``view_page`` view of the ``FrontPage`` Page resource. This is because
- it's the :term:`default view` (a view without a ``name``) for ``Page``
- resources. It is executable by any user.
-
-- ``http://localhost:6543/FrontPage/edit_page``
- invokes the edit view for the FrontPage object. It is executable by
- only the ``editor`` user. If a different user (or the anonymous
- user) invokes it, a login form will be displayed. Supplying the
- credentials with the username ``editor``, password ``editor`` will
- display the edit page form.
-
-- ``http://localhost:6543/add_page/SomePageName``
- invokes the add view for a page. It is executable by only
- the ``editor`` user. If a different user (or the anonymous user)
- invokes it, a login form will be displayed. Supplying the
- credentials with the username ``editor``, password ``editor`` will
- display the edit page form.
-
-- After logging in (as a result of hitting an edit or add page
- and submitting the login form with the ``editor``
- credentials), we'll see a Logout link in the upper right hand
- corner. When we click it, we're logged out, and redirected
- back to the front page.
+:ref:`wiki-start-the-application`). Launch a browser and visit each of the
+following URLs, checking that the result is as expected:
+
+- http://localhost:6543/ invokes the ``view_wiki`` view. This always
+ redirects to the ``view_page`` view of the ``FrontPage`` Page resource. It
+ is executable by any user.
+
+- http://localhost:6543/FrontPage invokes the ``view_page`` view of the
+ ``FrontPage`` Page resource. This is because it's the :term:`default view`
+ (a view without a ``name``) for ``Page`` resources. It is executable by any
+ user.
+
+- http://localhost:6543/FrontPage/edit_page invokes the edit view for the
+ FrontPage object. It is executable by only the ``editor`` user. If a
+ different user (or the anonymous user) invokes it, a login form will be
+ displayed. Supplying the credentials with the username ``editor``, password
+ ``editor`` will display the edit page form.
+
+- http://localhost:6543/add_page/SomePageName invokes the add view for a page.
+ It is executable by only the ``editor`` user. If a different user (or the
+ anonymous user) invokes it, a login form will be displayed. Supplying the
+ credentials with the username ``editor``, password ``editor`` will display
+ the edit page form.
+
+- After logging in (as a result of hitting an edit or add page and submitting
+ the login form with the ``editor`` credentials), we'll see a Logout link in
+ the upper right hand corner. When we click it, we're logged out, and
+ redirected back to the front page.