Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Implement role-based authorization to restrict access to certain endpoints based on user roles and permissions.
What is RBAC?
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a method of restricting access to resources based on the roles individual users have within an organization.
- Instead of assigning permissions directly to users, permissions are assigned to roles.
- Users are then assigned to roles, inheriting those permissions.
- This simplifies security management, especially in larger applications.
Defining User Roles
First, we need to define the roles our application will use. These are typically broad categories like 'admin', 'editor', or 'basic_user'.
Using a Python Enum is a clean way to manage these roles:
from enum import Enum
class UserRole(str, Enum):
ADMIN = "admin"
EDITOR = "editor"
BASIC_USER = "basic_user"
# Example usage:
# role = UserRole.ADMIN