Cerbos

tag/CerbosService CerbosService

Cerbos Policy Decision Point

tag/CerbosService/operation/CerbosService_CheckResourceSet Check Deprecated

[Deprecated: Use CheckResources API instead] Check whether a principal has permissions to perform the given actions on a set of resource instances.

Request Body schema: application/json required

requestId string
Optional application-specific ID useful for correlating logs for analysis.
actions
required
Array of strings non-empty unique
List of actions being performed on the set of resources.
principal
required
object (enginev1Principal)
A person or application attempting to perform the actions on the set of resources.
resource
required
object (v1ResourceSet)
Set of resources to check
includeMeta boolean
Opt to receive request processing metadata in the response.
auxData object (cerbosrequestv1AuxData)
Structured auxiliary data useful for evaluating the request

Responses

200
A successful response.

default
An unexpected error response.

post/api/check
https://docs.cerbos.dev/api/check

Request samples

Content type
application/json

` {"requestId": "c2db17b8-4f9f-4fb1-acfd-9162a02be42b",

"actions": ["view:public",

"comment"],

"principal": {"id": "bugs_bunny",

"policyVersion": "default",

"roles": ["user"],

"attr": {"beta_tester": true},

"scope": "acme.corp"},

"resource": {"kind": "album:object",

"policyVersion": "default",

"instances": {"XX125": {"attr": {"owner": "bugs_bunny",

"public": false,

"flagged": false}},

"XX225": {"attr": {"owner": "daffy_duck",

"public": true,

"flagged": false}}}},

"includeMeta": true,

"auxData": {"jwt": {"token": "eyJhbGciOiJFUzM4NCIsImtpZCI6IjE5TGZaYXRFZGc4M1lOYzVyMjNndU1KcXJuND0iLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJhdWQiOlsiY2VyYm9zLWp3dC10ZXN0cyJdLCJjdXN0b21BcnJheSI6WyJBIiwiQiIsIkMiXSwiY3VzdG9tSW50Ijo0MiwiY3VzdG9tTWFwIjp7IkEiOiJBQSIsIkIiOiJCQiIsIkMiOiJDQyJ9LCJjdXN0b21TdHJpbmciOiJmb29iYXIiLCJleHAiOjE5NDk5MzQwMzksImlzcyI6ImNlcmJvcy10ZXN0LXN1aXRlIn0.WN_tOScSpd_EI-P5EI1YlagxEgExSfBjAtcrgcF6lyWj1lGpR_GKx9goZEp2p_t5AVWXN_bjz_sMUmJdJa4cVd55Qm1miR-FKu6oNRHnSEWdMFmnArwPw-YDJWfylLFX",

"keySetId": "my-keyset"}}} `

Response samples

Content type
application/json

` {"requestId": "c2db17b8-4f9f-4fb1-acfd-9162a02be42b",

"resourceInstances": {"XX125": {"actions": {"view:*": "EFFECT_ALLOW",

"comment": "EFFECT_ALLOW"}},

"XX225": {"actions": {"view:*": "EFFECT_DENY",

"comment": "EFFECT_DENY"}}},

"meta": {"resourceInstances": {"XX125": {"actions": {"view:*": {"matched_policy": "album:object:default"},

"comment": {"matched_policy": "album:object:default"}},

"effective_derived_roles": ["owner"]}},

"XX225": {"actions": {"view:*": {"matched_policy": "album:object:default"},

"comment": {"matched_policy": "album:object:default"}}}}}}} `

tag/CerbosService/operation/CerbosService_CheckResources Check resources

Check a principal's permissions to a batch of heterogeneous resources and actions.

Request Body schema: application/json required

requestId string
Optional application-specific ID useful for correlating logs for analysis.
includeMeta boolean
Add request processing metadata to the response.
principal
required
object (enginev1Principal)
A person or application attempting to perform the actions on the set of resources.
resources
required
Array of objects (CheckResourcesRequestResourceEntry) non-empty unique
List of resources and actions.
auxData object (cerbosrequestv1AuxData)
Structured auxiliary data useful for evaluating the request

Responses

200
A successful response.

default
An unexpected error response.

post/api/check/resources
https://docs.cerbos.dev/api/check/resources

Request samples

Content type
application/json

` {"requestId": "c2db17b8-4f9f-4fb1-acfd-9162a02be42b",

"includeMeta": true,

"principal": {"id": "bugs_bunny",

"policyVersion": "default",

"roles": ["user"],

"attr": {"beta_tester": true},

"scope": "acme.corp"},

"resources": [{"actions": ["view","comment"],"resource": {"kind": "album:object","policyVersion": "default","id": "XX125","attr": {"owner": "bugs_bunny","public": false,"flagged": false}}}],

"keySetId": "my-keyset"}}} `

Response samples

Content type
application/json

` {"requestId": "c2db17b8-4f9f-4fb1-acfd-9162a02be42b",

"results": [{"resource": {"Id": "XX125","kind": "album:object"},"actions": {"view": "EFFECT_ALLOW","comment": "EFFECT_DENY"}}],

"cerbosCallId": "string"} `

... (the content continues in a similar manner)