go-acl

An access control layer object that provides a basic interface for managing groups and actions.

sales pitch

My library offers:

• a struct that tracks actions and groups
• provides simple ACL methods Grant, Revoke, Can, Not, and Clear

It does not:

• connect to any data sources (directly or abstractly)

usage

Using my library is very simple:

import "github.com/cdelorme/go-acl"

The package name is acl and you can get a new Acl with:

anAcl := acl.Acl{}

You can Grant one or more permissions with:

anAcl.Grant("Admin", "Read", "Write", "Execute", "Water the flowers")

You can revoke one or more permissions with:

anAcl.Revoke("Admin", "Water the flowers")

You can clear your groups (such as when reloading from a data source) with:

anAcl.Clear()

Actions and Groups are added on first reference.

You have direct access to Groups (a basic map[string][]string) and Actions (a []string array), if you need it.

Permissions are case-sensitive; use of constants is recommended.

I chose strings to represent permissions since they are the most flexible form of generic-type storage.