Grant, collection or general, privileges to a user. Access to a user is provided by setting
a bit mask to either the @node, @thingsdb or a @collection scope.
To use this function, at least CHANGE privileges on the @thingsdb scope and GRANT privileges on the target scope are required.
It is not possible to set privileges on a specific node scope. Therefore scope @node will apply to all nodes in ThingsDB.
The following predefined masks are available:
| Mask | Description |
|---|---|
QUERY (1) |
Grants access to execute queries. |
CHANGE (2) |
Grants access to make changes. |
GRANT (4) |
Grants administrative privileges, allowing users to grant and revoke permissions to other users. |
JOIN (8) |
Grants join (and leave) privileges to a room. |
RUN (16) |
Grants access to run procedures directly. |
USER (27) |
A mask for QUERY, CHANGE, JOIN and RUN. |
FULL (31) |
A mask for full privileges. |
It is not possible to have GRANT privileges without also having CHANGE privileges.
However, ThingsDB automatically applies the required privileges so when setting for example GRANT privileges, ThingsDB
makes sure that the user also gets CHANGE privileges.
This function generates a change.
grant(target, user, mask)
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
target |
int/raw | Can be either the @node, @thingsdb, or a @collection scope. |
user |
str | User to grant privileges to. |
mask |
int | Bit-mask for setting privileges. |
Returns nil when successful. A lookup_err() is raised if the user or target
does not exist.
Grant query and join privileges to user
iristo collectionstuff:
new_user('iris');
new_token('iris');
// Assign QUERY and JOIN privileges on collection `stuff` to user `iris`
grant('@:stuff', 'iris', QUERY|JOIN);
Return value in JSON format
null