🎓 Access Control

Simple Access Policy
You can test access policies with Postman.
Access the Auth Clients tab and create a new client.
resourceType: Client
id: postman
secret: secret
grant_types: ['basic']
Access the Access Control tab and create new access policy with the code below.  Let's consider the work of this policy. In this schema, two constraints are introduced:
it is allowed to use only the GET method;
it is allowed to use only request URIs starting with "/fhir/".
resourceType: AccessPolicy
id: policy-for-postman
engine: json-schema
schema:
  required:
    - client
    - uri
    - request-method
  properties:
    uri:
      type: string
      pattern: '^/fhir/.*'
    client:
      required:
        - id
      properties:
        id:
          const: postman
    request-method:
      const: get
# or matcho engine version
engine: matcho
matcho:
  client: { id: postman }
  uri: '^./fhir/.*'
  request-method: get
Now, let's execute requests in Postman.
 A request succeeds if at least one of the policies is valid for it.
Positive Test
GET {{base}}/fhir/Patient
Negative Test
POST {{base}}/fhir/Patient
Policy Debugging
Let's use the parameter  __debug=policy in requests to see which JSON-schema validation returned true/false.
Positive Test
GET {{base}}/fhir/Patient
Negative Test
POST {{base}}/fhir/Patient
See the full documentation Access Policies.
Access Policies
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Access Policies for Users
Previously, we tested access control for clients using Postman as a client. Now, let's create and test access policies for users. We will still need our client credentials.
First, we need to create a couple of users.
Access the Users tab and create two users in Aidbox.Cloud.
User 1
data:
  name: Camila Harrington
  roles:
    - Administrator
    - Doctor
email: [email protected]-samurai.io
password: password1
id: user1
resourceType: User
User 2
data:
  name: Jazmin Holmes
  roles:
    - Patient
email: [email protected]-samurai.io
password: password2
id: user2
resourceType: User
Read-Only Access for Patient Role
Now, let's define read-only access for the 'Patient' role. Create an access policy with the code below.
# matcho version
resourceType: AccessPolicy
id: policy-for-postman-users-role-patient
engine: matcho
matcho:
  user:
    data: { roles: {$contains: Patient} }
  client: { id: postman }
  request-method: get
resourceType: AccessPolicy
id: policy-for-postman-users-role-patient
engine: json-schema
schema:
  required:
    - client
    - user
    - request-method
  properties:
    user:
      required:
        - data
      properties:
        data:
          required:
            - roles
          properties:
            roles:
              not:
                items:
                  not:
                    enum:
                      - Patient
              type: array
    client:
      required:
        - id
      properties:
        id:
          const: postman
    request-method:
      const: get
description: Read-only access for users with role Patient from client Postman
​
Full Access for Administrator Role
Let's set access rights for administrators.
# matcho version
engine: matcho
matcho:
  request-method: {$enum: ['get','post','put','delete','patch']}
  user:
    data: {roles: {$contains: 'Administrator'}}
  client: { id: postman }
engine: json-schema
schema:
  required:
    - client
    - user
    - request-method
  properties:
    user:
      required:
        - data
      properties:
        data:
          required:
            - roles
          properties:
            roles:
              not:
                items:
                  not:
                    enum:
                      - Administrator
              type: array
    client:
      required:
        - id
      properties:
        id:
          const: postman
    request-method:
      enum:
        - get
        - post
        - put
        - delete
        - option
        - patch
        - head
description: Full access for users with role Administrator from client Postman
id: policy-for-postman-users-role-administrator
resourceType: AccessPolicy
Test User Access Control
Get Bearer Token for User
Now, let's test the policies in Postman.
First, we need to get bearer token for a user and a client.
This line grant_type: password should not be changed.
POST {{base}}/auth/token
​
client_id: postman
client_secret: <your-client-password>
username: [email protected]-samurai.io
password: <your-user1-password>
grant_type: password
Execute the request and copy the received access_token value. Paste it to your test request in the Authorization header with the word Bearer before it.
E.g. you got the access_token:
{
    "access_token": "45ab638d-9a3a-492b-b2df-0d8295c108fc",
    "refresh_token": "eyJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiODJhYjYzOGQtOWEzYS00OTJiLWIyZGYtMGQ4Mjk1YzEwOGZjIiwidXNlcl123456InVzZXIxIiwiaWF0IjoxNTQyMDMxODkyfQpvbjE4SUxtRXhVQWJmcl8zZUVGNTZUTl9vV0E",
    "token_type": "bearer"
}
Your authorization header will be: Bearer 45ab638d-9a3a-492b-b2df-0d8295c108fc.
Execute Requests with User Bearer Token
Now, let's execute requests from users to test their access.
Test user request with GET
GET {{base}}/fhir/Patient?__debug=policy
Test user request with POST
POST {{base}}/fhir/Patient?__debug=policy
The results of the schema validation should be the following:
Request/User
User 1 (Administrator)
User 2 (Patient)
GET
True
True
POST
True
False
get
​
POST {{AIDBOX_URL}}/Patients/tortik
Request
Response
Request
Path Parameters
optional
string
​
Response
200: OK
​
See the full documentation Resource Owner Credentials Grant.
Getting started
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