module RailsAdmin module Extensions module CanCan # This adapter is for the CanCan[https://github.com/ryanb/cancan] authorization library. # You can create another adapter for different authorization behavior, just be certain it # responds to each of the public methods here. class AuthorizationAdapter # See the +authorize_with+ config method for where the initialization happens. def initialize(controller) @controller = controller @controller.extend ControllerExtension @controller.current_ability.authorize! :access, :rails_admin end # This method is called in every controller action and should raise an exception # when the authorization fails. The first argument is the name of the controller # action as a symbol (:create, :bulk_delete, etc.). The second argument is the # AbstractModel instance that applies. The third argument is the actual model # instance if it is available. def authorize(action, abstract_model = nil, model_object = nil) action = translate_action(action) @controller.current_ability.authorize!(action, model_object || abstract_model && abstract_model.model) if action end # This method is called primarily from the view to determine whether the given user # has access to perform the action on a given model. It should return true when authorized. # This takes the same arguments as +authorize+. The difference is that this will # return a boolean whereas +authorize+ will raise an exception when not authorized. def authorized?(action, abstract_model = nil, model_object = nil) action = translate_action(action) @controller.current_ability.can?(action, model_object || abstract_model && abstract_model.model) if action end # This is called when needing to scope a database query. It is called within the list # and bulk_delete/destroy actions and should return a scope which limits the records # to those which the user can perform the given action on. def query(action, abstract_model) action = translate_action(action) abstract_model.model.accessible_by(@controller.current_ability, action) end # This is called in the new/create actions to determine the initial attributes for new # records. It should return a hash of attributes which match what the user # is authorized to create. def attributes_for(action, abstract_model) action = translate_action(action) @controller.current_ability.attributes_for(action, abstract_model && abstract_model.model) end private # Change the action into something that fits better with CanCan's conventions def translate_action(action) case action when :list, :bulk_action then :index when :delete, :bulk_destroy, :bulk_delete then :destroy else action end end module ControllerExtension def current_ability # use _current_user instead of default current_user so it works with # whatever current user method is defined with RailsAdmin @current_ability ||= ::Ability.new(_current_user) end end end end end end