Permissions =========== pretix uses a fine-grained permission system to control who is allowed to control what parts of the system. The central concept here is the concept of *Teams*. You can read more on `configuring teams and permissions`_ and the :class:`pretix.base.models.Team` model in the respective parts of the documentation. The basic digest is: An organizer account can have any number of teams, and any number of users can be part of a team. A team can be assigned a set of permissions and connected to some or all of the events of the organizer. A second way to access pretix is via the REST API, which allows authentication via tokens that are bound to a team, but not to a user. You can read more at :class:`pretix.base.models.TeamAPIToken`. This page will show you how to work with permissions in plugins and within the pretix code base. Requiring permissions for a view -------------------------------- pretix provides a number of useful mixins and decorators that allow you to specify that a user needs a certain permission level to access a view: .. code-block:: python from pretix.control.permissions import ( OrganizerPermissionRequiredMixin, organizer_permission_required ) class MyOrgaView(OrganizerPermissionRequiredMixin, View): permission = 'organizer.settings.general:write' # Only users with the permission ``organizer.settings.general:write`` on # this organizer can access this class MyOtherOrgaView(OrganizerPermissionRequiredMixin, View): permission = None # Only users with *any* permission on this organizer can access this @organizer_permission_required('organizer.settings.general:write') def my_orga_view(request, organizer, **kwargs): # Only users with the permission ``organizer.settings.general:write`` on # this organizer can access this @organizer_permission_required() def my_other_orga_view(request, organizer, **kwargs): # Only users with *any* permission on this organizer can access this Of course, the same is available on event level: .. code-block:: python from pretix.control.permissions import ( EventPermissionRequiredMixin, event_permission_required ) class MyEventView(EventPermissionRequiredMixin, View): permission = 'event.settings.general:write' # Only users with the permission ``event.settings.general:write`` on # this event can access this class MyOtherEventView(EventPermissionRequiredMixin, View): permission = None # Only users with *any* permission on this event can access this @event_permission_required('event.settings.general:write') def my_event_view(request, organizer, **kwargs): # Only users with the permission ``event.settings.general:write`` on # this event can access this @event_permission_required() def my_other_event_view(request, organizer, **kwargs): # Only users with *any* permission on this event can access this You can also require that this view is only accessible by system administrators with an active "admin session" (see below for what this means): .. code-block:: python from pretix.control.permissions import ( AdministratorPermissionRequiredMixin, administrator_permission_required ) class MyGlobalView(AdministratorPermissionRequiredMixin, View): # ... @administrator_permission_required def my_global_view(request, organizer, **kwargs): # ... In rare cases it might also be useful to expose a feature only to people who have a staff account but do not necessarily have an active admin session: .. code-block:: python from pretix.control.permissions import ( StaffMemberRequiredMixin, staff_member_required ) class MyGlobalView(StaffMemberRequiredMixin, View): # ... @staff_member_required def my_global_view(request, organizer, **kwargs): # ... Requiring permissions in the REST API ------------------------------------- When creating your own ``viewset`` using Django REST framework, you just need to set the ``permission`` attribute and pretix will check it automatically for you:: class MyModelViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet): permission = 'event.orders:read' Checking permission in code --------------------------- If you need to work with permissions manually, there are a couple of useful helper methods on the :class:`pretix.base.models.Event`, :class:`pretix.base.models.User` and :class:`pretix.base.models.TeamAPIToken` classes. Here's a quick overview. Return all users that are in any team that is connected to this event:: >>> event.get_users_with_any_permission() Return all users that are in a team with a specific permission for this event:: >>> event.get_users_with_permission('event.orders:read') Determine if a user has a certain permission for a specific event:: >>> user.has_event_permission(organizer, event, 'event.orders:read', request=request) True Determine if a user has any permission for a specific event:: >>> user.has_event_permission(organizer, event, request=request) True In the two previous commands, the ``request`` argument is optional, but required to support staff sessions (see below). The same method exists for organizer-level permissions:: >>> user.has_organizer_permission(organizer, 'event.orders:read', request=request) True Sometimes, it might be more useful to get the set of permissions at once:: >>> user.get_event_permission_set(organizer, event) {'event.settings.general:write', 'event.orders:read', 'event.orders:write'} >>> user.get_organizer_permission_set(organizer, event) {'organizer.settings.general:write', 'organizer.events:create'} Within a view on the ``/control`` subpath, the results of these two methods are already available in the ``request.eventpermset`` and ``request.orgapermset`` properties. This makes it convenient to query them in templates:: {% if "event.orders:write" in request.eventpermset %} … {% endif %} You can also do the reverse to get any events a user has access to:: >>> user.get_events_with_permission('event.settings.general:write', request=request) >>> user.get_events_with_any_permission(request=request) Most of these methods work identically on :class:`pretix.base.models.TeamAPIToken`. Staff sessions -------------- System administrators of a pretix instance are identified by the ``is_staff`` attribute on the user model. By default, the regular permission rules apply for users with ``is_staff = True``. The only difference is that such users can temporarily turn on "staff mode" via a button in the user interface that grants them **all permissions** as long as staff mode is active. You can check if a user is in staff mode using their session key: >>> user.has_active_staff_session(request.session.session_key) False Staff mode has a hard time limit and during staff mode, a middleware will log all requests made by that user. Later, the user is able to also save a message to comment on what they did in their administrative session. This feature is intended to help compliance with data protection rules as imposed e.g. by GDPR. Adding permissions ------------------ Plugins can add permissions through the ``register_event_permission_groups`` and ``register_organizer_permission_groups``. We recommend to use this only for very significant permissions, as the system will become less usable with too many permission levels, also because the team page will show all permission options, even those of disabled plugins. To register your permissions, you need to register a **permission group** (often representing an area of functionality or a key model). Below that group, there are **actions**, which represent the actual permissions. Permissions will be generated as ``:``. Then, you need to define **options** which are the valid combinations of the actions that should be possible to select for a team. This two-step mechanism exists to provide a better user experience and avoid useless combinations like "write but not read". Example:: @receiver(register_event_permission_groups) def register_plugin_event_permissions(sender, **kwargs): return [ PermissionGroup( name="pretix_myplugin.resource", label=_("Resources"), actions=["read", "write"], options=[ PermissionOption(actions=tuple(), label=_("No access")), PermissionOption(actions=("read",), label=_("View")), PermissionOption(actions=("read", "write"), label=_("View and change")), ], help_text=_("Some help text") ), ] @receiver(register_organizer_permission_groups) def register_plugin_organizer_permissions(sender, **kwargs): return [ PermissionGroup( name="pretix_myplugin.resource", label=_("Resources"), actions=["read", "write"], options=[ PermissionOption(actions=tuple(), label=_("No access")), PermissionOption(actions=("read",), label=_("View")), PermissionOption(actions=("read", "write"), label=_("View and change")), ], help_text=_("Some help text") ), ] .. _configuring teams and permissions: https://docs.pretix.eu/guides/teams/