Permissions

This module is a manager for permissions. With this module you can defined and host the permissions of user as a integer which makes it possible to limit the use of memory.

How it work ?

It work with a bitwise operations using the bigint library.

Getting started

Prerequisites

Node.js 12.0.0 or newer is required.

Instalation

With npm :

npm install permissions.js

With yarn :

yarn add permissions.js

Usage

Import the module from node_modules :

With CommonJS syntax :

const { Permissions } = require("permissions.js");

With module syntax :

import { Permissions } = from 'permissions.js';

Create a new Permissions with all available permissions as a parameter (an array).

PARAMETER	TYPE	OPTIONAL	DEFAULT	DESCRIPTION
permissions	Array<string>	✖️	none	All available permissions
user permissions	int, bigint, string	✓	none	The user permissions

Note : The order of the permissions is verry important, after choosing it you can add new permissions but at the end of array.

Example : new Permissions(['ADMINISTRATOR', 'VIEW_ALL_MEMBERS', 'UPDATE_MEMBERS', 'DELETE_MEMBERS', 'BAN_MEMBERS']).

Properties

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Permissions.default

Return the default permissions as a integer.
Type : Number

Permissions.MAX

Return the max permission as a string.
Type : String

Permissions.permissionCalc

The permissions of user (has a string).
Type : String

Methods

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Permissions#find(name)

Find the permission value bay name

Params :

• name : The name of permission (string or Array<string>)

Return :

The permission (Array<Object> or empty array)

console.log(userPermissions.find(4));

Permissions#toArray()

Return an array of permissions

Return :

Array<permission>

console.log(userPermissions.toArray());

Permissions#toString()

Return the permissions names of user (separate by `, `)

Return :

String<permission>

console.log(userPermissions.toString());

Permissions#hasAnyPermissions()

Return true if the user has at least one permission.

Return :

Boolean

console.log(userPermissions.hasAnyPermissions());

Permissions#hasPermission(permission)

Return true if user have permission(s).

Params :

permission : The permission to check (Array, String, Number)

Return :

Object

console.log(userPermissions.hasPermission([3]));

Permissions#missing(permissions)

Return the missings permissions of user in the parameter.

Params :

permissions : The permissions to test (Array, String, Number)

Return :

Object

console.log(userPermissions(["3"]));

Permissions#equals(other)

Return true if user permissions are equal to parameter.

Params :

• other : The compared (Array, String, Number)

Return :

Boolean

console.log(userPermissions.equals([100, 100]));

Permissions#addAllPermissions()

Add all permissions from user.

Return :

String (the new bits permissions)

console.log(userPermissions.addAllPermissions());

Permissions#addPermission(permission)

Add a permission to a user.

Params :

• permission : The permission to add (string | Array<string> | number)

Return :

String (the new bits of permissions.)

console.log(userPermissions.addPermission("ADMINISTRATOR"));

Permissions#removeAllPermissions()

Remove all permissions of the user.

Return :

String (the new bits of permissions).

console.log(userPermissions.removeAllPermissions());

Permissions#removePermission(permission)

Remove a permission to a user.

Params :

• permission : The permission to remove (string | Array<string>) | number

Return :

String (the new bits of permissions.)

console.log(userPermissions.removePermission("ADMINISTRATOR"));

Example

const { Permissions } = require("permissions");
const permissionsList = [
  "ADMINISTRATOR",
  "VIEW_ALL_MEMBERS",
  "UPDATE_MEMBERS",
  "DELETE_MEMBERS",
  "BAN_MEMBERS",
];
const userPermissions = new Permissions(permissionsList, 100);

console.log(`Default : ${userPermissions.default}`);
console.log(`Max : ${userPermissions.MAX}`);
console.log("User bits : " + userPermissions.permissionCalc);
console.log(userPermissions.find(4));
console.log(userPermissions.toArray());
console.log(userPermissions.toString());
console.log(userPermissions.hasAnyPermissions());
console.log(userPermissions.missing([3]));
console.log(userPermissions.equals([100, 100]));

console.log(userPermissions.addPermission("ADMINISTRATOR"));
console.log(userPermissions.removePermission("ADMINISTRATOR"));
console.log(userPermissions.addAllPermissions());
console.log(userPermissions.removeAllPermissions());