shuttle-access

Package for use in JavaScript applications to integrate with Shuttle.Access back-end.

npm install shuttle-access

Initialization

Create a new instance of Access:

import Access from 'shuttle-access';

var access = new Access('http://access-api-url');

You may also specify an options argument containing the following:

Option	Default	Description
storage	localStorage	A storage mechanism for the username and token values used for authentication. Must contain getItem(name), setItem(name, value), and removeItem(name) functions.

import Access from 'shuttle-access';

var access = new Access('http://access-api-url', { 
    storage: {
        getItem: function(name) {},
        setItem: function(name, value) {},
        removeItem: function(name) {}
    }
});

Next we need to initialize the istance:

access.initilize(); // returns promise

This will retrieve all the anonymous permissions from the /permissions/anonymous endpoint and add them as type anonymous. The endpoint can also return an isUserRequired property on the response. If true then there are no users registered.

Should the storage contain a token then a shuttle-access will attempt to create a session by posting the token to the /sessions endpoint.

Login

access.login(credentials); // returns promise

Performs an explicit login by using the specified credentials which should contain either username and password, or token. The session-creation will be attempted by sending a POST to the /sessions endpoint using the following JSON body:

{
    username: credentials.username,
    password: credentials.password,
    token: credentials.token
}

A login expects the following response from the POST to the /sessions endpoint:

{
    registered: (boolean), // true when session registered; else false
    username: (string), // returns the username associated with the session
    token: (string), // a session token that is specific to the server 
    permissions: ['access://permission-on', 'another', ...]
}

If registered is true then the username and token will be set on the storage for future reference. Each permission will be stored as type user. In addition the username and token properties on the access instance will also be set.

Logout

access.logout();

The username and token properties on the access as well as the storage instances.

Permissions

Permissions are unique. The permissions may be accessed using the following methods:

Method	Arguments	Description
hasPermission	permission	Returns true if the permission is in the access instance; else false
removePermission	permission	Removes the given permission, if found, from the access instance.
addPermission	type, permission	The type is a grouping mechanism and the permission still has to be unique.
removePermissions	type	Remove all permissions of the given type.

Login status

var status = access.loginStatus;

Returns:

Value	Description
user-required	When the /permissions/anonymous called returned isUserRequired.
not-logged-in	When there is no token value.
logged-in	When there is a token value.