datasette/datasette/plugins.py
Simon Willison 2b879e462f Implement resource-based permission system with SQL-driven access control
This introduces a new hierarchical permission system that uses SQL queries
for efficient permission checking across resources. The system replaces the
older permission_allowed() pattern with a more flexible resource-based
approach.

Core changes:

- New Resource ABC and Action dataclass in datasette/permissions.py
  * Resources represent hierarchical entities (instance, database, table)
  * Each resource type implements resources_sql() to list all instances
  * Actions define operations on resources with cascading rules

- New plugin hook: register_actions(datasette)
  * Plugins register actions with their associated resource types
  * Replaces register_permissions() and register_resource_types()
  * See docs/plugin_hooks.rst for full documentation

- Three new Datasette methods for permission checks:
  * allowed_resources(action, actor) - returns list[Resource]
  * allowed_resources_with_reasons(action, actor) - for debugging
  * allowed(action, resource, actor) - checks single resource
  * All use SQL for filtering, never Python iteration

- New /-/tables endpoint (TablesView)
  * Returns JSON list of tables user can view
  * Supports ?q= parameter for regex filtering
  * Format: {"matches": [{"name": "db/table", "url": "/db/table"}]}
  * Respects all permission rules from configuration and plugins

- SQL-based permission evaluation (datasette/utils/actions_sql.py)
  * Cascading rules: child-level → parent-level → global-level
  * DENY beats ALLOW at same specificity
  * Uses CTEs for efficient SQL-only filtering
  * Combines permission_resources_sql() hook results

- Default actions in datasette/default_actions.py
  * InstanceResource, DatabaseResource, TableResource, QueryResource
  * Core actions: view-instance, view-database, view-table, etc.

- Fixed default_permissions.py to handle database-level allow blocks
  * Now creates parent-level rules for view-table action
  * Fixes: datasette ... -s databases.fixtures.allow.id root

Documentation:

- Comprehensive register_actions() hook documentation
- Detailed resources_sql() method explanation
- /-/tables endpoint documentation in docs/introspection.rst
- Deprecated register_permissions() with migration guide

Tests:

- tests/test_actions_sql.py: 7 tests for core permission API
- tests/test_tables_endpoint.py: 13 tests for /-/tables endpoint
- All 118 documentation tests pass
- Tests verify SQL does filtering (not Python)

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2025-10-24 10:32:18 -07:00

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import importlib
import os
import pluggy
from pprint import pprint
import sys
from . import hookspecs
if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
else:
import importlib_resources
if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
else:
import importlib_metadata
DEFAULT_PLUGINS = (
"datasette.publish.heroku",
"datasette.publish.cloudrun",
"datasette.facets",
"datasette.filters",
"datasette.sql_functions",
"datasette.actor_auth_cookie",
"datasette.default_permissions",
"datasette.default_actions",
"datasette.default_magic_parameters",
"datasette.blob_renderer",
"datasette.default_menu_links",
"datasette.handle_exception",
"datasette.forbidden",
"datasette.events",
)
pm = pluggy.PluginManager("datasette")
pm.add_hookspecs(hookspecs)
DATASETTE_TRACE_PLUGINS = os.environ.get("DATASETTE_TRACE_PLUGINS", None)
def before(hook_name, hook_impls, kwargs):
print(file=sys.stderr)
print(f"{hook_name}:", file=sys.stderr)
pprint(kwargs, width=40, indent=4, stream=sys.stderr)
print("Hook implementations:", file=sys.stderr)
pprint(hook_impls, width=40, indent=4, stream=sys.stderr)
def after(outcome, hook_name, hook_impls, kwargs):
results = outcome.get_result()
if not isinstance(results, list):
results = [results]
print(f"Results:", file=sys.stderr)
pprint(results, width=40, indent=4, stream=sys.stderr)
if DATASETTE_TRACE_PLUGINS:
pm.add_hookcall_monitoring(before, after)
DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS = os.environ.get("DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS", None)
if not hasattr(sys, "_called_from_test") and DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS is None:
# Only load plugins if not running tests
pm.load_setuptools_entrypoints("datasette")
# Load any plugins specified in DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS")
if DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS is not None:
for package_name in [
name for name in DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS.split(",") if name.strip()
]:
try:
distribution = importlib_metadata.distribution(package_name)
entry_points = distribution.entry_points
for entry_point in entry_points:
if entry_point.group == "datasette":
mod = entry_point.load()
pm.register(mod, name=entry_point.name)
# Ensure name can be found in plugin_to_distinfo later:
pm._plugin_distinfo.append((mod, distribution))
except importlib_metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
sys.stderr.write("Plugin {} could not be found\n".format(package_name))
# Load default plugins
for plugin in DEFAULT_PLUGINS:
mod = importlib.import_module(plugin)
pm.register(mod, plugin)
def get_plugins():
plugins = []
plugin_to_distinfo = dict(pm.list_plugin_distinfo())
for plugin in pm.get_plugins():
static_path = None
templates_path = None
if plugin.__name__ not in DEFAULT_PLUGINS:
try:
if (importlib_resources.files(plugin.__name__) / "static").is_dir():
static_path = str(
importlib_resources.files(plugin.__name__) / "static"
)
if (importlib_resources.files(plugin.__name__) / "templates").is_dir():
templates_path = str(
importlib_resources.files(plugin.__name__) / "templates"
)
except (TypeError, ModuleNotFoundError):
# Caused by --plugins_dir= plugins
pass
plugin_info = {
"name": plugin.__name__,
"static_path": static_path,
"templates_path": templates_path,
"hooks": [h.name for h in pm.get_hookcallers(plugin)],
}
distinfo = plugin_to_distinfo.get(plugin)
if distinfo:
plugin_info["version"] = distinfo.version
plugin_info["name"] = distinfo.name or distinfo.project_name
plugins.append(plugin_info)
return plugins