PunditNamespaces

Namespaces for Pundit policies.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pundit'
gem 'pundit_namespaces'

Install pundit and then include PunditNamespaces in your application controller and override the pundit_namespace method returning the namespace to be used.

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  include Pundit
  include PunditNamespaces

  def pundit_namespace
    current_user.class.name
  end
end

The base policy (usually ApplicationPolicy) needs to have a third parameter called namespace holding the namespace used to search for other policies.

class ApplicationPolicy
  attr_reader :user, :record, :namespace

  def initialize(user, record, namespace = nil)
    @user = user
    @record = record
    @namespace = namespace
  end

  def show?
    scope.where(:id => record.id).exists?
  end

  def scope
    PunditNamespaces.policy_scope!(user, record.class, namespace)
  end

  class Scope
    attr_reader :user, :scope, :namespace

    def initialize(user, scope, namespace = nil)
      @user = user
      @scope = scope
      @namespace = namespace
    end

    def resolve
      scope.none
    end
  end
end

As described in the installation part, the pundit_namespace method has to return the namespace to be used. The policy has then to be namespaced within the module returned by pundit_namespace.

# app/policies/admin/post_policy.rb
module Admin
  class PostPolicy < AdminPolicy
    class Scope < AdminPolicy::Scope
    end
  end
end

# app/policies/user/post_policy.rb
module User
  class PostPolicy < UserPolicy
    class Scope < UserPolicy::Scope
    end
  end
end

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/pundit_namespaces. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.