Django role based views?

Question

I\'m looking for some input on how others would architect this. I\'m going to provide class (django group) based views.

For example, a user\'s group will determine

Answer 1

If you don't need real per-object ACLs, then you can just use the Django permission system. To get a list of all available permissions:

from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
perms = Permission.objects.all()

There is an API for other authentication and authorization sources, so you do not need to stick with this permissions table.

You may hack this Django system to fit your needs in terms of this authorization model (RBAC) or you may come up with an ACL-like solution.