object

Functions for JSON object manipulation and inspection.

Object Function Library (name: object)

This library provides basic functions for inspecting JSON objects in authorization policies. Use these functions to extract keys and values, check object size.

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values

object.values(OBJECT object): Returns an array containing all the values of the given object.

Parameters

• object: JSON object to extract values from

Returns

• Array containing all values from the object
• Empty array for empty objects

Example

policy "example"
permit
  var user = {"name": "Alice", "role": "admin", "active": true};
  var data = object.values(user);
  // Returns ["Alice", "admin", true]

  object.values({}) == [];

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keys

object.keys(OBJECT object): Returns an array containing all the keys of the given object.

Parameters

• object: JSON object to extract keys from

Returns

• Array of strings representing all keys in the object
• Empty array for empty objects

Example

policy "example"
permit
  var user = {"name": "Alice", "role": "admin", "active": true};
  var fields = object.keys(user);
  // Returns ["name", "role", "active"]

  object.keys({}) == [];

Check for admin permissions:

policy "check-admin-access"
permit
  var permissions = object.keys(subject.permissions);
  "admin:write" in permissions;

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