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# Shield

Shield is an OAuth2 Provider hex package and also a standalone microservice build top of the Phoenix Framework and 'authable' package.

Shield can be used inside an application or can be used as standalone microservice. Shield simply plays role of the 'authorization server' on OAuth2 scheme.

## Installation

### As Package

The package can be installed as:

  1. Add shield to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs` and run `mix deps.get
`:

    ```elixir
    def deps do
      [{:shield, "~> 0.3.1"}]
    end
    ```

  2. Ensure shield is started before your application:

    ```elixir
    def application do
      [applications: [:shield]]
    end
    ```

  3. Add authable configurations to your `config/config.exs` file:

    ```elixir
    config :authable,
      ecto_repos: [Authable.Repo],
      repo: Authable.Repo,
      resource_owner: Authable.Model.User,
      token_store: Authable.Model.Token,
      client: Authable.Model.Client,
      app: Authable.Model.App,
      expires_in: %{
        access_token: 3600,
        refresh_token: 24 * 3600,
        authorization_code: 300,
        session_token: 30 * 24 * 3600
      },
      grant_types: %{
        authorization_code: Authable.GrantType.AuthorizationCode,
        client_credentials: Authable.GrantType.ClientCredentials,
        password: Authable.GrantType.Password,
        refresh_token: Authable.GrantType.RefreshToken
      },
      auth_strategies: %{
        headers: %{
          "authorization" => [
            {~r/Basic ([a-zA-Z\-_\+=]+)/, Authable.Authentication.Basic},
            {~r/Bearer ([a-zA-Z\-_\+=]+)/, Authable.Authentication.Bearer},
          ],
          "x-api-token" => [
            {~r/([a-zA-Z\-_\+=]+)/, Authable.Authentication.Bearer}
          ]
        },
        query_params: %{
          "access_token" => Authable.Authentication.Bearer
        },
        sessions: %{
          "session_token" => Authable.Authentication.Session
        }
      },
      scopes: ~w(read write session),
      renderer: Authable.Renderer.RestApi
    ```

  4. Add shield notifier configurations to your `config/config.exs` file:

    ```elixir
    config :shield_notifier,
      channels: %{
        email: %{
          from: {
            System.get_env("APP_NAME") || "Shield Notifier",
            System.get_env("APP_FROM_EMAIL") || "no-reply@localhost"}
        }
      }
    ```

  5. Add your favorite mail sender Bamboo adapter configuration to your `config/prod.exs` file:

    ```elixir
    config :shield_notifier, Shield.Notifier.Mailer,
      adapter: Bamboo.SendgridAdapter,
      api_key: System.get_env("SENDGRID_API_KEY")
    ```

  6. Add shield configurations to your `config/config.exs` file:

    ```elixir
    config :shield,
      confirmable: true,
      hooks: Shield.Hook.Default,
      views: %{
        changeset: Shield.ChangesetView,
        error: Shield.ErrorView,
        app: Shield.AppView,
        client: Shield.ClientView,
        token: Shield.TokenView,
        user: Shield.UserView
      },
      cors_origins: "http://localhost:4200, *",
      front_end: %{
        base: "http://localhost:4200",
        confirmation_path: "/users/confirm?confirmation_token={{confirmation_token}}",
        reset_password_path: "/users/reset_password?reset_token={{reset_token}}"
      }
    ```

  If you want to disable a authorization strategy, then delete it from shield configuration.

  If you want to add a new authorization strategy then add your own module.

  5. Use installer to generate controllers, views, models and migrations from originals

    ```elixir
    # Run only if you need to change behaviours, otherwise skip this.
    mix shield.install
    ```

  6. Add database configurations for the `Authable.Repo` on env config files:

    ```elixir
    config :authable, Authable.Repo,
      adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres,
      username: "postgres",
      password: "",
      database: "",
      hostname: "",
      pool_size: 10
    ```
  7. Run migrations for Authable.Repo (Note: all id fields are UUID type):

    ```elixir
    mix ecto.create
    mix ecto.migrate -r Authable.Repo
    ```

  8. Add routes

    ```elixir
    pipeline :api do
      plug :accepts, ["json"]
    end

    scope "/", Shield do
      pipe_through :api
      resources "/clients", ClientController, except: [:new, :edit]

      get     "/apps", AppController, :index
      get     "/apps/:id", AppController, :show
      delete  "/apps/:id", AppController, :delete
      post    "/apps/authorize", AppController, :authorize

      get     "/tokens/:id", TokenController, :show
      post    "/tokens", TokenController, :create

      post    "/users/register", UserController, :register
      post    "/users/login", UserController, :login
      delete  "/users/logout", UserController, :logout
      get     "/users/me", UserController, :me
      get     "/users/confirm", UserController, :confirm
      post    "/users/recover_password", UserController, :recover_password
      post    "/users/reset_password", UserController, :reset_password
      post    "/users/change_password", UserController, :change_password
    end
    ```

  9. You are ready to go!

### Standalone

    git clone git@github.com:mustafaturan/shield.git
    cd shields
    mix deps.get
    mix ecto.create -r Authable.Repo
    mix ecto.migrate -r Authable.Repo
    mix phoenix.server

### Heroku

[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.png)](https://heroku.com/deploy)

## Usage, Examples & Configuration

### Protecting resources

Inside your controller modules; add the following lines to restrict access to actions.

    ```elixir
    # Add plug to restrict access to all actions
    plug Authable.Plug.Authenticate, [scopes: ~w(read)]

    # Example inside module

    defmodule SomeModule.AppController do
      use SomeModule.Web, :controller
      ...
      plug Authable.Plug.Authenticate, [scopes: ~w(read write)]

      def index(conn, _params) do
        # access to current user on successful authentication
        current_user = conn.assigns[:current_user]
        ...
      end

      ...
    end
    ```

If you need to restrict specific resource, you may guard with when clause. Forexample, to check authentication only on :create, :update and :delete actions of your controllers.

    ```elixir
    plug Authable.Plug.Authenticate, [scopes: ~w(read write)] when action in [:create, :update, :delete]
    ```

Incase you do not want to allow registered user to access resources:

    ```elixir
    # Add plug `Authable.Plug.UnauthorizedOnly` for necessary actions
    plug :Authable.Plug.UnauthorizedOnly when action in [:register]

    # Example inside module

    defmodule SomeModule.AppController do
      use SomeModule.Web, :controller
      ...

      plug Authable.Plug.Authenticate, [scopes: ~w(read write)] when action in [:create]
      plug Authable.Plug.UnauthorizedOnly when action in [:register]

      def register(conn, _params) do
        # if user logged in, then will response automatically with
        # unprocessable_entity 422 header and error
        ...
      end

      def create(conn, params) do
        # access to current user on successful authentication
        current_user = conn.assigns[:current_user]
        ...
      end

      ...
    end
    ```

Manually handling authentication:

    ```elixir
    defmodule SomeModule.AppController do
      use SomeModule.Web, :controller
      ...
      import Authable.Helper

      def register(conn, _params) do
        current_user = authorize_for_resource(conn, ~w(read write))
        if is_nil(current_user) do
          IO.puts "not authencated!"
        else
          IO.puts current_user.email
        end
        ...
      end
    end
    ```

### Accessing resource owner info

By default `Authable.Model.User` represents resource owner. To access resource owner, plug `Authable.Plug.Authenticate` must be called. Then current user information will be available by conn assignments.

    ```elixir
    conn.assigns[:current_user]
    ```

### Allowing only email confirmed user to access resources

To allow only confirmed user to access certain resources, you need to add confirmable plug to your controllers

    ```elixir
      plug Shield.Arm.Confirmable, [enabled: Application.get_env(:shield, :confirmable)] when action in [:me, :change_password]
    ```

### Views

By default REST style views are used to represent error and data models. In shield configuration, it is possible to change view modules to represent non-rest style data models like JSON-API or any other data model.

## Client Implementations

Since 'shield' application is a microservice. Several client applications might be written using shield. Please do not hesitate to raise an issue with your implementation, description and demo url.

### Notes

API may change up to v1.0

## Contributing

### Issues, Bugs, Documentation, Enhancements

  1. Fork the project

  2. Make your improvements and write your tests.

  3. Document what you did/change.

  4. Make a pull request.

### To add new strategy

Shield and Authable are extensible modules, you can create your strategy and share as hex package(Which can be listed on Wiki pages).

## Todo

  - [ ] New protection arms like recaptcha and one time password protections

  - [ ] EmberJS client implementation as a seperate sample app

  - [ ] Swagger documentation

  - [ ] Background job to delete expired tokens

  - [ ] Sample resource server implementation

## References

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749

https://github.com/mustafaturan/authable

https://hexdocs.pm/authable