Actix (Rust) Reference

PropelAuth's Actix library provides all the building blocks you need to add authentication to your Actix projects.

Installation

In your Cargo.toml file, add the following line:

propelauth = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["actix4"] }

Initialize

There are two options for initializing the library. You can call PropelAuth::fetch_and_init which is an async function that will fetch the metadata needed to verify access tokens. Or, you can call PropelAuth::init and pass in the metadata directly. The later is useful for serverless environments.

let auth = PropelAuth::fetch_and_init(AuthOptions {
    auth_url: "REPLACE_ME".to_string(),
    api_key: "REPLACE_ME".to_string(),
}).await.expect("Unable to initialize authentication");

Protect API Routes

You'll need to add PropelAuth as app_data:

HttpServer::new(move || {
    App::new()
        .service(whoami)
        .service(org_whoami)
        .app_data(web::Data::new(auth.clone())) // <-- here
})

You can then take User in as an argument, which will look for an access token in the Authorization HTTP header:

// User will automatically return a 401 (Unauthorized) if a valid access token wasn't provided
#[get("/whoami")]
async fn whoami(user: User) -> impl Responder {
    HttpResponse::Ok().json(user)
}

Authorization / Organizations

You can also verify which organizations the user is in, and which roles and permissions they have:

// If the user isn't in the provided organization, a 403 is returned
#[get("/org/{org_name}/whoami")]
async fn whoami(user: User, org_name: web::Path<String>) -> Result<impl Responder, UnauthorizedOrForbiddenError> {
   let org = user.validate_org_membership(RequiredOrg::OrgName(&org_name.into_inner()),
                                          UserRequirementsInOrg::IsRole("Admin"))?;
   Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
       .body(format!("You are a {} in {}", org.user_role, org.org_name)))
}

User

The User object contains information about the user that made the request.

  • Name
    user_id
    Type
    string
    Description

    The unique id of the user.

  • Name
    email
    Type
    string
    Description

    The email of the user.

  • Name
    first_name
    Type
    string
    Description

    The first name of the user.

  • Name
    last_name
    Type
    string
    Description

    The last name of the user.

  • Name
    username
    Type
    string
    Description

    The username of the user.

  • Name
    legacy_user_id
    Type
    string
    Description

    If the user was migrated using our Migration API, this will be the id of the user in the legacy system.

  • Name
    impersonator_user_id
    Type
    string
    Description

    If the user is being impersonated, this is id of the user that impersonated them.

  • Name
    properties
    Type
    HashMap<String, Value>
    Description

    A dictionary of custom properties associated with the user.

  • Name
    validate_org_membership(...)
    Type
    function
    Description

    A function that validates the user is in the specified organization, and has the specified role and permissions. See Authorization / Organizations for more information.

  • Name
    get_org(RequiredOrg)
    Type
    function
    Description

    A function that returns the OrgMemberInfo object for the specified organization.

  • Name
    get_all_orgs()
    Type
    function
    Description

    A function that returns a list of OrgMemberInfo objects for all organizations the user is in.

  • Name
    org_id_to_org_member_info
    Type
    HashMap<String, OrgMemberInfo>
    Description

    A dictionary mapping from organization id to OrgMemberInfo object.


OrgMemberInfo

The OrgMemberInfo object contains information about the user's membership in an organization.

  • Name
    org_id
    Type
    string
    Description

    The unique id of the organization.

  • Name
    org_name
    Type
    string
    Description

    The name of the organization.

  • Name
    org_metadata
    Type
    object
    Description

    The metadata associated with the organization.

  • Name
    user_role
    Type
    string
    Description

    The role of the user in the organization.

  • Name
    user_permissions
    Type
    list[string]
    Description

    A list of permissions the user has in the organization, based on their role.

  • Name
    is_role
    Type
    fn(role: string) -> bool
    Description

    A function that returns true if the user has the specified role in the organization.

  • Name
    is_at_least_role
    Type
    fn(role: string) -> bool
    Description

    A function that returns true if the user has at least the specified role in the organization.

  • Name
    has_permission
    Type
    fn(permission: string) -> bool
    Description

    A function that returns true if the user has the specified permission in the organization.

  • Name
    has_all_permissions
    Type
    fn(permissions: list[string]) -> bool
    Description

    A function that returns true if the user has all of the specified permissions in the organization.


Calling backend APIs

You can also use the library to call the PropelAuth APIs directly, allowing you to fetch users, create orgs, and a lot more.

#[post("/magic_link")]
async fn make_req(auth: web::Data<PropelAuth>) -> impl Responder {
    let magic_link = auth.user().create_magic_link(CreateMagicLinkRequest {
        email: "user@customer.com".to_string(),
        ..Default::default()
    }).await.expect("Couldn't create magic link");
    HttpResponse::Ok().json(magic_link)
}

See the API Reference for more information.