Ash Framework•5d ago

How to specify actor in AshAdmin?

I'd like to use it to (temporarily during development) trigger some actions, but the actions have policies limiting to the relevant user. I don't mind that, I don't need access to EVERYTHING in the admin. But what is the intended way for me to set my actor correctly?

Solution:

You can designate some resources as actor resources ```elixir admin do actor? true end...

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ZachDaniel•5d ago

by default it doesn't run authorization AFAIK so policies shouldn't prevent you from doing things in AshAdmin

Solution

ZachDaniel•5d ago

You can designate some resources as actor resources

admin do
  actor? true
end

admin do
  actor? true
end

and you can then go log in as those users

ZachDaniel•5d ago

by navigating to them and clicking the key icon

Shawn McCoolOP•5d ago

I see, that makes sense. I assumed that was the problem, but what's actually happening is I fill in my form for adding a new resource, a create action. And when it comes to the text field for user_id, i copy / paste the uuid from the database into the field. Then the user_id is rejected on submit.

ZachDaniel•5d ago

Not really following sorry

Shawn McCoolOP•5d ago

It's ok, I'm just not understanding why it isn't letting me paste in a UUID for the user_id field in an admin form. It's the form refreshes, shows an error saying "user_id is required", but all other data validates correctly.

ZachDaniel•5d ago

Sorry, I just don't think I really understand what you're saying yet. Are you saying copy/pasting isn't working? There is no field for it?

Shawn McCoolOP•5d ago

Here's the form before.

Shawn McCoolOP•5d ago

Here's when I submit it.

ZachDaniel•5d ago

what happens if you like backspace the last letter and then type it back in? Just trying to see if it something weird with the form state or what Also does the action itself do anything to manipulate user_id in some way? does it, for instance, use relate_actor to connect the current user to the thing being created?

Shawn McCoolOP•5d ago

user_id is required to user_id is invalid

    create :add do
      accept [
        :user_id,
        :google_user_id,
        :google_account_email,
        :scopes,
        :access_token,
        :refresh_token,
        :added_at,
        :expires_at
      ]

      change set_attribute(:user_id, actor(:id))
      change DataHoard.Accounts.GoogleAccount.Changes.SetExpiresAt
      change DataHoard.Accounts.GoogleAccount.Changes.CleanScopes

      validate present([:google_user_id, :access_token, :expires_at])
    end

    create :add do
      accept [
        :user_id,
        :google_user_id,
        :google_account_email,
        :scopes,
        :access_token,
        :refresh_token,
        :added_at,
        :expires_at
      ]

      change set_attribute(:user_id, actor(:id))
      change DataHoard.Accounts.GoogleAccount.Changes.SetExpiresAt
      change DataHoard.Accounts.GoogleAccount.Changes.CleanScopes

      validate present([:google_user_id, :access_token, :expires_at])
    end

ZachDaniel•5d ago

change set_attribute(:user_id, actor(:id))

change set_attribute(:user_id, actor(:id))

that is setting user_id to nil because there is no actor

Shawn McCoolOP•5d ago

ah hah change set_attribute(:user_id, ^arg(:user_id)) probably something more like this then again, i can just remove that

ZachDaniel•5d ago

is this meant to only be done in admin? or what is this action actually used for in real life?

Shawn McCoolOP•5d ago

no, it's done through user-led oauth

ZachDaniel•5d ago

So the alternative would be for you to do the actor configuration I mentioned above click into that actor and authenticate as them and then call that action

Shawn McCoolOP•5d ago

Oh I see, I understand that comment now Great it works, thanks.

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