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Django groups manager

This application allows to create hierarchical groups by using django-mptt tree structure. It is also possible to synchronize the groups with Django's auth.models Group and User, in order to take advantage of permissions applications like django-guardian.

Documentation

Online documentation is available at http://django-groups-manager.rtfd.org/.

Installation

Use pip to install django-groups-manager:

pip install django-groups-manager

Django Configuration

1. Add groups_manager into your INSTALLED_APPS:

   INSTALLED_APPS = (
      ...
      'groups_manager',
   )

If you want to use permissions related features, add also django-guardian.

2. To enable django auth.models synchronization, add to the settings module:

   GROUPS_MANAGER = {
       'DJANGO_AUTH_SYNC': True,
   }

Basic usage

The common case is to create a simple parent-son relation:

from groups_manager.models import Group, Member
fc_internazionale = Group.objects.create(name='F.C. Internazionale Milan')
staff = Group.objects.create(name='Staff', parent=fc_internazionale)
players = Group.objects.create(name='Players', parent=fc_internazionale)
thohir = Member.objects.create(first_name='Eric', last_name='Thohir')
staff.add_member(thohir)
palacio = Member.objects.create(first_name='Rodrigo', last_name='Palacio')
players.add_member(palacio)

Per-object permissions handling is done by django-guardian. The Group/Member relation can be used to assing objects:

from football.models import TeamBudget
small_budget = TeamBudget.objects.create(euros='1000')
thohir.assign_object(staff, small_budget)
thohir.has_perm('change_teambudget', small_budget)  # True
palacio.has_perm('change_teambudget', small_budget)  # False

Owner/Group members policies can be defined via PERMISSIONS setting, as a dictionary of GROUPS_MANAGER, but can also be overwritten via custom_permissions kwarg:

from football.models import Match
fc_barcelona = Group.objects.create(name='FC Barcelona')
friendly_match = Match.objects.create(home=fc_internazionale, away=fc_barcelona)
palacio.assign_match(players, friendly_match, custom_permissions={'group': ['play']})
thohir.has_perm('play_match', friendly_match)  # False
palacio.has_perm('play_match', friendly_match)  # True

For more complex cases, see documentation.