Terms

Terms and there definitions as it relates to scopie.

Block

Values between slashes that indicate levels of our scope. Can contain one of the following:

1. A literal string.
2. An array of literal strings separated by pipe (|) characters that are treated as an OR list.
3. A literal string prefixed by an at (@) that is translated to a value from our variable map.
4. A single asterisk (*) that will auto match any value, known as a wildcard.
5. Two asterisks (**) that matches the rest of the rule.

Block examples

value
one|two|three
@user_name
*
**

Scope

One or more blocks, joined by a slash (/).

Scope examples

alpha/beta/omega
blog/@user/read|write
accounts/**

Permisson

Whether or not we are allowed to do the action. Either the literal string allow or deny.

Rule

Permission and literal string separated by slashes (/). Only literal values are allowed in rules.

Rule examples

allow/bucket/images/upload
deny/iam_accounts/edit