Check if user has access to paragraph

Martin Grønbekk Moen

Posted on 02/06/2017 11:06:47

What is the fastest and best way to check if a user (by user id) has access to a paragraph (by paragraph id)?
As you understand I dont want to check if the current user has access to the current paragraph, but if a user has access to a paragraph.

Tried something like this, but not sure what to do with the result "permission". I just want a clear true/false if the user has access to the paragraph.

var pService = new Dynamicweb.Content.ParagraphPermissionService();
var permission = pService.GetPermissionForUser(userId, paragraphId, Dynamicweb.Security.UserManagement.PagePermissionLevels.Frontend);

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Morten Snedker

Posted on 02/06/2017 12:47:22

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Hi Martin,

The permission will return a PagePermissionAccess (also when requesting paragraph permission) that can be

Inherit (0)
Allow (1)
Deny (2)

So, if all you're interested in is a true/false, simply evaluate if return value is Allow.
Hope the information is sufficient, otherwise let us hear from you again.

Best regards
Morten Snedker

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Martin Grønbekk Moen

Posted on 02/06/2017 12:58:22

My bad, I did not notice it was an enum.
I will try this, but just to be sure, is this a good way to check or are there other better ways?

Morten Snedker

Posted on 02/06/2017 13:00:37

I believe that the approach you're taking here is the proper one! :-)

/Morten

Martin Grønbekk Moen

Posted on 02/06/2017 13:10:08

Looks like it is working, but I have one paragraph that inherits its permissions.
As far as I know this paragraph could be allowed for my user, but how can I know? Is there a way to get only Allow/Deny with inheritance taken into consideration?
Or do I have to make some kind of recursive lookup?

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