Middleware

Warden provides middleware that enforces authorization on Forge routes.

Require01

The Require middleware enforces that the current subject has permission for a specific action on a resource type:

import "github.com/xraph/warden/middleware"

app.GET("/documents/:id", getDocument,
    forge.WithMiddleware(
        middleware.Require(eng, "read", "document"),
    ),
)

If the check fails, the middleware returns 403 Forbidden.

RequireAny02

Allows access if any of the specified checks pass:

app.PUT("/documents/:id", updateDocument,
    forge.WithMiddleware(
        middleware.RequireAny(eng,
            middleware.Check("write", "document"),
            middleware.Check("admin", "document"),
        ),
    ),
)

RequireAll03

Requires all specified checks to pass:

app.DELETE("/documents/:id", deleteDocument,
    forge.WithMiddleware(
        middleware.RequireAll(eng,
            middleware.Check("delete", "document"),
            middleware.Check("manage", "project"),
        ),
    ),
)

Subject Resolution04

The middleware automatically resolves the subject from the request context:

Authsome user — If an Authsome JWT is present, uses user as subject kind and the user ID
Keysmith API key — If a Keysmith API key is validated, uses api_key as subject kind
Anonymous — Falls back to anonymous with empty ID

// The middleware builds a CheckRequest like:
&warden.CheckRequest{
    Subject:      resolvedSubject,
    Action:       "read",
    ResourceType: "document",
    ResourceID:   extractedFromURL, // from :id param
}

Resource ID Extraction05

The middleware automatically extracts the resource ID from URL parameters. For a route like /documents/:id, it extracts the :id parameter.

Custom Context06

Pass additional attributes for ABAC evaluation:

middleware.Require(eng, "read", "document",
    middleware.WithContext(func(ctx forge.Context) map[string]any {
        return map[string]any{
            "ip_address": ctx.RealIP(),
            "department": ctx.Get("department"),
        }
    }),
)

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