Polar Tests

In your policy (i.e. the collection of rules for your environment), Polar has a built-in test feature that lets you run unit tests of literal-value queries using a set of facts only visible for the lifetime of the test.

Feature	Description
`test`	Introduces a test block, which lets you run a set of unit tests
`setup`	Declares facts to make accessible for the lifetime of your test
`assert`	Succeeds if the expression evaluates to `true`
`assert_not`	Succeeds if the expression evaluates to `false`
`allow`	By default, Polar includes an alias to `has_permission`, which is a common shorthand rule
`test fixture`	Declare a test fixture block comprising a set of facts that you can reuse across multiple tests
`fixture`	Reference a test fixture inside a `setup` block to include its facts in the `setup` block

Here's an annotated pseudo-example demonstrating the syntax:


test fixture fixture_name {
  # semicolon-separated list of facts
  ...
}
test "test name" {
  setup {
    fixture fixture_name;
    # semicolon-separated list of facts
    ...
  }
  # semicolon-separated list of tests of form:
  # (assert|assert_not) "rule predicate"("comma-separated list of object literals")
  ...
}

Simple example

Here's a simple example policy including tests, relying only on primitive types.


# Rule: A parent and their children are considered family.
family(a: String, b: String)
  if parent(a, b) or parent(b, a);
# Create a test so we can introduce temporary facts and make assertions
test "Polar ref family test" {
  # Set up our temporary facts that exist only for our test's lifetime
  setup {
    #  Fact: Bernie has two parents, Pat and Morgan
    parent("Bernie", "Pat");
    parent("Bernie", "Morgan");
  }
  # Validate that our policy produces the expected results with our temporary facts
  assert family("Bernie", "Pat");
  assert family("Morgan", "Bernie");
  # Our rule does not state that the parents of a child are family
  assert_not family("Pat", "Morgan");
  # Rules without matching parameters are false
  assert_not family(true, "Morgan");
}

Complex example

Here is a more complex example that leverages Polar's abstract types and more closely mirrors how we expect you to use Oso.


# Actors are the who. Most of the time, this is a User
# https://www.osohq.com/docs/guides/model-your-apps-authz#actors-and-resources
actor User {}
# This is a resource block that is used for grouping authorization 
# logic pertaining to a particular type of resource.
# A resource represents an application component that we wish to protect.
# https://www.osohq.com/docs/reference/glossary#resource-blocks
resource Organization {
  roles = ["viewer", "owner"];
  permissions = ["view", "edit"];
  # These are permissions for the Organization resource
  "view" if "viewer";
  "edit" if "owner";
  # Organization owners inherit all permissions that Organization viewers have
  "viewer" if "owner";
}
# This is an example of a different resource block 
resource Repository {
  roles = ["viewer", "owner", "contributor"];
  permissions = ["view", "edit", "create"];
  # This is an example of how we can define the relationship
  # between resources. Relations are set within the resource block.
  # This relation is named parent and it says that Repository resource
  # is related to Organization.
  # https://www.osohq.com/docs/reference/more/resource-blocks#relation-declarations
  relations = { parent: Organization };
  "view" if "viewer";
  "edit" if "contributor";
  "create" if "owner";
  # contributors are also viewers
  # owners are also contributors
  "viewer" if "contributor";
  "contributor" if "owner";
  # roles are inherited from the parent organization
  "viewer" if "viewer" on "parent";
  "owner" if "owner" on "parent";
}
# These are examples of how to test the Policy logic.
# https://www.osohq.com/docs/guides/policy-tests
test "Organization roles and permissions" {
  # Authorization decisions require data. This is where you can
  # define the test data. The test data is defined in a format
  # that Oso Cloud refers to as Facts.
  # https://www.osohq.com/docs/concepts/oso-cloud-data-model#facts
  setup {
    has_role(User{"alice"}, "viewer", Organization{"example"});
    has_role(User{"bob"}, "owner", Organization{"example"});
  }
  # This is how we assert that a user is authorized 
  # to perform a particular action or not
  assert     allow(User{"alice"}, "view", Organization{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"bob"}, "view", Organization{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"alice"}, "edit", Organization{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"bob"}, "edit", Organization{"example"});
}
test "Repository roles and permissions" {
  setup {
    has_role(User{"alice"}, "viewer", Repository{"example"});
    has_role(User{"bob"}, "owner", Repository{"example"});
    has_role(User{"charlie"}, "contributor", Repository{"example"});
  }
  assert     allow(User{"alice"}, "view", Repository{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"bob"}, "view", Repository{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"charlie"}, "view", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"alice"}, "edit", Repository{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"bob"}, "edit", Repository{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"charlie"}, "edit", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"alice"}, "create", Repository{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"bob"}, "create", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"charlie"}, "create", Repository{"example"});
}
test "Repository parent relation" {
  setup {
    has_relation(Repository{"example"}, "parent", Organization{"parentOrganization"});
    has_role(User{"alice"}, "viewer", Organization{"parentOrganization"});
    has_role(User{"bob"}, "owner", Organization{"parentOrganization"});
  }
  assert     allow(User{"alice"}, "view", Repository{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"bob"}, "view", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"charlie"}, "view", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"dave"}, "view", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"alice"}, "edit", Repository{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"bob"}, "edit", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"charlie"}, "edit", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"dave"}, "edit", Repository{"example"});
  assert_not allow(User{"alice"}, "create", Repository{"example"});
  assert     allow(User{"bob"}, "create", Repository{"example"});
}

Reusing data across multiple tests

You can reuse facts across multiple tests by defining a test fixture block. Here's an example:


test fixture acme {
  has_role(User{"alice"}, "admin", Organization{"acme"});
  has_role(User{"bob"}, "member", Organization{"acme"});
  has_relation(Repository{"foo"}, "organization", Organization{"acme"});
  is_private(Repository{"foo"});
}
test "by default, members cannot read private repositories" {
  setup {
    fixture acme;
  }
  assert allow(User{"alice"}, "read", Repository{"foo"});
  assert_not allow(User{"bob"}, "read", Repository{"foo"});
}
test "members can read private repositories if they have direct access" {
  setup {
    fixture acme;
    has_role(User{"bob"}, "reader", Repository{"foo"});
  }
  assert allow(User{"bob"}, "read", Repository{"foo"});
}

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