Query ACL graph using gremlin with parent hierarchy check

Question

In Summary every user or group who have access to Folder1 will have access to File1

usecase #1 - checking access for user1 on Folder1, which works fine with below gremlin

g.V().has('user','userId','user1').
  emit().
    until(__.not(outE('member_of'))).
    repeat(out('member_of')).
  filter(outE('has_permission').has('permission','VS_F').
           inV().has('folder','folderId','Folder1')).hasNext()

usecase #2 - checking access for user1 on File1, how can modify above gremlin to achieve this ? im pretty much new to gremlin and doing a POC on janusgraph for my employer.

Daniel Kuppitz Daniel Kuppitz · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-27T00:02:10

First things first: You should always start with a script that people can run to create your sample graph. Also, formatting the code in your question wouldn't hurt.

With that said, here's the script that creates your graph:

g = TinkerGraph.open().traversal()
g.addV('user').property('userId','user1').as('u1').
  addV('user').property('userId','user2').as('u2').
  addV('user').property('userId','user3').as('u3').
  addV('group').property('groupId','group1').as('g1').
  addV('group').property('groupId','group2').as('g2').
  addV('group').property('groupId','group3').as('g3').
  addV('folder').property('folderId','folder1').as('f1').
  addV('file').property('fileId','file1').
  addE('in_folder').to('f1').
  addE('member_of').from('u1').to('g1').
  addE('member_of').from('u2').to('g2').
  addE('member_of').from('u3').to('g3').
  addE('member_of').from('g3').to('g1').
  addE('has_permission').from('g1').to('f1').
  addE('has_permission').from('u2').to('f1').iterate()

...and the query you're looking for:

g.V().has('file','fileId','file1').
  until(inE('has_permission')).
    repeat(out('in_folder')).as('folder').
  V().has('user','userId','user1').
  emit().
    until(__.not(outE('member_of'))).
    repeat(out('member_of')).
  filter(out('has_permission').where(eq('folder'))).hasNext()

Query ACL graph using gremlin with parent hierarchy check

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