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Entitlement with APIs

For entitlement management, WSO2 Identity server provides two APIs for Policy Administration and Policy Evaluation.

The following section guides you on invoking the two admin service and describes the operations available in the WSO2 Identity Server Entitlement Mangement APIs. 

Before you begin

As admin services are secured to prevent anonymous invocations, you cannot view the WSDL of the admin service by default. Follow the steps below to view and invoke it:

  1. Set the <HideAdminServiceWSDLs> element to false in <IS_HOME>/repository/conf/carbon.xml file.


    <HideAdminServiceWSDLs>false</HideAdminServiceWSDLs>
  2. Restart the Identity Server.
  3. If you have started the server in default configurations, use the following URL in your browser to see the WSDL of the admin service:  eg:https://localhost:9443/services/EntitlementService?wsdl

For more information on WSO2 admin services and how to invoke an admin service using either SoapUI or any other client program, see Calling Admin Services.

The following section guides you on entitlement management in two different areas,  

Policy Administration API

Policy administration includes all the actions that should be done to manage a policy. Such as adding and updating policy/policies, publishing policies, removing policies etc. For this, WSO2 Carbon Platform has provided an admin service called EntitlementPolicyAdminService to manage policy administration stuff.

  • You can use the following URL in your browser to see the WSDL of the EntitlementPolicyAdminService  admin service.


      https://localhost:9443/services/EntitlementPolicyAdminService?wsdl

    By using any SoapUI, you can call this admin SOAP service.


    Note:

    All the APIs are secured with basic authentication. Follow the steps below to add a basic auth header when calling these methods.

    1. Build a string of the form username:password.
    2. Encode the string you created above using Base64.
    3. Define an authorization header with the term "Basic_", followed by the encoded string. For example, the basic auth authorization header using "admin" as both username and password is as follows: 

      Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=



Operations included in the EntitlementPolicyAdminService SOAP API

The following commonly used operations are available in the EntitlementPolicyAdminService. 


addPolicy()


DescriptionAdds a new policy.
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
policy
The policy that should be registered. The XACML policy should be embedded to the SOAP service as a CDATA.
version
Version of the policy.
policyId
The policy name that should be registered.
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd" xmlns:xsd1="http://dto.entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:addPolicy>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:policyDTO>
            <!--Optional:-->
            <xsd1:policy><![CDATA[
				   <Policy xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17"  PolicyId="sample_policy_template" RuleCombiningAlgId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:rule-combining-algorithm:first-applicable" Version="1.0">
				   <Description>This policy template provides ability to authorize users to a given service provider(defined by SP_NAME) in the authentication flow based on the roles of the user (defined by ROLE_1 and ROLE_2). Users who have at least one of the given roles, will be allowed and any others will be denied.</Description>
				   <Target>
				      <AnyOf>
				         <AllOf>
				            <Match MatchId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-equal">
				               <AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">SP_NAME</AttributeValue>
				               <AttributeDesignator AttributeId="http://wso2.org/identity/sp/sp-name" Category="http://wso2.org/identity/sp" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="false"></AttributeDesignator>
				            </Match>
				         </AllOf>
				      </AnyOf>
				   </Target>
				   <Rule Effect="Permit" RuleId="permit_by_roles">
				      <Condition>
				         <Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:or">
				            <Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-is-in">
				               <AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">ROLE_1_1_1</AttributeValue>
				               <AttributeDesignator AttributeId="http://wso2.org/claims/role" Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject-category:access-subject" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="true"></AttributeDesignator>
				            </Apply>
				         </Apply>
				      </Condition>
				   </Rule>
				   <Rule Effect="Deny" RuleId="deny_others"></Rule>
				</Policy>        
				]]>
			</xsd1:policy>
            <!--Optional:-->
            <xsd1:version>1.0</xsd1:version>
            <xsd1:policyId>sample_policy_template</xsd1:policyId>
         </xsd:policyDTO>
      </xsd:addPolicy>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:addPolicyResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
      </ns:addPolicyResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
getAllPolicyIds()


DescriptionRetrieve all policy names or policy Ids.
Input Parameters

None


Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:getAllPolicyIds>    
      </xsd:getAllPolicyIds>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:getAllPolicyIdsResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd" xmlns:ax2340="http://dto.entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd" xmlns:ax2338="http://entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd">
         <ns:return>authn_role_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>authn_scope_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>authn_time_and_role_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>authn_time_and_scope_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>authn_time_and_user_claim_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>authn_time_and_user_store_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>authn_time_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>authn_user_claim_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>authn_user_store_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>provisioning_role_based_policy</ns:return>
         <ns:return>provisioning_role_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>provisioning_time_and_role_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>provisioning_time_and_user_claim_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>provisioning_time_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>provisioning_user_claim_based_policy_template</ns:return>
         <ns:return>samplePolicy</ns:return>
         <ns:return>samplePolicy1</ns:return>
         <ns:return>samplepolicy_template</ns:return>
      </ns:getAllPolicyIdsResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>


getPolicy()


DescriptionRetrieve a pre-defined policy.
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
policyId
The policy name that is registered.
isPDPPolicy
A boolean which tells whether the policy is published to PDP or not.
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:getPolicy>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:policyId>authn_time_and_user_claim_based_policy_template</xsd:policyId>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:isPDPPolicy>false</xsd:isPDPPolicy>
      </xsd:getPolicy>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:getPolicyResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return xsi:type="ax2340:PolicyDTO" xmlns:ax2340="http://dto.entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd" xmlns:ax2338="http://entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <ax2340:active>true</ax2340:active>
            <ax2340:attributeDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:AttributeDTO">
               <ax2340:attributeDataType>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string</ax2340:attributeDataType>
               <ax2340:attributeId>http://wso2.org/identity/sp/sp-name</ax2340:attributeId>
               <ax2340:attributeValue>SP_NAME</ax2340:attributeValue>
               <ax2340:category>http://wso2.org/identity/sp</ax2340:category>
            </ax2340:attributeDTOs>
            <ax2340:attributeDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:AttributeDTO">
               <ax2340:attributeDataType>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string</ax2340:attributeDataType>
               <ax2340:attributeId>http://wso2.org/identity/identity-action/action-name</ax2340:attributeId>
               <ax2340:attributeValue>authenticate</ax2340:attributeValue>
               <ax2340:category>http://wso2.org/identity/identity-action</ax2340:category>
            </ax2340:attributeDTOs>
            <ax2340:attributeDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:AttributeDTO">
               <ax2340:attributeDataType>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#time</ax2340:attributeDataType>
               <ax2340:attributeId>urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:environment:current-time</ax2340:attributeId>
               <ax2340:attributeValue>09:00:00</ax2340:attributeValue>
               <ax2340:category>urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:environment</ax2340:category>
            </ax2340:attributeDTOs>
            <ax2340:attributeDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:AttributeDTO">
               <ax2340:attributeDataType>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#time</ax2340:attributeDataType>
               <ax2340:attributeId>urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:environment:current-time</ax2340:attributeId>
               <ax2340:attributeValue>17:00:00</ax2340:attributeValue>
               <ax2340:category>urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:environment</ax2340:category>
            </ax2340:attributeDTOs>
            <ax2340:attributeDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:AttributeDTO">
               <ax2340:attributeDataType>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string</ax2340:attributeDataType>
               <ax2340:attributeId>CLAIM_URI_1</ax2340:attributeId>
               <ax2340:attributeValue>CLAIM_VALUE_1</ax2340:attributeValue>
               <ax2340:category>urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:resource</ax2340:category>
            </ax2340:attributeDTOs>
            <ax2340:attributeDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:AttributeDTO">
               <ax2340:attributeDataType>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string</ax2340:attributeDataType>
               <ax2340:attributeId>CLAIM_URI_2</ax2340:attributeId>
               <ax2340:attributeValue>CLAIM_VALUE_2</ax2340:attributeValue>
               <ax2340:category>urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:resource</ax2340:category>
            </ax2340:attributeDTOs>
            <ax2340:lastModifiedTime>1508817592043</ax2340:lastModifiedTime>
            <ax2340:lastModifiedUser xsi:nil="true"/>
            <ax2340:policy><![CDATA[<Policy xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17"  PolicyId="authn_time_and_user_claim_based_policy_template" RuleCombiningAlgId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:rule-combining-algorithm:first-applicable" Version="1.0"><Description>This template policy provides ability to authorize users to a given service provider(defined by SP_NAME) in the authentication flow based on the claim values of the user (CLAIM_URI_1=CLAIM_VALUE_1 and CLAIM_URI_2=CLAIM_VALUE_2) and the time of the day (eg. between 09:00:00 to 17:00:00). Users with the given claim values and who are logged in within the given time range will be allowed and any other users will be denied.</Description><Target><AnyOf><AllOf><Match MatchId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-equal"><AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">SP_NAME</AttributeValue><AttributeDesignator AttributeId="http://wso2.org/identity/sp/sp-name" Category="http://wso2.org/identity/sp" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="false"></AttributeDesignator></Match><Match MatchId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-equal"><AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">authenticate</AttributeValue><AttributeDesignator AttributeId="http://wso2.org/identity/identity-action/action-name" Category="http://wso2.org/identity/identity-action" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="false"></AttributeDesignator></Match></AllOf></AnyOf></Target><Rule Effect="Permit" RuleId="permit_by_claims_and_time"><Condition><Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:and"><Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:2.0:function:time-in-range"><Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:time-one-and-only"><AttributeDesignator AttributeId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:environment:current-time" Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:environment" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#time" MustBePresent="true"></AttributeDesignator></Apply><AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#time">09:00:00</AttributeValue><AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#time">17:00:00</AttributeValue></Apply><Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-equal"><Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-one-and-only"><AttributeDesignator AttributeId="CLAIM_URI_1" Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:resource" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="true"></AttributeDesignator></Apply><AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CLAIM_VALUE_1</AttributeValue></Apply><Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-equal"><Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-one-and-only"><AttributeDesignator AttributeId="CLAIM_URI_2" Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:resource" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="true"></AttributeDesignator></Apply><AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CLAIM_VALUE_2</AttributeValue></Apply></Apply></Condition></Rule><Rule Effect="Deny" RuleId="deny_others"></Rule></Policy>]]></ax2340:policy>
            <ax2340:policyEditor xsi:nil="true"/>
            <ax2340:policyId>authn_time_and_user_claim_based_policy_template</ax2340:policyId>
            <ax2340:policyOrder>12</ax2340:policyOrder>
            <ax2340:policyType>Policy</ax2340:policyType>
            <ax2340:promote>false</ax2340:promote>
            <ax2340:version>1</ax2340:version>
         </ns:return>
      </ns:getPolicyResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>


getPolicyVersions()


DescriptionGet the version of a given policy.
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
policyId
The policy name is registered.
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:getPolicyVersions>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:policyId>authn_time_and_user_claim_based_policy_template</xsd:policyId>
      </xsd:getPolicyVersions>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Responae
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:getPolicyVersionsResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd" xmlns:ax2340="http://dto.entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd" xmlns:ax2338="http://entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd">
         <ns:return>1</ns:return>
      </ns:getPolicyVersionsResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
getPublisherModuleData()


DescriptionGet the details of the publisher
Input Parameters

None

Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:getPublisherModuleData/>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:getPublisherModuleDataResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd" xmlns:ax2340="http://dto.entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd" xmlns:ax2338="http://entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd">
         <ns:return xsi:type="ax2340:PublisherDataHolder" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <ax2340:moduleName>Carbon Basic Auth Policy Publisher Module</ax2340:moduleName>
            <ax2340:propertyDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:PublisherPropertyDTO">
               <ax2340:displayName>Subscriber Password</ax2340:displayName>
               <ax2340:displayOrder>3</ax2340:displayOrder>
               <ax2340:id>subscriberPassword</ax2340:id>
               <ax2340:module>Carbon Basic Auth Policy Publisher Module</ax2340:module>
               <ax2340:required>true</ax2340:required>
               <ax2340:secret>true</ax2340:secret>
               <ax2340:value xsi:nil="true"/>
            </ax2340:propertyDTOs>
            <ax2340:propertyDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:PublisherPropertyDTO">
               <ax2340:displayName>Subscriber URL</ax2340:displayName>
               <ax2340:displayOrder>1</ax2340:displayOrder>
               <ax2340:id>subscriberURL</ax2340:id>
               <ax2340:module>Carbon Basic Auth Policy Publisher Module</ax2340:module>
               <ax2340:required>true</ax2340:required>
               <ax2340:secret>false</ax2340:secret>
               <ax2340:value xsi:nil="true"/>
            </ax2340:propertyDTOs>
            <ax2340:propertyDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:PublisherPropertyDTO">
               <ax2340:displayName>Subscriber User Name</ax2340:displayName>
               <ax2340:displayOrder>2</ax2340:displayOrder>
               <ax2340:id>subscriberUserName</ax2340:id>
               <ax2340:module>Carbon Basic Auth Policy Publisher Module</ax2340:module>
               <ax2340:required>true</ax2340:required>
               <ax2340:secret>false</ax2340:secret>
               <ax2340:value xsi:nil="true"/>
            </ax2340:propertyDTOs>
            <ax2340:propertyDTOs xsi:type="ax2340:PublisherPropertyDTO">
               <ax2340:displayName>Subscriber Id</ax2340:displayName>
               <ax2340:displayOrder>0</ax2340:displayOrder>
               <ax2340:id>subscriberId</ax2340:id>
               <ax2340:module>Carbon Basic Auth Policy Publisher Module</ax2340:module>
               <ax2340:required>true</ax2340:required>
               <ax2340:secret>false</ax2340:secret>
               <ax2340:value xsi:nil="true"/>
            </ax2340:propertyDTOs>
         </ns:return>
      </ns:getPublisherModuleDataResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
publishToPDP()


DescriptionPublish a policy to PDP
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
policyId
The policy name that should be published to PDP.
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:publishToPDP>
         <!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
         <xsd:policyIds>provisioning_user_claim_based_policy_template</xsd:policyIds>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:version>1</xsd:version>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:enabled>false</xsd:enabled>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:order>30</xsd:order>
      </xsd:publishToPDP>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:publishToPDPResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
      </ns:publishToPDPResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
removePolicy()


DescriptionRemove policy from PDP
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
policyId
The policy name that should be removed.
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:removePolicy>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:policyId>authn_role_based_policy_template</xsd:policyId>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:dePromote>true</xsd:dePromote>
      </xsd:removePolicy>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:removePolicyResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
      </ns:removePolicyResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
updatePolicy()


DescriptionPublish a policy to PDP
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
policyId
The policy name that should be published to PDP.
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd" xmlns:xsd1="http://dto.entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:updatePolicy>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:policyDTO>
        
            <!--Optional:-->
            <xsd1:policy>
            <![CDATA[
				   <Policy xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17"  PolicyId="samplepolicy_template" RuleCombiningAlgId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:rule-combining-algorithm:first-applicable" Version="1.0">
				   <Description>This policy template provides ability to authorize users to a given service provider(defined by SP_NAME) in the authentication flow based on the roles of the user (defined by ROLE_1 and ROLE_2). Users who have at least one of the given roles, will be allowed and any others will be denied.</Description>
				   <Target>
				      <AnyOf>
				         <AllOf>
				            <Match MatchId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-equal">
				               <AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">SP_NAME</AttributeValue>
				               <AttributeDesignator AttributeId="http://wso2.org/identity/sp/sp-name" Category="http://wso2.org/identity/sp" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="false"></AttributeDesignator>
				            </Match>
				         </AllOf>
				      </AnyOf>
				   </Target>
				   <Rule Effect="Permit" RuleId="permit_by_roles">
				      <Condition>
				         <Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:or">
				            <Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-is-in">
				               <AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">myName</AttributeValue>
				               <AttributeDesignator AttributeId="http://wso2.org/claims/role" Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject-category:access-subject" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="true"></AttributeDesignator>
				            </Apply>
				         </Apply>
				      </Condition>
				   </Rule>
				   <Rule Effect="Deny" RuleId="deny_others"></Rule>
				</Policy>        
				]]>
            </xsd1:policy>
          
            <xsd1:policyEditorData>?</xsd1:policyEditorData>
            <!--Optional:-->
            <xsd1:policyId>samplepolicy_template</xsd1:policyId>
          
         </xsd:policyDTO>
      </xsd:updatePolicy>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:updatePolicyResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
      </ns:updatePolicyResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

There is no REST API available for the policy management.


Policy Evaluation API

Policy evaluation includes all the actions that should be done during the policy evaluation such as getting the decision, getting all entitlement attributes, etc. For this, WSO2 Carbon Platform has provided an admin service called EntitlementService to evaluate a policy.

  • You can use the following URL in your browser to see the WSDL of the EntitlementService  admin service.


      https://localhost:9443/services/EntitlementService?wsdl

    By using any SoapUI, you can call this admin SOAP service.


    Note:

    All the APIs are secured with basic authentication. Follow the steps below to add a basic auth header when calling these methods.

    1. Build a string of the form username:password.
    2. Encode the string you created above using Base64.
    3. Define an authorization header with the term "Basic_", followed by the encoded string. For example, the basic auth authorization header using "admin" as both username and password is as follows: 

      Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=



Operations included in EntitlementService SOAP API


Before you begin,

In order to try this EntitlementService using SOAP UI, You need to publish a Policy to the PDP. For this, you can use EntitlementPolicyAdminService or management console UI.

We use the following sample policy to evaluate using EntitlementService admin service.

<Policy xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17" PolicyId="samplePolicy" RuleCombiningAlgId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:rule-combining-algorithm:deny-overrides" Version="1.0">
	<Target>
		<AnyOf>
			<AllOf>
				<Match MatchId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:string-equal">
					<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">read</AttributeValue>
					<AttributeDesignator AttributeId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:action:action-id" Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:action" DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" MustBePresent="true"/>
				</Match>
			</AllOf>
		</AnyOf>
	</Target>
	<Rule Effect="Permit" RuleId="permit"/>
</Policy>


The following commonly used operations are available in the EntitlementPolicyAdminService. A sample SOAP request and response will be available with each of the operation.



getDecision()


DescriptionGet the decision after evaluating the request with the policy.
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
request
The XML request to be evaluated as a CDATA
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:getDecision>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:request><![CDATA[
         <Request CombinedDecision="false" ReturnPolicyIdList="false" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17">
 <Attributes Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject-category:access-subject">
      <Attribute IncludeInResult="false" AttributeId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject:subject-id">
         <AttributeValue DataType="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:data-type:rfc822Name">bs@simpsons.com</AttributeValue>
      </Attribute>
   </Attributes>
    <Attributes Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:action">
        <Attribute AttributeId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:action:action-id" IncludeInResult="false">
            <AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">read</AttributeValue>
        </Attribute>
    </Attributes>
    <Attributes Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:resource">
        <Attribute AttributeId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:resource:resource-id" IncludeInResult="false">
            <AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">http://127.0.0.1/service/very_secure/ </AttributeValue>
        </Attribute>
    </Attributes>
</Request>
         ]]></xsd:request>
      </xsd:getDecision>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:getDecisionResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return><![CDATA[<Response xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17"><Result><Decision>Permit</Decision><Status><StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:status:ok"/></Status></Result></Response>]]></ns:return>
      </ns:getDecisionResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>



getBooleanDecision()


DescriptionGet the decision after evaluating the request with the policy published in a boolean format.
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
subject
The subject/user who is using the resource.
resource
The resource which is accessed by the user.
action
The action performed by the user.
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:getBooleanDecision>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:subject>admin</xsd:subject>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:resource>http://127.0.0.1/service/very_secure/</xsd:resource>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:action>read</xsd:action>
      </xsd:getBooleanDecision>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:getBooleanDecisionResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return>true</ns:return>
      </ns:getBooleanDecisionResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>



getDecisionByAttributes()


DescriptionGet the decision by evaluating attributes with the policy.
Input Parameters
Parameter
Description
subject
The subject/user who is using the resource.
resource

The resource which is accessed by the user.

action

The action performed by the user.

Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:getDecisionByAttributes>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:subject>admin</xsd:subject>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:resource>http://127.0.0.1/service/very_secure/</xsd:resource>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:action>read</xsd:action>
      </xsd:getDecisionByAttributes>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:getDecisionByAttributesResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return><![CDATA[<Response xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17"><Result><Decision>Permit</Decision><Status><StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:status:ok"/></Status></Result></Response>]]></ns:return>
      </ns:getDecisionByAttributesResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>


getEntitledAttributes()


DescriptionGet all the details of the entitled attributes.
Input Parameters
ParameterDescription
subjectName
Subject/Username of the subject which access the resource.
resourceName
Name of the resource which is accessed by the subject.
subjectId
XACML id of the subject
action
Action which is performed by the subject.
enableChildSearch
Enable search over child attributes.
Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <xsd:getEntitledAttributes>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:subjectName>admin</xsd:subjectName>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:resourceName>http://127.0.0.1/service/very_secure/</xsd:resourceName>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:subjectId>urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject:subject-id</xsd:subjectId>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:action>read</xsd:action>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <xsd:enableChildSearch>true</xsd:enableChildSearch>
      </xsd:getEntitledAttributes>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:getEntitledAttributesResponse xmlns:ns="http://org.apache.axis2/xsd">
         <ns:return xsi:type="ax2348:EntitledResultSetDTO" xmlns:ax2346="http://entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd" xmlns:ax2348="http://dto.entitlement.identity.carbon.wso2.org/xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <ax2348:advanceResult>false</ax2348:advanceResult>
            <ax2348:entitledAttributesDTOs xsi:type="ax2348:EntitledAttributesDTO">
               <ax2348:action>read</ax2348:action>
               <ax2348:allActions>false</ax2348:allActions>
               <ax2348:allResources>true</ax2348:allResources>
               <ax2348:environment xsi:nil="true"/>
               <ax2348:resourceName xsi:nil="true"/>
            </ax2348:entitledAttributesDTOs>
            <ax2348:message xsi:nil="true"/>
            <ax2348:messageType xsi:nil="true"/>
         </ns:return>
      </ns:getEntitledAttributesResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

REST API

WSO2 Identity Server provides a REST API and a REST endpoint for the policy evaluation. Please Read more about REST API from here.