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Cerbos API

REST and gRPC API for policy-based authorization decisions with CheckResources and PlanResources endpoints.

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Field note

What it does

The main API endpoint for making policy decisions, supporting CheckResources for permission checks and PlanResources for query planning. Includes AuthZEN Authorization API compatibility.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

JWT Auxiliary DataREST APIgRPC APIPlanResourcesCheckResourcesAuthZEN Authorization API

Tags

Tags

Policy EngineAPIAuthorization

Ways to use it

Ways to use it

rest

Not filed / https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/api/

sdk

Not filed / https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/api/

openapi

Not filed / http://localhost:3592/schema/swagger.json

Product features

Product features

AuthZEN entity model mapping

CheckResources ( /api/check/resources )

Client SDKs

Demos

Mapping AuthZEN to Cerbos

PlanResources ( /api/plan/resources )

Query plan adapters

Request and response formats

Request and response formats (AuthZEN Authorization API)

ServerInfo ( /api/server_info )

Structure of the filter block

The Cerbos API