---
title: "Permission"
generated: true
---


## Permission

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/common/src/generated-types.ts" sourceLine="4491" packageName="@vendure/common" />

Permissions for administrators and customers. Used to control access to
GraphQL resolvers via the <a href='/reference/typescript-api/request/allow-decorator#allow'>Allow</a> decorator.

## Understanding Permission.Owner

`Permission.Owner` is a special permission which is used in some Vendure resolvers to indicate that that resolver should only
be accessible to the "owner" of that resource.

For example, the Shop API `activeCustomer` query resolver should only return the Customer object for the "owner" of that Customer, i.e.
based on the activeUserId of the current session. As a result, the resolver code looks like this:

*Example*

```TypeScript
@Query()
@Allow(Permission.Owner)
async activeCustomer(@Ctx() ctx: RequestContext): Promise<Customer | undefined> {
  const userId = ctx.activeUserId;
  if (userId) {
    return this.customerService.findOneByUserId(ctx, userId);
  }
}
```

Here we can see that the "ownership" must be enforced by custom logic inside the resolver. Since "ownership" cannot be defined generally
nor statically encoded at build-time, any resolvers using `Permission.Owner` **must** include logic to enforce that only the owner
of the resource has access. If not, then it is the equivalent of using `Permission.Public`.

```ts title="Signature"
enum Permission {
    Authenticated = 'Authenticated'
    CreateAdministrator = 'CreateAdministrator'
    CreateAsset = 'CreateAsset'
    CreateCatalog = 'CreateCatalog'
    CreateChannel = 'CreateChannel'
    CreateCollection = 'CreateCollection'
    CreateCountry = 'CreateCountry'
    CreateCustomer = 'CreateCustomer'
    CreateCustomerGroup = 'CreateCustomerGroup'
    CreateFacet = 'CreateFacet'
    CreateOrder = 'CreateOrder'
    CreatePaymentMethod = 'CreatePaymentMethod'
    CreateProduct = 'CreateProduct'
    CreatePromotion = 'CreatePromotion'
    CreateSeller = 'CreateSeller'
    CreateSettings = 'CreateSettings'
    CreateShippingMethod = 'CreateShippingMethod'
    CreateStockLocation = 'CreateStockLocation'
    CreateSystem = 'CreateSystem'
    CreateTag = 'CreateTag'
    CreateTaxCategory = 'CreateTaxCategory'
    CreateTaxRate = 'CreateTaxRate'
    CreateZone = 'CreateZone'
    DeleteAdministrator = 'DeleteAdministrator'
    DeleteAsset = 'DeleteAsset'
    DeleteCatalog = 'DeleteCatalog'
    DeleteChannel = 'DeleteChannel'
    DeleteCollection = 'DeleteCollection'
    DeleteCountry = 'DeleteCountry'
    DeleteCustomer = 'DeleteCustomer'
    DeleteCustomerGroup = 'DeleteCustomerGroup'
    DeleteFacet = 'DeleteFacet'
    DeleteOrder = 'DeleteOrder'
    DeletePaymentMethod = 'DeletePaymentMethod'
    DeleteProduct = 'DeleteProduct'
    DeletePromotion = 'DeletePromotion'
    DeleteSeller = 'DeleteSeller'
    DeleteSettings = 'DeleteSettings'
    DeleteShippingMethod = 'DeleteShippingMethod'
    DeleteStockLocation = 'DeleteStockLocation'
    DeleteSystem = 'DeleteSystem'
    DeleteTag = 'DeleteTag'
    DeleteTaxCategory = 'DeleteTaxCategory'
    DeleteTaxRate = 'DeleteTaxRate'
    DeleteZone = 'DeleteZone'
    Owner = 'Owner'
    Public = 'Public'
    ReadAdministrator = 'ReadAdministrator'
    ReadAsset = 'ReadAsset'
    ReadCatalog = 'ReadCatalog'
    ReadChannel = 'ReadChannel'
    ReadCollection = 'ReadCollection'
    ReadCountry = 'ReadCountry'
    ReadCustomer = 'ReadCustomer'
    ReadCustomerGroup = 'ReadCustomerGroup'
    ReadFacet = 'ReadFacet'
    ReadOrder = 'ReadOrder'
    ReadPaymentMethod = 'ReadPaymentMethod'
    ReadProduct = 'ReadProduct'
    ReadPromotion = 'ReadPromotion'
    ReadSeller = 'ReadSeller'
    ReadSettings = 'ReadSettings'
    ReadShippingMethod = 'ReadShippingMethod'
    ReadStockLocation = 'ReadStockLocation'
    ReadSystem = 'ReadSystem'
    ReadTag = 'ReadTag'
    ReadTaxCategory = 'ReadTaxCategory'
    ReadTaxRate = 'ReadTaxRate'
    ReadZone = 'ReadZone'
    SuperAdmin = 'SuperAdmin'
    UpdateAdministrator = 'UpdateAdministrator'
    UpdateAsset = 'UpdateAsset'
    UpdateCatalog = 'UpdateCatalog'
    UpdateChannel = 'UpdateChannel'
    UpdateCollection = 'UpdateCollection'
    UpdateCountry = 'UpdateCountry'
    UpdateCustomer = 'UpdateCustomer'
    UpdateCustomerGroup = 'UpdateCustomerGroup'
    UpdateFacet = 'UpdateFacet'
    UpdateGlobalSettings = 'UpdateGlobalSettings'
    UpdateOrder = 'UpdateOrder'
    UpdatePaymentMethod = 'UpdatePaymentMethod'
    UpdateProduct = 'UpdateProduct'
    UpdatePromotion = 'UpdatePromotion'
    UpdateSeller = 'UpdateSeller'
    UpdateSettings = 'UpdateSettings'
    UpdateShippingMethod = 'UpdateShippingMethod'
    UpdateStockLocation = 'UpdateStockLocation'
    UpdateSystem = 'UpdateSystem'
    UpdateTag = 'UpdateTag'
    UpdateTaxCategory = 'UpdateTaxCategory'
    UpdateTaxRate = 'UpdateTaxRate'
    UpdateZone = 'UpdateZone'
}
```
