Custom Base Policy

ActionPolicy::Base is a combination of all available policy extensions with the default configuration.

It looks like this:

class ActionPolicy::Base
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::Core
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::Authorization
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::PreCheck
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::Reasons
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::Aliases
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::Scoping
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::Cache
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::CachedApply
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::Defaults

  # Rails-specific scoping extensions
  extend ActionPolicy::ScopeMatchers::ActiveRecord

  scope_matcher :active_record_relation, ActiveRecord::Relation

  extend ActionPolicy::ScopeMatchers::ActionControllerParams

  scope_matcher :action_controller_params, ActionController::Parameters

  # Active Support notifications
  prepend ActionPolicy::Policy::Rails::Instrumentation

  # ActionPolicy::Policy::Defaults module adds the following

  authorize :user

  default_rule :manage?
  alias_rule :new?, to: :create?

  def index?
    false
  end

  def create?
    false
  end

  def manage?
    false
  end
end

You can write your ApplicationPolicy from scratch instead of inheriting from ActionPolicy::Base if the defaults above do not fit your needs. The only required component is ActionPolicy::Policy::Core:

# minimal ApplicationPolicy
class ApplicationPolicy
  include ActionPolicy::Policy::Core
end

The Core module provides apply and allowed_to? methods.

NOTE: When using with Rails, custom scope matchers are also registered within the Base class. If you plan to use them, you need to copy setup code from the corresponding files.