{"id": "authentication:authentication-actor-matches-allow", "page": "authentication", "ref": "authentication-actor-matches-allow", "title": "actor_matches_allow()", "content": "Plugins that wish to implement this same  \"allow\"  block permissions scheme can take advantage of the  datasette.utils.actor_matches_allow(actor, allow)  function: \n             from datasette.utils import actor_matches_allow\n\nactor_matches_allow({\"id\": \"root\"}, {\"id\": \"*\"})\n# returns True \n             The currently authenticated actor is made available to plugins as  request.actor .", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Authentication and permissions\"]", "references": "[]"}