Hello! I'm working on a project where I need auth....
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Hello! I'm working on a project where I need auth. I decided to self-host Ory Kratos, Hydra, Keto and Oathkeeper. For now it's been decent but I have a few questions: 1. Is there any way I can get a decent self-service UI without having to code the whole thing myself? I've been using the example UI node but that doesn't fit the styles of my website and has some extra stuff... I tried using the cloud branding option but there is no option to link a self-hosted instance of kratos, keto, etc. or an export of the code for the self-service... 2. I'm trying to implement authorization on the proxy layer - when we attempt to access an endpoint, Keto is automatically called to check authz for that endpoint. The issue is that my endpoints are in kebab-case whereas the OPL is in PascalCase. Is there any way to dynamically deal with this difference and not have to write a thousand oathkeeper rules? (I'm using regex groups to capture the requested resource) Edit: Here are my namespaces and a rule from oathkeeper showcasing my situation:
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import { Namespace, Context } from "@ory/keto-namespace-types";

class User implements Namespace {}

class School implements Namespace {
	related: {
		// Users with read-only access (Students, regular Staff)
		members: User[];
		// Users with write access (Admins, maybe Teachers depending on logic)
		admins: User[];
	};

	permits = {
		// Write allows Create, Update, Delete
		write: (ctx: Context): boolean => this.related.admins.includes(ctx.subject),

		// Read allows View. Note: Admins can also read.
		read: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.admins.includes(ctx.subject) ||
			this.related.members.includes(ctx.subject),
	};
}

// --- Level 1 Resources (Direct children of School) ---

class Building implements Namespace {
	related: {
		parentSchool: School[];
	};

	permits = {
		write: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentSchool.traverse(s => s.permits.write(ctx)),
		read: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentSchool.traverse(s => s.permits.read(ctx)),
	};
}

class Subject implements Namespace {
	related: {
		parentSchool: School[];
	};

	permits = {
		write: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentSchool.traverse(s => s.permits.write(ctx)),
		read: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentSchool.traverse(s => s.permits.read(ctx)),
	};
}

class Class implements Namespace {
	related: {
		parentSchool: School[];
	};

	permits = {
		write: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentSchool.traverse(s => s.permits.write(ctx)),
		read: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentSchool.traverse(s => s.permits.read(ctx)),
	};
}

// --- Level 2 Resources (Grandchildren of School) ---

class Floor implements Namespace {
	related: {
		parentBuilding: Building[];
	};

	permits = {
		write: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentBuilding.traverse(b => b.permits.write(ctx)),
		read: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentBuilding.traverse(b => b.permits.read(ctx)),
	};
}

class DailySchedule implements Namespace {
	related: {
		parentClass: Class[];
	};

	permits = {
		write: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentClass.traverse(c => c.permits.write(ctx)),
		read: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentClass.traverse(c => c.permits.read(ctx)),
	};
}

// --- Level 3 Resources (Great-grandchildren) ---

class Room implements Namespace {
	related: {
		parentFloor: Floor[];
	};

	permits = {
		write: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentFloor.traverse(f => f.permits.write(ctx)),
		read: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentFloor.traverse(f => f.permits.read(ctx)),
	};
}

class Lesson implements Namespace {
	related: {
		// Lesson is linked to Room, Teacher, Subject, and Schedule.
		// For general access control, inheriting from Schedule (and thus Class)
		// is the most logical path for "School-based isolation".
		parentSchedule: DailySchedule[];
	};

	permits = {
		write: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentSchedule.traverse(s => s.permits.write(ctx)),
		read: (ctx: Context): boolean =>
			this.related.parentSchedule.traverse(s => s.permits.read(ctx)),
	};
}
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{
  "id": "protected-resources",
  "description": "Strictly protects all known API resources. Requires valid Cookie.",
  "upstream": {
    "url": "<http://server:8393/>"
  },
  "match": {
    "url": "<https://api.example.org/><(users|schools|teachers|students|classes|subjects|daily-schedules|lessons|buildings|floors|rooms|roles)(/.*)?>",
    "methods": [
      "GET",
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH",
      "DELETE",
      "OPTIONS"
    ]
  },
  "authenticators": [
    {
      "handler": "oauth2_introspection"
    }
  ],
  "authorizer": {
    "handler": "allow"
  },
  "mutators": [
    {
      "handler": "id_token"
    }
  ]
}