Understanding Permissions: Read error when a collection has "any" can "read"

andreaseliaOriginal post

Web Developer

Oct 13, 2024, 20:26

Heya,

I'm messing around with RN and Cloud hosted Appwrite at the moment, and have run into an issue with permissions.

I get the error "The current user is not authorized to perform the requested action" when trying to read all documents in a collection.

The collection has the permission "any" and "read", so I'm not entirely sure where I'm going wrong here.

Here's my collection setup:

JSON

{
    "$id": "66f541aa0039ba252fa9",
    "$permissions": [
        "read(\"any\")"
    ],
    "databaseId": "66f4877d00384273b485",
    "name": "Questions",
    "enabled": true,
    "documentSecurity": false,
    "attributes": [
        {
            "key": "question",
            "type": "string",
            "required": true,
            "array": false,
            "size": 200,
            "default": null
        },
        {
            "key": "entries",
            "type": "relationship",
            "required": false,
            "array": false,
            "relatedCollection": "66f487b700228e45ca0f",
            "relationType": "manyToOne",
            "twoWay": true,
            "twoWayKey": "questions",
            "onDelete": "cascade",
            "side": "child"
        }
    ],
    "indexes": []
}

I do not have "database security" enabled, but from my understanding, it doesn't need to be?

My code (slimmed down) is essentially:

JavaScript

const client = new Client();

client
  .setEndpoint(appwriteConfig.endpoint)
  .setProject(appwriteConfig.project)
  .setPlatform(appwriteConfig.platform);

const account = new Account(client);
const databases = new Databases(client);

const questions = await databases.listDocuments(
  appwriteConfig.databaseId,
  appwriteConfig.questionsCollectionId
);

Summary

Issue: Developer is receiving an authorization error when trying to read all documents in a collection despite setting permission to "any" and "read". Solution: The issue could be with the way the permissions are set in the collection JSON. Double-check the permission format and make sure that database security is not causing any conflicts. Additionally, ensure that the user has the necessary permissions in Appwrite.

Understanding Permissions: Read error when a collection has "any" can "read"

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