Authentication & Authorization

Castopod handles authentication and authorization using codeigniter/shield coupled with custom rules. Roles and permissions are defined at two levels:

1. instance wide
2. per podcast

1. Instance wide roles and permissions

Instance roles

role	description	permissions
Super admin	Has complete control over Castopod.	admin.*, podcasts.*, users.manage, persons.manage, pages.manage, fediverse.manage-blocks
Manager	Manages Castopod’s content.	podcasts.create, podcasts.import, persons.manage, pages.manage
Podcaster	General users of Castopod.	admin.access

Instance permissions

permission	description
admin.access	Can access the Castopod admin area.
admin.settings	Can access the Castopod settings.
users.manage	Can manage Castopod users.
persons.manage	Can manage persons.
pages.manage	Can manage pages.
podcasts.view	Can view all podcasts.
podcasts.create	Can create new podcasts.
podcasts.import	Can import podcasts.
fediverse.manage-blocks	Can block fediverse actors/domains from interacting with Castopod.

2. Per podcast roles and permissions

Per podcast roles

role	description	permissions
Admin	Has complete control of podcast #{id}.	*
Editor	Manages content and publications of podcast #{id}.	view, edit, manage-import, manage-persons, manage-platforms, manage-publications, manage-notifications, interact-as, episodes.view, episodes.create, episodes.edit, episodes.delete, episodes.manage-persons, episodes.manage-clips, episodes.manage-publications, episodes.manage-comments
Author	Manages content of podcast #{id} but cannot publish them.	view, manage-persons, episodes.view, episodes.create, episodes.edit, episodes.manage-persons, episodes.manage-clips
Guest	General contributor of the podcast #{id}.	view, episodes.view

Per podcast permissions

permission	description
view	Can view dashboard and analytics of podcast #{id}.
edit	Can edit podcast #{id}.
delete	Can delete podcast #{id}.
manage-import	Can synchronize imported podcast #{id}.
manage-persons	Can manage subscriptions of podcast #{id}.
manage-subscriptions	Can manage subscriptions of podcast #{id}.
manage-contributors	Can manage contributors of podcast #{id}.
manage-platforms	Can set/remove platform links of podcast #{id}.
manage-publications	Can publish podcast #{id}.
manage-notifications	Can view and mark notifications as read for podcast #{id}.
interact-as	Can interact as the podcast #{id} to favourite, share or reply to posts.
episodes.view	Can view dashboards and analytics of podcast #{id}‘s episodes.
episodes.create	Can create episodes for podcast #{id}.
episodes.edit	Can edit episodes of podcast #{id}.
episodes.delete	Can delete episodes of podcast #{id}.
episodes.manage-persons	Can manage episode persons of podcast #{id}.
episodes.manage-clips	Can manage video clips or soundbites of podcast #{id}.
episodes.manage-publications	Can publish/unpublish episodes and posts of podcast #{id}.
episodes.manage-comments	Can create/remove episode comments of podcast #{id}.