Route plugins : include and exclude only takes the path ?

[quentinproust]

Hello,

I am trying to get a better understanding of how I could use plugins on routes.
I see that you can configure the paths where the plugin applies :

From what I understand, the Include and Exclude configuration only use the path of the request.
I think it's handled here : https://github.com/MAIF/otoroshi/blob/master/otoroshi/app/next/models/plugins.scala#L111

Wouldn't it be useful to add the request method too ?

For example, if I want to use the RBAC plugin to :

• require role reader on GET /docs
• require role publisher on POST /docs
• ...

With the current (16.5.2), I don't think I can do it with one route.
Perhaps I can do it by creating multiple routes ? Is it intended to be this way ?

[ptitFicus]

Hi @quentinproust,

You're right, there is currently no way of doing this with a single route. You can indeed do this by creating multiple routes (using the Allowed HTTP methods plugin.

This is a design choice to avoid creating very complex route definition that would be quite hard to understand/debug.

[mathieuancelin]

Actually no need for the Allowed HTTP methods plugin, just select the methods allowed on the route in the frontend section of the route