Skip to content
Fine-Grained Authorization

Multi-level Inheritance

How Multi-level Inheritance works in Paycux, what it is for, and the smallest setup that gets it running.

What you’ll build

Before you start, make sure you have the following in place:

  • A Paycux account with access to the project you are configuring.
  • An API key for the environment you are working in. Staging keys start with sk_test_; production keys start with sk_live_.
  • Admin access on the system you are connecting, so you can create the application and read its metadata.
  • A redirect URI registered in the Paycux dashboard under Developer → Redirects.

Model the hierarchy

Model the hierarchy is handled by Multi-level Inheritance rather than by your application code. Paycux exposes it through the same API surface as the rest of the platform, so the client you already configured needs no additional setup.

Configuration lives in the dashboard and is versioned per environment. Change it in staging, confirm the behaviour, then apply the same change to production.

Define roles and permissions

Roles are defined once per project and assigned per organization membership, so the same person can be an admin in one organization and a viewer in another.

Check permissions on the server, in the request path, using the permission slug rather than the role name. Role names change; slugs are stable.

Register resources as they are created

Register resources as they are created is handled by Multi-level Inheritance rather than by your application code. Paycux exposes it through the same API surface as the rest of the platform, so the client you already configured needs no additional setup.

Configuration lives in the dashboard and is versioned per environment. Change it in staging, confirm the behaviour, then apply the same change to production.

Navigate the hierarchy is handled by Multi-level Inheritance rather than by your application code. Paycux exposes it through the same API surface as the rest of the platform, so the client you already configured needs no additional setup.

Configuration lives in the dashboard and is versioned per environment. Change it in staging, confirm the behaviour, then apply the same change to production.

List workspaces

List workspaces is handled by Multi-level Inheritance rather than by your application code. Paycux exposes it through the same API surface as the rest of the platform, so the client you already configured needs no additional setup.

Configuration lives in the dashboard and is versioned per environment. Change it in staging, confirm the behaviour, then apply the same change to production.

List projects inside a workspace

List projects inside a workspace is handled by Multi-level Inheritance rather than by your application code. Paycux exposes it through the same API surface as the rest of the platform, so the client you already configured needs no additional setup.

Configuration lives in the dashboard and is versioned per environment. Change it in staging, confirm the behaviour, then apply the same change to production.

Power the detail page with effective permissions

Power the detail page with effective permissions controls what the credential is allowed to do. Grant the narrowest set that lets the integration work, and widen it deliberately.

Scopes are evaluated at the API boundary, so an over-broad token is a real risk even if your own code never uses the extra capability.