A Python script for bulk manipulation of ACLs in Synapse

bulk_acl_manipulation.py

import collections
import synapseclient
from synapseclient.utils import id_of

syn = synapseclient.Synapse()
syn.login()

def copy_acl(source_entity, destination_entities, overwrite_existing=False):
    acl = syn._getACL(source_entity)
    for key in ['id','url','etag','creationDate']:
        if key in acl:
            del acl[key]
    return apply_acl(acl, entities=destination_entities, overwrite_existing=overwrite_existing)

def apply_acl(acl, entities, overwrite_existing=False):
    if not isinstance(entities, collections.Iterable):
        entities = [entities]
    new_acls = []
    for entity in entities:
        existing = syn._getACL(entity)
        if existing['id']==id_of(entity):
            if overwrite_existing:
                existing['resourceAccess'] = acl['resourceAccess']
                new_acls.append(syn._storeACL(entity, existing))
            else:
                raise Exception('entity %s already has it\'s own ACL' % id_of(entity))
        else:
            new_acls.append(syn._storeACL(entity, acl))
    return new_acls