Hey when using the api, let's say I want to create a relationship using the API in java. Since it takes Object and Subject, how do you pass the type to these if you want to do a reference. Let's say I want to set as a parent of one object the parent of another object how would you say the type of object#parent and the ID lets say is potato potato#parent should be passed into the API? I tried just using the hashtag, but I get regex missmatch error.

👋 hey If you have a relationship like

object:potato#parent@user:jane

-

object

is the resource's

object_type

-

potato

is the resource's

object_id

-

parent

is the resources

relation

-

user

is the subject's

object_type

-

jane

is the subject's

object_id

so you will end up create a https://buf.build/authzed/api/docs/main:authzed.api.v1#authzed.api.v1.PermissionsService.WriteRelationships request that looks like this (pseudonotation)

WriteRelationshipsRequest {
  updates: [
  {
    operation: "touch",
    relationship: {
      resource: {
        object_type: "object",
        object_id: "potato",
      },
      relation: "parent",
      subject: {
        object {
          object_type: "user",
          object_id: "jane",
        }
      }
    }
  }]
}

no no, this is not what I am asking, but thanks, I meant if I have a relationship like

object:someObject#parent@object:potato#parent

Have you checked the API definition for

SubjectReference

?

yea I saw that, but I cant find a way to set this optional relationship into the reference. for instance I have the following code

java
        PermissionService.WriteRelationshipsRequest request = PermissionService.WriteRelationshipsRequest.newBuilder()
                .addUpdates(
                        RelationshipUpdate.newBuilder()
                                .setOperation(RelationshipUpdate.Operation.OPERATION_CREATE)
                                .setRelationship(
                                        Relationship.newBuilder()
                                                .setResource(
                                                        ObjectReference.newBuilder()
                                                                .setObjectType("tutorial/file")
                                                                .setObjectId("test5")
                                                                .build())
                                                .setRelation("editor")
                                                .setSubject(
                                                        SubjectReference.newBuilder()
                                                                .setObject(
                                                                        ObjectReference.newBuilder()
                                                                                .setObjectType("tutorial/group")
                                                                                .setObjectId("architecture_infrastructure")
>                                                                                 .build())
                                                                .build())
                                                .build())
                                .build())
                .build();

to this I would like to add the argument of relationship, but I can't find a function that allows me to set it.

in the WriteRelationshipsRequest the thing that you're talking about is an

optional_subject_relation

Oh my god, I apologize guys, I am blind, I was trying to set it within the object reference, the IDE that I am working in is not great, I moved 1 line down and suddenly it works. 🤦‍♂️

no worries! that's how a lot of issues end up being ^.^