Merge pull request #19690 from edx/dcs/retire-perm

Refactored the retirement permission to use Django rules

openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/permissions.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Permissions classes for User accounts API views.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from rest_framework import permissions
 
 
@@ -23,7 +22,4 @@ class CanRetireUser(permissions.BasePermission):
     retire a User account.
     """
     def has_permission(self, request, view):
-        return (
-            request.user.username == settings.RETIREMENT_SERVICE_WORKER_USERNAME or
-            request.user.is_superuser
-        )
+        return request.user.has_perm('accounts.can_retire_user')

openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/rules.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""
+Django rules for accounts
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from django.conf import settings
+import rules
+
+
+@rules.predicate
+def can_retire_user(user):
+    """
+    Returns whether the user can retire accounts
+    """
+    return (
+        user.username == settings.RETIREMENT_SERVICE_WORKER_USERNAME or
+        user.is_superuser
+    )
+
+rules.add_perm('accounts.can_retire_user', can_retire_user)