Checking permissions using the API

using CMS.Membership;
using CMS.SiteProvider;

private bool CheckModulePermissions()
{
    // Gets the user object
    UserInfo user = UserInfoProvider.GetUserInfo("CMSEditor");

    if (user != null)
    {
        // Checks whether the user has the Read permission for the Content module
        if (UserInfoProvider.IsAuthorizedPerResource("CMS.Content", "Read", SiteContext.CurrentSiteName, user))
        {
            // Perform an action according to the result
            return true;
        }
    }

    return false;

}

using CMS.Membership;
using CMS.SiteProvider;

private bool CheckPageTypePermissions()
{
    // Gets the user object
    UserInfo user = UserInfoProvider.GetUserInfo("CMSEditor");

    if (user != null)
    {
        // Checks whether the user has the Read permission for the CMS.MenuItem page type
        if (UserInfoProvider.IsAuthorizedPerClass("CMS.MenuItem", "Read", SiteContext.CurrentSiteName, user))
        {
            // Perform an action according to the result
            return true;
        }
    }

    return false;

}

using CMS.DocumentEngine;
using CMS.Membership;
using CMS.SiteProvider;
using CMS.DataEngine;

private bool CheckPagePermissions()
{
    // Creates a TreeProvider instance
    TreeProvider tree = new TreeProvider(MembershipContext.AuthenticatedUser);

    // Gets the Example page
    TreeNode page = tree.SelectSingleNode(SiteContext.CurrentSiteName, "/Example", "en-US");

    if (page != null)
    {
        // Gets the user object
        UserInfo user = UserInfoProvider.GetUserInfo("CMSEditor");

        if (user != null)
        {
            // Checks whether the user has the Modify permission for the Example page
            if (page.CheckPermissions(PermissionsEnum.Modify, SiteContext.CurrentSiteName, user))
            {
                // Perform an action according to the result
                return true;
            }
        }
    }

    return false;

}

using CMS.Membership;
using CMS.Base;
using CMS.DocumentEngine;

...

// Gets the user object
UserInfo user = UserInfoProvider.GetUserInfo("CMSEditor");

// Gets all news items for which the user has Read permissions
using (new CMSActionContext(user))
{
    var news = DocumentHelper.GetDocuments("CMS.News")
        .OnSite("CorporateSite")
        .Path("/News", PathTypeEnum.Children)
        .CheckPermissions();
}