Fix IdentityPermissionApi typings

Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Scamporlino <me@vinzscam.dev>

plugins/permission-react/src/apis/IdentityPermissionApi.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { PermissionApi } from './PermissionApi';
 import {
   EvaluatePermissionRequest,
   EvaluatePermissionResponse,
+  isResourcePermission,
   PermissionClient,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
@@ -47,8 +48,21 @@ export class IdentityPermissionApi implements PermissionApi {
   async authorize(
     request: EvaluatePermissionRequest,
   ): Promise<EvaluatePermissionResponse> {
+    const { permission, resourceRef } = request;
+    if (isResourcePermission(permission)) {
+      if (!resourceRef) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'A resourceRef should be provided when a ResourcePermission is used.',
+        );
+      }
+      const response = await this.permissionClient.authorize(
+        [{ permission, resourceRef }],
+        await this.identityApi.getCredentials(),
+      );
+      return response[0];
+    }
     const response = await this.permissionClient.authorize(
-      [request],
+      [{ permission }],
       await this.identityApi.getCredentials(),
     );
     return response[0];