X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/19ae770973482257117fe8ded5619c3018c4b60f..21598295f38998d8028aaa117f192de6b5758808:/apps/workbench/app/models/arvados_base.rb

diff --git a/apps/workbench/app/models/arvados_base.rb b/apps/workbench/app/models/arvados_base.rb
index b02db7a6b6..6250daa06a 100644
--- a/apps/workbench/app/models/arvados_base.rb
+++ b/apps/workbench/app/models/arvados_base.rb
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class ArvadosBase < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def self.creatable?
-    current_user.andand.is_active
+    current_user.andand.is_active && api_exists?(:create)
   end
 
   def self.goes_in_projects?
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ class ArvadosBase < ActiveRecord::Base
     editable?
   end
 
+  def self.api_exists?(method)
+    arvados_api_client.discovery[:resources][self.to_s.underscore.pluralize.to_sym].andand[:methods].andand[method]
+  end
+
   # Array of strings that are the names of attributes that can be edited
   # with X-Editable.
   def editable_attributes