Merge pull request #125 from cannatag/master

escape_filter_chars
cannatag · Nov 14, 2015 · b43e4ea · b43e4ea
2 parents 4babb05 + 48bee99
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diff --git a/ldap3/utils/conv.py b/ldap3/utils/conv.py
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
 from ..core.exceptions import LDAPDefinitionError
 
 
+def escape_filter_chars(text):
+    """ Escape chars mentioned in RFC4515. """
+    output = text.replace('\\', r'\5c')
+    output = output.replace(r'*', r'\2a')
+    output = output.replace(r'(', r'\28')
+    output = output.replace(r')', r'\29')
+    output = output.replace('\x00', r'\00')
+    return output
+
 def escape_bytes(bytes_value):
     if bytes_value:
         if str != bytes:  # Python 3