python-libldap

python-libldap is a Python binding for libldap (LDAP client library). libldap is provided by OpenLDAP.

This project requires Python version 3.4 or later (not Python 2). If you want to use libldap wrapper library with Python 3, please try it.

Documentation

https://yykamei.github.io/python-libldap/

Requirements

• Python >= 3.4
• libldap
• libsasl2

Build Requirements

• Python developer package >= 3.4
• libldap developer package
• libsasl2 developer package

Install

Install with pip install python-libldap

License

Under the MIT license.

Bug tracker

If you have any suggestions or bug reports please report them to the issue tracker at https://github.com/yykamei/python-libldap/issues .

Quick start

Simple search operation

>>> from libldap import LDAP, LDAP_SCOPE_SUB
>>> ld = LDAP('ldap://localhost/')
>>> ld.bind('cn=master,dc=example,dc=com', 'secret')
>>> ld.search('dc=example,dc=com', LDAP_SCOPE_SUB, '(objectClass=*)')
[...]

Add operation

>>> from libldap import LDAP
>>> ld = LDAP('ldap://localhost/')
>>> ld.bind('cn=master,dc=example,dc=com', 'secret')
>>> ld.add('cn=group1,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com', [
...     ('objectClass', ['top', 'posixGroup']),
...     ('cn', ['group1']),
...     ('gidNumber', ['100']),
...     ('description', ['Test Group 1']),
... ])
>>>

Modify operation

>>> from libldap import LDAP, LDAP_MOD_REPLACE
>>> ld = LDAP('ldap://localhost/')
>>> ld.bind('cn=master,dc=example,dc=com', 'secret')
>>> ld.modify('cn=group1,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com', [
...     ('gidNumber', ['101'], LDAP_MOD_REPLACE),
... ])
>>>

Delete operation

>>> from libldap import LDAP
>>> ld = LDAP('ldap://localhost/')
>>> ld.bind('cn=master,dc=example,dc=com', 'secret')
>>> ld.delete('cn=group1,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com')
>>>

Changes

0.8.16 release

• Fix: Fix memleak
  • HAMANO Tsukasa hamano@osstech.co.jp
• Fix: fix for binary attribute
  • HAMANO Tsukasa hamano@osstech.co.jp

0.8.15 release

• Add: Travis CI testing

0.8.14 release

• Fix: LDAP.rename() description

0.8.13 release

• Fix: Encoding error and getting size of characters

0.8.12 release

• Fix: Get LDAP value length by using Pychon/C API in str2berval()
• LDAP constructor receives start_tls parameter
• LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS is False by default

0.8.11 release

• LDAP constructor receives options parameter

0.8.10 release

• Fix: We raise LDAPAPIError

0.8.9 release

• Add LDAP Exceptions which inherit LDAPError

0.8.8 release

• LDAP class constructor receives list of uri

0.8.7 release

• LDAP class supports context manager

0.8.6 release

• Change LDAP entries value type from str to bytes in LDAP.search_result()
• Change LDAP entry object (object has 'dn' attribute) in LDAP.search_result()

0.8.5 release

• Change deleteoldrdn default value from True to False in LDAP.rename()