New parameter process_url_scheme for LDIFParser.__init__() specifies which

URL schemes are processed in URL input.

Demo/Lib/ldif/ldifcopy.py

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+"""
+ldifcopy - reads LDIF from stdin, retrieve values by URL and
+           write resulting LDIF to stdout
+
+Written by Michael Stroeder <michael@stroeder.com>
+
+$Id: ldifcopy.py,v 1.2 2001/12/12 22:04:49 stroeder Exp $
+
+This example translates the naming context of data read from
+input, sanitizes some attributes, maps/removes object classes,
+maps/removes attributes., etc. It's far from being complete though.
+
+Python compability note:
+Tested on Python 2.0+, should run on Python 1.5.x.
+"""
+
+import sys,ldif
+
+infile = sys.stdin
+outfile = sys.stdout
+
+ldif_collector = ldif.LDIFCopy(
+  infile,
+  outfile,
+  process_url_schemes=['file','ftp','http']
+)
+ldif_collector.parse()
+