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.. % $Id: ldapurl.rst,v 1.9 2011/07/22 13:27:01 stroeder Exp $
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:py:mod:`ldapurl` LDAP URL handling
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.. py:module:: ldapurl
:synopsis: Parses and generates LDAP URLs
.. moduleauthor:: python-ldap project (see http://www.python-ldap.org/)
This module parses and generates LDAP URLs. It is implemented in pure Python
and does not rely on any non-standard modules. Therefore it can be used stand-
alone without the rest of the python-ldap package. Compability note: This
module has been solely tested on Python 2.x and above.
.. seealso::
:rfc:`4516` - The LDAP URL Format
Constants
=========
The :mod:`ldapurl` module exports the following constants:
.. py:data:: SEARCH_SCOPE
This dictionary maps a search scope string identifier to the corresponding
integer value used with search operations in :mod:`ldap`.
.. py:data:: SEARCH_SCOPE_STR
This dictionary is the inverse to :const:`SEARCH_SCOPE`. It maps a search scope
integer value to the corresponding string identifier used in a LDAP URL string
representation.
.. py:data:: LDAP_SCOPE_BASE
.. py:data:: LDAP_SCOPE_ONELEVEL
.. py:data:: LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE
Functions
=========
.. autofunction:: ldapurl.isLDAPUrl
.. autofunction:: ldapurl.ldapUrlEscape
Classes
=======
.. _ldapurl-ldapurl:
LDAP URLs
^^^^^^^^^
A :py:class:`LDAPUrl` object represents a complete LDAP URL.
.. autoclass:: ldapurl.LDAPUrl
LDAP URL extensions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A :py:class:`LDAPUrlExtension` object represents a single LDAP URL extension
whereas :py:class:`LDAPUrlExtensions` represents a list of LDAP URL extensions.
.. _ldapurl-ldapurlextension:
.. autoclass:: ldapurl.LDAPUrlExtension
.. _ldapurl-ldapurlextensions:
.. autoclass:: ldapurl.LDAPUrlExtensions
.. _ldapurl-example:
Example
^^^^^^^
Important security advice:
For security reasons you shouldn't specify passwords in LDAP URLs
unless you really know what you are doing.
The following example demonstrates how to parse a LDAP URL
with :mod:`ldapurl` module.
>>> import ldapurl
>>> ldap_url = ldapurl.LDAPUrl('ldap://localhost:1389/dc=stroeder,dc=com?cn,mail???bindname=cn=Michael%2cdc=stroeder%2cdc=com,X-BINDPW=secret')
>>> # Using the parsed LDAP URL by reading the class attributes
>>> ldap_url.dn
'dc=stroeder,dc=com'
>>> ldap_url.hostport
'localhost:1389'
>>> ldap_url.attrs
['cn','mail']
>>> ldap_url.filterstr
'(objectclass=*)'
>>> ldap_url.who
'cn=Michael,dc=stroeder,dc=com'
>>> ldap_url.cred
'secret'
>>> ldap_url.scope
0
The following example demonstrates how to generate a LDAP URL
with \module{ldapurl} module.
>>> import ldapurl
>>> ldap_url = ldapurl.LDAPUrl(hostport='localhost:1389',dn='dc=stroeder,dc=com',attrs=['cn','mail'],who='cn=Michael,dc=stroeder,dc=com',cred='secret')
>>> ldap_url.unparse()
'ldap://localhost:1389/dc=stroeder,dc=com?cn,mail?base?(objectclass=*)?bindname=cn=Michael%2Cdc=stroeder%2Cdc=com,X-BINDPW=secret'