ldif
LDIF parser and generator¶
This module parses and generates LDAP data in the format LDIF. 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.
See also
RFC 2849 - The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) - Technical Specification
Functions¶
Classes¶
Example¶
The following example demonstrates how to write LDIF output
of an LDAP entry with ldif
module.
>>> import sys,ldif
>>> entry={'objectClass':['top','person'],'cn':['Michael Stroeder'],'sn':['Stroeder']}
>>> dn='cn=Michael Stroeder,ou=Test'
>>> ldif_writer=ldif.LDIFWriter(sys.stdout)
>>> ldif_writer.unparse(dn,entry)
dn: cn=Michael Stroeder,ou=Test
cn: Michael Stroeder
objectClass: top
objectClass: person
sn: Stroeder
The following example demonstrates how to parse an LDIF file
with ldif
module, skip some entries and write the result to stdout.
import sys
from ldif import LDIFParser,LDIFWriter
SKIP_DN = ["uid=foo,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com",
"uid=bar,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com"]
class MyLDIF(LDIFParser):
def __init__(self,input,output):
LDIFParser.__init__(self,input)
self.writer = LDIFWriter(output)
def handle(self,dn,entry):
if dn in SKIP_DN:
return
self.writer.unparse(dn,entry)
parser = MyLDIF(open("input.ldif", 'rb'), sys.stdout)
parser.parse()