LDAP/LDIF Parsing

[aspineux]

The tree hierarchy is defined by the DN of each object, the types of
the object is specified by its objectClass.
Just collect all items (or do it dynamically by tunning the scope and
the base of your search request)


On 1 fév, 18:22, "Cruelemort" <ian.ing... at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I am hoping someone would be able to help me with a problem. I have an
> LDAP server running on a linux box, this LDAP server contains a
> telephone list in various groupings, the ldif file of which is -
>
> dn: dc=example,dc=com
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: dcObject
> objectClass: organization
> dc: example
> o: Example Organisation
>
> dn: ou=groupa,dc=example,dc=com
> ou: groupa
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: organizationalUnit
> description: Group A
>
> dn: cn=johnsmith,ou=groupa,dc=example,dc=com
> cn: johnsmith
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: person
> sn: Smith
> telephoneNumber: 112
>
> dn: cn=davesteel,ou=groupa,dc=example,dc=com
> cn: davesteel
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: person
> sn: Steel
> telephoneNumber: 113
>
> dn: ou=groupb,dc=example,dc=com
> ou: groupb
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: organizationalUnit
> description: Group B
>
> dn: cn=williamdavis,ou=groupb,dc=example,dc=com
> cn: williamdavis
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: person
> sn: Davis
> telephoneNumber: 122
>
> dn: cn=jamesjarvis,ou=groupb,dc=example,dc=com
> cn: jamesjarvis
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: person
> sn: Jarvis
> telephoneNumber: 123
>
> I am creating a python client program that will display the telephone
> list in the same directory structure as is on the LDAP server (i.e. it
> starts with buttons of all the groups, when you click on a group it
> comes up with buttons of all the numbers or groups available, and you
> can continually drill down).
>
> I was wondering the best way to do this? I have installed and used the
> python-ldap libraries and these allow me to access and search the
> server, but the searches always return a horrible nesting of lists,
> tuples and dictionaries, below is an example of returning just one
> record -
>
> ('dc=example,dc=com', {'objectClass': ['top', 'dcObject',
> 'organization'], 'dc': ['example'], 'o': ['Example Organisation']})
>
> Basically i think i need to parse the search results to create objects
> and build the python buttons around this, but i was hoping someone
> would be able to point me in the correct direction of how to do this?
> Is there a parser available? (there is an ldif library available but
> it is not obvious how this works, i cannot see much documentation, and
> it seems to be deprecated...).
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Ian