dolfinus / bonsai

Simple Python 3 module for LDAP, using libldap2 and winldap C libraries.

Bonsai

This is a module for handling LDAP operations in Python. Uses libldap2 on Unix platforms and WinLDAP on Microsoft Windows. LDAP entries are mapped to a special Python case-insensitive dictionary, tracking the changes of the dictionary to modify the entry on the server easily.

Supports only Python 3.7 or newer, and LDAPv3.

Features

• Uses LDAP libraries (OpenLDAP and WinLDAP) written in C for faster processing.
• Simple pythonic design.
• Implements an own dictionary-like object for mapping LDAP entries that makes easier to add and modify them.
• Works with various asynchronous library (like asyncio, gevent).

Requirements for building

• python3.7-dev or newer
• libldap2-dev
• libsasl2-dev
• libkrb5-dev or heimdal-dev (optional)

Documentation

Documentation is available online with a simple tutorial.

Example

Simple search and modify:

import bonsai

client = bonsai.LDAPClient("ldap://localhost")
client.set_credentials("SIMPLE", user="cn=admin,dc=bonsai,dc=test", password="secret")
with client.connect() as conn:
    res = conn.search("ou=nerdherd,dc=bonsai,dc=test", 2, "(cn=chuck)")
    res[0]['givenname'] = "Charles"
    res[0]['sn'] = "Carmichael"
    res[0].modify()

Using with asyncio:

import asyncio
import bonsai

async def do():
    client = bonsai.LDAPClient("ldap://localhost")
    client.set_credentials("DIGEST-MD5", user="admin", password="secret")
    async with client.connect(is_async=True) as conn:
        res = await conn.search("ou=nerdherd,dc=bonsai,dc=test", 2)
        print(res)
        who = await conn.whoami()
        print(who)

asyncio.run(do())

Changelog

The changelog is available here and included in the documentation as well.

Contribution

Any contributions and advices are welcome. Please report any issues at the GitHub page.