afpy.ldap 0.1

This module provide an easy way to deal with ldap stuff in python.

This module provide an easy way to deal with ldap stuff in python.

This module is actively used on http://www.afpy.org to manage the french python comunity members.

Get a connection:

>>> from afpy.ldap import custom as ldap
>>> conn = ldap.get_conn()
>>> dn = 'uid=gawel,ou=members,dc=afpy,dc=org'
>>> node = conn.get_node(dn)
>>> node
<Node at uid=gawel,ou=members,dc=afpy,dc=org>

>>> print node.birthDate
19750410000000Z


>>> from afpy.ldap.node import Node
>>> from afpy.ldap import schema
>>> class User(Node):
...     uid=schema.StringProperty('uid')
...     birthDate = schema.DateProperty('birthDate', title='Date de naissance')
>>> node = conn.get_node(dn, node_class=User)
>>> node
<User at uid=gawel,ou=members,dc=afpy,dc=org>
>>> node.birthDate
datetime.date(1975, 4, 10)

Generate forms with FormAlchemy:

>>> from afpy.ldap import forms
>>> fs = forms.FieldSet(User)
>>> user = User()
>>> fs.rebind(user)
>>> print fs.render().strip() # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
<div>
  <label class="field_opt" for="User--uid">uid</label>
  <input id="User--uid" name="User--uid" type="text" />
</div>
...
<div>
  <label class="field_opt" for="User--birthDate">Date de naissance</label>
...

The source code can be find on the AFPy repository