python-ldap provides an object-oriented API to access LDAP directory servers from Python programs.

For LDAP operations the module wraps OpenLDAP's client library, libldap.

Additionally, the package contains modules for other LDAP-related stuff:

• LDIF parsing and generation
• LDAP URLs
• LDAPv3 subschema

:ref:`Installation instructions <installing>` are available for several platforms.

Source code can be obtained using Git:

git clone https://github.com/python-ldap/python-ldap

Discussion about the use and future of python-ldap occurs in the [email protected] mailing list.

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The documentation for python-ldap 3.x is hosted at Read the Docs.

You can switch between versions of the library, or download PDF or HTML versions for offline use, using the sidebar on the right.

Documentation for some older versions is available for download at the GitHub release page.

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   :maxdepth: 2

   installing.rst
   bytes_mode.rst
   reference/index.rst
   resources.rst
   contributing.rst
   faq.rst
   changelog.rst

• :ref:`genindex`
• :ref:`modindex`
• :ref:`search`