Script to build an organizational chart from Active Directory

orgchartBuilder.py

'''
Copyright (c) 2011, Richard Nienaber
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Dependencies:
ldap - http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-ldap/
graphviz - http://www.graphviz.org/Download_windows.php
pydot - pip install pydot
'''

import argparse
import ldap
import re
from pydot import Dot, Node, Edge


class LdapSearcher(object):
    def __init__(self, server, partDomain, user, password):
        l = ldap.initialize(server)
        l.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0)
        l.protocol_version = 3
        l.simple_bind_s(user, password)

        self.ldap = l
        self.scope = ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE
        self.attributes = ['directReports', 'displayName', 'title']
        self.partDomain = partDomain

    def search(self, base, filter=None):
        return self.ldap.search_s(base, self.scope, filter, self.attributes)

    def search_by_accountName(self, base, name):
        filter = '(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=' + name + '))'
        return self.search(base, filter)

    def retrieve_hierarchy(self, rootUserName, maxDepth):
        root = self.search_by_accountName(self.partDomain, rootUserName)
        rootName = self.getName(root)

        visited = set([])
        reports = {}
        self.recurse_direct_reports(root, visited, reports, 0, maxDepth)
        return rootName, reports

    def getName(self, entry):
        attributes = entry[0][1]
        title = '' if not 'title' in attributes else attributes['title'][0]
        return (attributes['displayName'][0], title)

    def recurse_direct_reports(self, entry, visited, reports, depth, maxDepth):
        if depth == maxDepth:
            return
        dn, properties = entry[0]
        if dn in visited:
            return

        visited.add(dn)

        if not 'directReports' in properties:
            return

        name = self.getName(entry)
        reports[name] = []

        for report in properties['directReports']:
            reportEntry = self.search(report, '(objectClass=*)')
            reports[name].append(self.getName(reportEntry))
            self.recurse_direct_reports(reportEntry, visited, reports, depth + 1, maxDepth)


def render_graph(root, hierarchy, args):
    g = Dot()
    g.set_root(root[0])

    for manager in hierarchy:
        g.add_node(Node(manager[0], shape='box'))
        for subordinate in hierarchy[manager]:
            g.add_node(Node(subordinate[0], shape='box'))
            g.add_edge(Edge(manager[0], subordinate[0]))

    g.write_svg(args.file, args.imageType, args.layout)


def main(args):
    #Doing something a bit silly here, you may have to tweak it
    domain = re.search('ldap://((.*\.?)+)', args.server)
    split = domain.groups()[0].split('.')[1:]
    partDomain = 'dc=' + ',dc='.join(split)

    print ''
    print 'Creating hierarchy...'
    searcher = LdapSearcher(args.server, partDomain, args.user, args.password)
    root, hierarchy = searcher.retrieve_hierarchy(args.root, args.depth)

    print 'Rendering graph...'
    render_graph(root, hierarchy, args)
    print 'Completed'

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('--server', '-s', help='The FQDN of the ldap server e.g. ldap://domain.server.com', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--user', '-u', help='The user to log into the ldap server with e.g. user@domain.server.com', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--password', '-p', help='The password of the user to use to login into the ldap server', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--root', '-r', help='The root user''s login name e.g. name.surname', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--file', '-f', help='The file to output to e.g. c:\chart.png', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--depth', '-d', type=int, default=max, help='The amount of levels to represent in the hierarchy.')
    parser.add_argument('--imageType', '-i', help='An image type understood by GraphViz e.g. png, svg, etc.')
    parser.add_argument('--layout', '-l', help='A layout type understood by GraphViz e.g. dot, neato, circo, etc.')

    args = parser.parse_args()
    main(args)

Could you plz. share any example (input, LDAP structures, resulting SVG)? Would love to use it, but I'm not sure if the mandority datafields are filed by a stock Active Directory?