Bind 42 LDAP in NodeJS

ldap42.js

'use strict';

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */
var ldap = require('ldapjs'),
	config = require('../../config/config');

/**
 * SList students
 */
exports.list = function (req, res) {

	// do not initialize this var in global scope or it won't work anymore
	var client = ldap.createClient({
		url: 'ldaps://ldap.42.fr:636'
	});

	var dn = 'uid=' + config.ldap.login + ',ou=' + config.ldap.month + ',ou=' + config.ldap.year + ',ou=paris,ou=people,dc=42,dc=fr';

	// Bind LDAP
	client.bind(dn, config.ldap.password, function (err) {
		if (err)
			return res.send({error: err.message});
		else {
			client.search('ou=paris,ou=people,dc=42,dc=fr', {
				scope: 'sub',
				attributes: ['uidNumber', 'uid', 'givenName', 'sn', 'mobile', 'alias'],
				timeLimit: 600
			}, function (err, data) {
				var entries = {};

				data.on('searchEntry', function (entry) {
					var match = entry.object.dn.match(/uid=[a-z\-]{3,8},ou=(july|august|september),ou=([0-9]{4})/);
					if (match) {
						console.log('entry: ' + JSON.stringify(entry.object));
						var month = match[1];
						var year = match[2];
						if (!entries[year])
							entries[year] = {};
						if (!entries[year][month])
							entries[year][month] = [];
						entries[year][month].push(entry.object);
					}
				});
				data.on('searchReference', function (referral) {
					console.log('referral: ' + referral.uris.join());
				});
				data.on('error', function (err) {
					console.error('error: ' + err.message);
					client.unbind();
					res.status(400).send({error: err.message});
				});
				data.on('end', function (result) {
					console.log('status: ' + result.status);
					client.unbind();
					res.send(entries);
				});
			});
		}
	});

};