ldap_lookup.py

gistfile1.py

import ldap
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.cache import cache
from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch


def fetch_user_details(email, force_refresh=False):
    cache_key = 'ldap_user_details_%s' % hash(email)
    if not force_refresh:
        results = cache.get(cache_key)
        if results:
            print "LDAP cache hit"
            return results
    print "LDAP cache miss"

    connection = ldap.initialize(settings.AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI)
    connection.set_option(ldap.OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3)
    connection.simple_bind_s(settings.AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN,
                       settings.AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD)

    dn = "mail=%s,o=com,dc=mozilla" % email
    search = LDAPSearch(dn, ldap.SCOPE_BASE)
    results = search.execute(connection)
    if results:
        cache.set(cache_key, results[0][1], 60 * 60)
        return results[0][1]