LDIF Generation using Python-LDAP

[Guruprasad]

Hi,
2009/5/16 Michael Ströder <michael at stroeder.com>:
> Guruprasad wrote:
>> 2009/5/16 Michael Ströder <michael at stroeder.com>:
>>> Guruprasad wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I tried generating a LDIF file from a dictionary using 'ldif' module
>>>> as illustrated in http://www.python-ldap.org/doc/html/ldif.html. But
>>>> at the end of the LDIF data, I get a newline and a 'None', whereas
>>>> there is no such thing in the result shown in that example. How to get
>>>> rid of those unwanted characters. I am using Python-LDAP 2.3.5-1 on
>>>> Debian Lenny.
>>> Could you please post your code (in a short form) demonstrating the
>>> issue? Note that there is a new-line after each entry record. But was
>>> 'None' is in your case is not clear to me.
>>>
>>
>> Basically what I am trying to do with this code is that, I manipulate
>> the result returned by ldapsearch to remove some attributes and
>> generate a LDIF output for the modified entry.
>>
>> <code>
>>         res_type, result_data=l.result(res_id,0)
>>         if (result_data==[]):
>>             break
>>         dn=result_data[0][0]
>>       resd=result_data[0][1]
>>         resd["objectClass"].remove("inetLocalMailRecipient")
>>           resd["objectClass"].remove("organizationalPerson")
>>           resd["objectClass"].remove("inetOrgPerson")
>>         resd["objectClass"].remove("posixAccount")
>>         lw=ldif.LDIFWriter(sys.stdout)
>>       guru=lw.unparse(dn,resd)
>>       print guru
>> </code>
>
> Your code looks like processing of LDAP search results (because of the
> res_type). I'd recommend to look at the actual data in dictionary resd.
> Also note that the identiation seems wrong. This could be because of
> cut&paste to your MUA from the editor with different tab-interpretation.
> But make sure identiation is correct in the real code.
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>

The indentation is correct in the real code. The dictionary 'resd' has
the values returned by the ldapsearch and there is no 'None' anywhere
in it.


Thank you.

Regards,
Guruprasad.