searching for users in ldap by dict-specified arguments

ldap.py

@@ -7,28 +7,16 @@ class LdapHandler:
         self.connection = ldap3.Connection(server, auto_bind=True)
         self.default_context = default_context
 
-
-    def get_ldap_users(self, user_list: list, silent: bool = False, context: str = '__USEDEFAULT__'):
-        results = []
-        if context == '__USEDEFAULT':
+    def get_ldap_user(self, search_filter: dict, silent: bool = False, context: str = '__USEDEFAULT__', 
+                      attributes: list = ['sn', 'gn', 'objectclass']):
+        if context == '__USEDEFAULT__':
             search_context = self.default_context
         else:
             search_context = context
-        i = 1
-        for user in user_list:
-            user = user.strip()
-            if not silent:
-                print("%s (%d/%d)" % (user, i, len(results)))
-            search_no = self.ldap.search(search_context, ldap3.SCOPE_SUBTREE, "uid=%s" % user, None)
-            search_res = self.ldap.result(search_no, 0)
-            if search_res[0] == 100:
-                dn = search_res[1][0][0]
-                name = search_res[1][0][1]['cn'][0]
-                mail = search_res[1][0][1]['mail'][0]
-                location = search_res[1][0][1]['l'][0]
-                results.append({'dn': dn, 'username': user, 'name': name, 'mail': mail, 'location': location})
-        return results
-
-
-def connect(ldaphost: str, default_context: str = '', ssl: bool = False) -> LdapHandler:
-    return LdapHandler(ldaphost, default_context, ssl)
+            
+        search_string = "(&"
+        for key, value in search_filter.items():
+            search_string += '(' + key + '=' + value + ')'
+        search_string += ')'
+        
+        self.connection.search(search_context, search_string, attributes=attributes)
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