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R LDAP - parse ldap output from RCurl to dataframe ala Apache Directory studio export to csv.
library(RCurl)
library(gtools)
parseldap<-function(url, userpwd=NULL)
{
ldapraw<-getURL(url, userpwd=userpwd)
# seperate by two new lines
ldapraw<-gsub("(DN: .*?)\n", "\\1\n\n", ldapraw)
ldapsplit<-strsplit(ldapraw, "\n\n")
ldapsplit<-unlist(ldapsplit)
# init list and count
mylist<-list()
count<-0
for (ldapline in ldapsplit) {
# if this is the beginning of the entry
if(grepl("^DN:", ldapline)) {
count<-count+1
# after the first
if(count == 2 ) {
df<-data.frame(mylist)
mylist<-list()
}
if(count > 2) {
df<-smartbind(df, mylist)
mylist<-list()
}
mylist["DN"] <-gsub("^DN: ", "", ldapline)
} else {
linesplit<-unlist(strsplit(ldapline, "\n"))
if(length(linesplit) > 1) {
for(line in linesplit) {
linesplit2<-unlist(strsplit(line, "\t"))
linesplit2<-unlist(strsplit(linesplit2[2], ": "))
if(!is.null(unlist(mylist[linesplit2[1]]))) {
x<-strsplit(unlist(mylist[linesplit2[1]]), "|", fixed=TRUE)
x<-append(unlist(x), linesplit2[2])
x<-paste(x, sep="", collapse="|")
mylist[linesplit2[1]] <- x
} else {
mylist[linesplit2[1]] <- linesplit2[2]
}
}
} else {
ldaplinesplit<-unlist(strsplit(ldapline, "\t"))
ldaplinesplit<-unlist(strsplit(ldaplinesplit[2], ": "))
mylist[ldaplinesplit[1]] <- ldaplinesplit[2]
}
}
}
if(count == 1 ) {
df<-data.frame(mylist)
} else {
df<-smartbind(df, mylist)
}
return(df)
}
parseldap("ldap://ldap.replaceme.com/o=replaceme.com?memberuid?sub?(cn=group-name)", "username:password")
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