indy + LDAP

[Lema 0]

Hello !

When someone asks ChatGPT about LDAP and Delphi, it provides code using the Indy unit "IdLDAP".

I have downloaded the latest snapshot from Github, but this unit cannot be found within it.

Does this unit exist?

[DelphiUdIT 183]

There is a unit IdLdapV3 (under directory "lib\protocols").

 

Bye

[Lema 0]

Oh, I didn't see it at all, even though I searched for it! Obviously, I'm getting old!

[Lema 0]

Hello !

I'm trying - without success - to figure out how I can use this library (idLDAPV3) to connect to a LDAPS.

Is there any working example or relevant guide to read?

 

[Remy Lebeau 1421]

I've never worked with (or even looked at) Indy's LDAP classes before.  But just looking at them right now, it appears that they are meant just for parsing/producing LDAP messages, not for receiving/transmitting them over TCP/UDP.  So, you would likely need to handle the actual transmission yourself via TIdTCPClient or TIdUDPClient.  For example, via TCP, connect a TIdTCPClient to an LDAP server, using an SSLIOHandler to handle SSL/TLS if needed, and then use TIdLDAPV3Encoder to prepare an LDAP message and save it to a TIdTCPStream to transmit it, and then use TIdLDAPV3Decoder with TIdTCPStream to receive messages.  I have no idea if that actually works, but worth a try.