Using the URL Adapter with the LDAP Protocol

This page explains the URL Adapter in Bridge context. If you were looking for the same information regarding the PAS Designer, refer to URL Adapter in the Designer guide.

With the URL adapter it is also possible to access LDAP servers.

Example File (Builder project Add-ons/URL):

<bridgeDocPath>\Add-ons\URL\uml\urlLdap.xml

The special URL format to access LDAP is specified in RFC 2255. It has the form ldap://server:port/[DN]?[attributes]?[scope]?[filter]?[extension], where DN is the starting point in the directory tree, attributes are the fields to be returned, scope is the search logic (e.g. sub for sub-tree search), filter is the search query, and extension for further functionality like binding (=login). For examples see the RFC linked above.

The URL adapter only supports read access to LDAP repositories.

The LDAP server x500.bund.de used in the UML example is a public LDAP server that does not require any authentication.

The LDAP browser by SoftTerra is a useful, free tool to browse LDAP servers.

Tagged Values

Find below a list of relevant tagged values, if the URL adapter is used with the LDAP protocol.
Default values used when an option is not explicitly set are written in bold.