from http://www.packtpub.com/article/python-ldap-applications-ldap-opearations [not totally implemented or tested: to_ldif() doesn't function ?]

ldaphelper.py

import ldif, sys
from StringIO import StringIO
from ldap.cidict import cidict

def get_search_results(results):
#Given a set of results, return a list of LDAPSearchResult objects.
	res = []

	if type(results) == tuple and len(results) == 2 :
		(code, arr) = results
	elif type(results) == list:
		arr = results

	if len(results) == 0:
		return res

	for item in arr:
		res.append( LDAPSearchResult(item) )

	return res

	sys.stderr.write("exiting get_search_results\n\n")

class LDAPSearchResult:
#A class to model LDAP results.
	dn = ''

	def __init__(self, entry_tuple):
		#Create a new LDAPSearchResult object.
		(dn, attrs) = entry_tuple
		if dn:
			self.dn = dn
		else:
			return

		self.attrs = cidict(attrs)

	def get_attributes(self):
		'''Get a dictionary of all attributes.
			get_attributes()->{'name1':['value1','value2',...], 
			'name2: [value1...]}
		'''
		return self.attrs

	def set_attributes(self, attr_dict):
		'''Set the list of attributes for this record.
			The format of the dictionary should be string key, list of
			string alues. e.g. {'cn': ['M Butcher','Matt Butcher']}
			set_attributes(attr_dictionary)
		'''
		self.attrs = cidict(attr_dict)

	def has_attribute(self, attr_name):
		'''Returns true if there is an attribute by this name in the record.
			has_attribute(string attr_name)->boolean
			return self.attrs.has_key( attr_name )
		'''
	def get_attr_values(self, key):
		'''Get a list of attribute values.
			get_attr_values(string key)->['value1','value2']
		'''
		try:
			return self.attrs[key]
		except:
			return "['']"

	def get_attr_names(self):
		'''Get a list of attribute names.
			get_attr_names()->['name1','name2',...]
		'''
		return self.attrs.keys()

	def get_dn(self):
		'''Get the DN string for the record.
			get_dn()->string dn
		'''
		try:
			return self.dn
		except:
			return "['']"
		

	def pretty_print(self):
		'''Create a nice string representation of this object.
			pretty_print()->string
		'''
		str = "DN: " + self.dn + "n"
		for a, v_list in self.attrs.iteritems():
			str = str + "Name: " + a + "n"
		for v in v_list:
			str = str + " Value: " + v + "n"
			str = str + "========"
			return str

	def to_ldif(self):
		'''Get an LDIF representation of this record.
			to_ldif()->string
		'''
		out = StringIO()
		ldif_out = ldif.LDIFWriter(out)
		sys.stderr.write(str(type(self.dn))+"\n")
		sys.stderr.write(str(type(self.attrs))+"\n")
		ldif_out.unparse(self.dn, self.attrs)
		return out.getvalue()