import ldap l = ldap.initialize("ldap://ldap.example.com") try: l.protocol_version = ldap.VERSION3 l.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0) bind = l.simple_bind_s("me@example.com", "password") base = "dc=example, dc=com" criteria = "(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=username))" attributes = ['displayName', 'company'] result = l.search_s(base, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, criteria, attributes) results = [entry for dn, entry in result if isinstance(entry, dict)] print results finally: l.unbind()