# Third-party documentation

The following documents referenced are not written by python-ldap project members. Therefore some information might be outdated or links might be broken.

## Python LDAP Applications articles by Matt Butcher

- Part 1 - Installing and Configuring the Python-LDAP Library and Binding to an LDAP Directory

  > This also covers SASL.

- Part 2 - LDAP Operations

- Part 3 - More LDAP Operations and the LDAP URL Library

- Part 4 - LDAP Schema

  > Gee, someone waded through the badly documented mysteries of module `ldap.schema`.

## LDAP Programming in Python

Another article for getting started with python-ldap.

## RFC 1823

The LDAP Application Program Interface, mainly for LDAPv2.

## LDAPEXT draft

The Internet draft of the discontinued IETF working group LDAPEXT is of interest here since the OpenLDAP 2 libs implement this (expired) draft.

## OpenLDAP

It’s worth to have a look at the manual pages and the Developer’s FAQ.

## VSLDAP

VSLDAP Interoperability Test Suite.