Novell.Directory.Ldap.NETStandard Documentation

The library is available as a NuGet package. It is compatible with .NET Standard 2.0/2.1 and supports the following platforms:

• .NET 5 and above
• .NET Core 2.0 and above
• .NET Framework 4.6.1 and above
• Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
• Xamarin

It is compatible with any LDAP protocol-compliant directory server, including Microsoft Active Directory.

# Use the NuGet package manager to install the library
dotnet add package Novell.Directory.Ldap.NETStandard

To interact with an LDAP server, use the LdapConnection class. You typically follow a pattern of connecting to a hostname on a specific port, then performing a BindAsync operation with user credentials to authenticate (this is commonly used to verify user passwords).

await using (var cn = new LdapConnection())
{
	// connect
	await cn.ConnectAsync("<<hostname>>", 389);

	// bind with an username and password
	// this how you can verify the password of an user
	await cn.BindAsync("<<userdn>>", "<<userpassword>>");

	// call ldap op
	// await cn.DeleteAsync("<<userdn>>")
	// await cn.AddAsync(<<ldapEntryInstance>>)
}