Added LDAP fallback lookup

app.py

 from flask import Flask, jsonify, render_template
-from peoplefinder import call_standard
+from peoplefinder import call_standard, call_ldap
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@ def base_api():
 @app.route('/basic/all/<search>', defaults={'page':1})
 @app.route('/basic/all/<search>/<page>')
 def search_all(search, page):
-    return jsonify(call_standard(search, page=page))
+    standardResults = call_standard(search, page=page)
+    if len(standardResults['results']) < 1:
+        try:
+            res=jsonify(call_ldap(search))
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+        return res
+    else:
+        return jsonify(standardResults)
 
 @app.route('/basic/students/<search>', defaults={'page':1})
 @app.route('/basic/students/<search>/<page>')
@@ -20,7 +28,11 @@ def search_students(search, page):
 @app.route('/basic/faculty/<search>', defaults={'page':1})
 @app.route('/basic/faculty/<search>/<page>')
 def search_faculty(search, page):
-    return jsonify(call_standard(search, group="students", page=page))
+    return jsonify(call_standard(search, group="faculty", page=page))
+
+@app.route('/ldap/<search>')
+def search_ldap(search):
+    return jsonify(call_ldap(search))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import os

peoplefinder.py

 import re
 import requests
+import simpleldap
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 BASE_URL = "http://peoplefinder.gmu.edu/index.php"
@@ -52,6 +53,23 @@ def call_standard(search, group="all", page=1):
 
     return {
         'results': people,
-        'hasNextPage': bool(soup.find('li', {'class': 'next'}))
+        'hasNextPage': bool(soup.find('li', {'class': 'next'})),
+        'method': 'peoplefinder'
     }
 
+def call_ldap(search):
+    conn = simpleldap.Connection('directory.gmu.edu')
+    res = conn.get("uid=%s" % search)
+    return {
+        "results": [
+            {
+                "name": res['cn'][0],
+                "mail": res['mail'][0],
+                "surname": res['sn'][0],
+                "givenname": res['givenName'][0],
+                "dn": res.dn
+            }
+        ],
+        "hasNextPage": False,
+        "method": "ldap"
+    }
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