NAME

       ldap_parse_result - Parsing results

LIBRARY

       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ldap.h>

       int ldap_parse_result( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result,
            int *errcodep, char **matcheddnp, char **errmsgp,
            char ***referralsp, LDAPControl ***serverctrlsp,
            int freeit )

       int ldap_parse_sasl_bind_result( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result,
            struct berval **servercredp, int freeit )

       int ldap_parse_extended_result( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *result,
            char **retoidp, struct berval **retdatap, int freeit )

DESCRIPTION

       These  routines  are used to extract information from a result message.  They will operate
       on the first result message in a chain of search  results  (skipping  past  other  message
       types).  They take the result as returned by a call to ldap_result(3), ldap_search_s(3) or
       ldap_search_st(3).     In    addition     to     ldap_parse_result(),     the     routines
       ldap_parse_sasl_bind_result()  and  ldap_parse_extended_result()  are  used to get all the
       result information from SASL bind and extended operations.

       The errcodep parameter will be filled in with the result code from the result message.

       The server might supply a matched DN string in the message indicating how much of  a  name
       in  a  request was recognized. The matcheddnp parameter will be filled in with this string
       if supplied, else it will be NULL. If a string is  returned,  it  should  be  freed  using
       ldap_memfree(3).

       The  errmsgp  parameter  will  be  filled  in with the error message field from the parsed
       message. This string should be freed using ldap_memfree(3).

       The referralsp parameter will be filled in with an allocated  array  of  referral  strings
       from  the  parsed  message.  This  array  should  be  freed using ldap_memvfree(3).  If no
       referrals were returned, *referralsp is set to NULL.

       The serverctrlsp parameter will be filled in with an allocated array  of  controls  copied
       from  the  parsed  message.  The array should be freed using ldap_controls_free(3).  If no
       controls were returned, *serverctrlsp is set to NULL.

       The freeit parameter determines whether the parsed message  is  freed  or  not  after  the
       extraction.  Any non-zero value will make it free the message. The ldap_msgfree(3) routine
       can also be used to free the message later.

       For SASL bind results, the servercredp parameter will  be  filled  in  with  an  allocated
       berval  structure  containing  the  credentials  from the server if present. The structure
       should be freed using ber_bvfree(3).

       For extended results, the retoidp parameter will be filled in  with  the  dotted-OID  text
       representation  of the name of the extended operation response. The string should be freed
       using ldap_memfree(3).  If no OID was returned, *retoidp is set to NULL.

       For extended results, the retdatap parameter will be filled in with a pointer to a  berval
       structure  containing  the data from the extended operation response. The structure should
       be freed using ber_bvfree(3).  If no data were returned, *retdatap is set to NULL.

       For all the above result parameters, NULL values can be used in calls in order  to  ignore
       certain fields.

ERRORS

       Upon  success  LDAP_SUCCESS is returned. Otherwise the values of the result parameters are
       undefined.

SEE ALSO

       ldap(3),    ldap_result(3),     ldap_search(3),     ldap_memfree(3),     ldap_memvfree(3),
       ldap_get_values(3), ldap_controls_free(3), lber-types(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP    Software    is    developed   and   maintained   by   The   OpenLDAP   Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived from the University of  Michigan
       LDAP 3.3 Release.