• Software overview
• Json2Ldap
  • Introduction
  • Where to use?
  • Technical specification
  • Quick start
  • Configuration
  • Web API
  • Error codes
  • Reference book
  • FAQ
• JsWorld
  • Online demo
  • Quick start
  • Library design and features
  • Numeric formatting
  • Currency formatting
  • Date/time formatting
  • Parsing
  • Supported locales
• JSON-RPC 2.0
  • Introduction
  • Base Java classes
  • Console client
• Contact
• Download

Simple and efficient directory access from anywhere on the web

Json2Ldap can turn any LDAP v3 compatible directory into a web service. Directory services become accessible via simple JSON messages which are easily processed by web clients.

• Any device on the web can tap into directories now.
• Enables directory access straight from your JavaScript code running in the browser, in the spirit of modern Ajax / Mashup / Web 2.0 applications.
• The quickest and most efficient way to bring a directory service into a cloud environment.

Central user authentication, directory searches, retrieval and management of user and group data - all this and a lot more becomes possible now using ubiquitous JSON and HTTP.

Json2Ldap acting as an LDAP gateway/proxy for your web apps

Some applications made possible by Json2Ldap

Interactive directory search with autocomplete, delivered through a web page or a custom web browser widget.	Web documents can be enriched with contact info on the fly by making dynamic directory requests directly from JavaScript.
Create original mashups from directory data such as names, office locations and organisational hiearchies.	Json2Ldap mediated single sign-on and identity management, for any modern web app and web device.

For more application tips check the "where to use?" page.

Deploy once, use for multiple web client apps and directory servers

Deploy the Json2Ldap gateway/proxy once within your organisation and it can serve as a hub for all your web client apps to access one or more back-end directory servers, such as MS Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, OpenDS or OpenLDAP. Having a central point for directory access from the web can save you significant amount of development, maintenance and administration time.

Configurable access and security

The Json2Ldap gateway/proxy may run in unrestricted mode or it may be configured to impose a certain connection policy:

• Limit access to selected LDAP servers only
• Limit access to selected LDAP operations type, such as read-only
• Require TLS/SSL for incoming or outgoing connections
• Require all clients to authenticate with LDAP "bind"
• Impose connection quotas per client IP or bind DN
• Expire LDAP connections after a specified idle or total connection time

Simple setup, configuration and use

Json2Ldap is delivered as a web application archive (WAR) ready for immediate deployment in a Java web server, such as Apache Tomcat, and is configured via the standard WEB-INF/web.xml web app descriptor. It accepts requests for LDAP operations through a standard JSON-RPC 2.0 / HTTP POST interface. You can get started literary in minutes!

JSON-RPC is an extremely simple and efficient method to access services across the web. Here an example Json2Ldap request for an LDAP search operation.

Example JSON-RPC response to an LDAP get entry request

Where to from now?

• Where to use? Suggests cool applications of the Json2Ldap gateway/proxy.
• Technical spec Json2Ldap system requirements, API and configuration.
• Quick start Get Json2Ldap up and running in 10 minutes.
• Configuration Description of the Json2Ldap configuration parameters.
• JSON-RPC API Description of the Json2Ldap web API.
• JSON-RPC error codes Description of the Json2Ldap error codes and messsages.
• Reference book Practical PDF reference for your desktop.
• FAQ Some more or less frequently asked questions.

Contact me if some questions have been left unanswered or if you wish to receive a personal consultation.

Ready to get your own copy of Json2Ldap? Then proceed to the downloads page!