Python ldap connection test

Question

I want to be able to test that a connection to a host and port is valid.

I'm using the current line:

ldapObject = ldap.open(host="host", port=389)

This seems to return an instance. I need to determine if it can find the host or not?

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Found a solution:

import ldap

try:
    ldapObject = ldap.open(host="host", port=389)
    ldapObject .simple_bind_s()
except ldap.SERVER_DOWN:
    print("Failed")