ted_wrapper

This tool is a wrapper for the TED system to be used for directory lookups.

Installation

To bring this into a PyPE project you will need to add a new svn:externals property.

If you are using Tortoise:

• Right click on the main project folder.

• TortoiseSVN > Properties

• New... > Externals

• New...

• Local path: extra/ted

• URL: https://github.com/UT-Austin-FIS/ted_wrapper/tags/v1.0/ted

• OK

• Exit out of Tortoise, and you're done.

Backwards Compatibility

PyPE applications that currently use the ted lookups in versions of infrastructure prior to 1.8 will not need to change their code, but will need to add a new svn:externals property in order to continue making those calls once they upgrade to 1.8. See Installation.

Use

There are two methods in the ted_lookup module (by_eid and by_uin), and they both require these paramters:

eid or uin: The identifier of the person you are looking up addl_attrs: There is a standard set of directory info that is brought back for all lookups as defined in ted.py. However, you can request that additional directory info be brought back. See http://www.utexas.edu/its/help/ted/1064 for the full set of available attributes. ted_eid: Your application's service EID which has been authorized to query TED. ted_pass: The password associated with the ted_eid. ted_host: The url of the TED service.

Example lookup by EID:

from ted import ted_lookup

directory_info = ted_lookup.by_eid(
    eid='foobar',
    addl_attrs=[
        'telephoneNumber',
        'utexasEduPersonOfficeLocation',
        ],
    ted_eid=settings.TED_EID,
    ted_pass=settings.TED_PASSWORD,
    ted_host=settings.TED_HOSTNAME,
    )