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How to Import Users from CSV into LDAP-like Dicts in Python

Reads a CSV of user records and converts each row into an LDAP-style dictionary with standard attributes using Python's csv module.

csv ldap import
Python 
import csv
import io
from pathlib import Path


def mock_ldap_import(csv_path):
    """
    Reads a CSV file with user data and returns a list of LDAP-like user dicts.
    Adds standard LDAP attributes that would come from directory schema.
    """
    with open(csv_path, newline="", encoding="utf-8") as csvfile:
    …
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