Isode Directory Client APIs
Isode provides a number of APIs which allow integrators and product developers to build components or client programs to connect to, query and modify data in the directory. These APIs are designed to be simple for application writers to be able to access general directory functionality.
In addition, the APIs include functionality targeted at specific applications and markets (e.g. ATN (Air Traffic Network) Directory API for the Air Traffic industry: AMHS).
Further information is available for the Isode Directory API Product. This includes details on Interoperability, Conformance and Security
API Components
The Isode Directory APIs can use X.500 Directory Access Protocol (DAP) and/or LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) to access a Directory
The APIs are cross platform. The latest release has the following supported platforms, or read the Release Notes for the Isode release in use.
The following security features are available:
- Simple authentication is supported for DAP and LDAP.
- Strong authentication (using an X.509 client certificate) is supported for LDAP and DAP connections.
- SASL support is provided for LDAP.
- TLS is supported over LDAP (using either LDAPS or LDAP+startTLS)
- Password policy controls are available for LDAP.
Client Libraries
There are two client libraries which expose C Language bindings for Directory client applications:
- The DSAPI C Language Bindings provide generic directory API
- The ATN Directory API C Language Bindings provides functionality specific to relating to Air Traffic Network to support AMHS deployments
There is a single java client library which, as well as providing all of the functionality in the two C libraries, provides classes which can create and process LDIF data: