How can I retrieve the Lotus Note user job title with Node.js?

Question

I have tried to use the following code to retrieve the Lotus user detail by Node.js.

let ActiveDirectory = require('activedirectory');
let config = {
    attributes:{user: ["*"]},
    url: 'ldap://mylotusdominoserver',
    baseDN: 'OU=myOU,O=myOrg',    
}
let ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);

ad.authenticate(user, password, function (err, auth) {
    if (err) {
        console.log('ERROR0: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
        return;
    }

    if (auth) {
        console.log('Authenticated!');
        let query = "&(objectClass=*)(CN=Amy*)";
        ad.find(query, (err, results) => {
            if ((err) || (!results)) {
                console.log('ERROR1: ' + err);
                return;
            }
            console.log(results.other[0]);
        });
    }
    else {
        console.log('Authentication failed!');
    }
});

It returns:

Authenticated!
{
  dn: 'CN=Amy Tomson,OU=myOU,O=myOrg',
  mail: 'amyt@myOU.myOrg',
  sn: 'Amy',
  cn: 'Amy Tomson'
  objectclass: [Array],
  givenname: 'Amy',
  uid: 'amyt@myOU.myOrg',
  maildomain: 'myOrg'
}

However, the return attributes do not include the working title of the user, I have added the following attributes to force the server to return all attributes of the user.

attributes:{user: ["*"]},

However, it does not work. My Lotus Note Domino Server version is 9.0.

Is it possible to fix it?

The attributes you get are the default attributes for anonymous access... are you sure, that you are REALLY authenticated? can you mistype the password and check if anything changes? And: Why do you use "ActiveDirectory" and not any of the many ldap clients... I am not sure, that accessing a domino ldap with a specialized ActiveDirectory class works flawlessly — Tode, Oct 18 '22 at 12:37
any that works for you... I did some node.js as my hobby and my profession is Domino Developer / Admin... but I never used both together... its just a suggestion as the ActiveDirectory npm could be specialist for active directory and deliver sub-par results for other ldap directories... — Tode, Oct 18 '22 at 14:25
Thank you for your suggestion. What development tool have you used to talk with the domino server? — The KNVB, Oct 18 '22 at 14:39

The KNVB · Answer 1 · 2022-10-19T15:13:13.417

Finally, I use ldapjs library to fix the problem.

Here is the sample code:

const ldap = require('ldapjs');

var client = ldap.createClient({
    url: 'ldap://mylotusdominoserver'
});

client.bind(userName, password, function(err) {
  if (err) {
    console.log('ERROR0: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
    return;
  }
});
let opts = {
  attributes: ['givenname', 'sn', 'uid'],
  filter: '&(title=Manager)(uid=*myOU.myOrg)',
  scope: "sub",
}
client.search('OU=myOU,O=myOrg', opts, function(err, search) {
  if (err) {
    console.log('ERROR1: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
    return;
  }
  let results = [];
  search.on('searchEntry', function(entry) {
    results.push(entry.object);
  });
  search.on('end', function(entry) {
    console.log("End:" + entry.status);
    console.log(results);
    client.unbind(function(err) {
      console.log("Unbinded.");
      if (err) {
        console.log('ERROR3: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
        return;
      }
    });
  });
  search.on('error', error => {
    if (error) {
      console.log('ERROR2: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
      return;
    }
  });
});

How can I retrieve the Lotus Note user job title with Node.js?

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