Add documentation for LDAPObject.connect()

mistotebe · mistotebe · commit 51a8bd178fb5 · 2023-10-06T11:38:51.000+01:00
diff --git a/Doc/reference/ldap.rst b/Doc/reference/ldap.rst
@@ -972,6 +972,16 @@ and wait for and return with the server's result, or with
    The *dn* and *attr* arguments are text strings; see :ref:`bytes_mode`.
 
 
+.. py:method:: LDAPObject.connect() -> None
+
+  Opens a connection to the server if one is not established already. If that
+  fails, an instance of :py:exc:`ldap.LDAPError` or appropriate subtype is
+  raised.
+
+  Requires libldap 2.5+ and will fail with :py:exc:`NotImplementedError`
+  if that is not met.
+
+
 .. py:method:: LDAPObject.delete(dn) -> int
 
 .. py:method::  LDAPObject.delete_s(dn) -> None
