diff --git a/Tests/search.py b/Tests/search.py
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+import sys,pprint,ldap
+
+from ldap.ldapobject import LDAPObject
+from ldapurl import LDAPUrl
+
+class MyLDAPUrl(LDAPUrl):
+  attr2extype = {
+    'who':'bindname',
+    'cred':'X-BINDPW',
+    'start_tls':'startTLS',
+    'trace_level':'trace',
+  }
+
+
+ldap_url = MyLDAPUrl(sys.argv[1])
+trace_level = int(ldap_url.trace_level or '0')
+
+print '***trace_level',trace_level
+
+ldap.trace_level = trace_level
+
+l = LDAPObject(
+  ldap_url.initializeUrl(),
+  trace_level=trace_level,
+)
+
+l.protocol_version = 3
+l.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS,0)
+l.simple_bind_s((ldap_url.who or ''),(ldap_url.cred or ''))
+
+result = l.search_s(
+  ldap_url.dn,
+  ldap_url.scope or ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
+  ldap_url.filterstr or '(objectClass=*)',
+  ldap_url.attrs or ['*']
+)
+
+pprint.pprint(result)
+
+print '***DIAGNOSTIC_MESSAGE',repr(l.get_option(ldap.OPT_DIAGNOSTIC_MESSAGE))
+
+l.unbind_s()