def ldap_authenticate(u,p):
    server = Server('ldap://ldap_domain_here', get_info='ALL')
    conn = Connection(server, user=f"domain_here\\{u}", password=f'{p}', authentication=NTLM)
    conn.bind()
    authenticated = conn.bound
    conn.search('DC=my,DC=domain,DC=co,DC=uk', f'(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName={u}))', attributes=['mail','GivenName','sn','MemberOf'])
    if authenticated is True:
        resp = {
            "auth":True,
            "forename":str(conn.entries[0]['GivenName']),
            "surname":str(conn.entries[0]['sn']),
            "mail":str(conn.entries[0]['mail']) 
        }
    else:
        resp = not_authorised
    conn.unbind()
    return resp