def save_last_sync(self, ids, process):
        try:
            spec = {'_id': 'last_sync'}
            document = {'$set': {process: ids}}
            self.db.internal.update(spec, document, upsert=True)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
def setLDAPDirectory(self, directory=None):
        if directory is None:
                self.directory = []
        else:
            try:
                with open(DIRECTORY, 'w+') as f:
                    f.write(str(directory))
                    self.directory = directory
            except OSError as e:
                raise