#!/usr/bin/env python usage = """Usage: python example-service.py & python example-client.py python example-client.py --exit-service """ # Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Red Hat Inc. # Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Collabora Ltd. # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person # obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation # files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without # restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, # modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies # of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT # HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. import sys from traceback import print_exc import dbus def main(): bus = dbus.SessionBus() try: remote_object = bus.get_object("com.example.SampleService", "/SomeObject") # you can either specify the dbus_interface in each call... hello_reply_list = remote_object.HelloWorld("Hello from example-client.py!", dbus_interface = "com.example.SampleInterface") except dbus.DBusException: print_exc() print usage sys.exit(1) print (hello_reply_list) # ... or create an Interface wrapper for the remote object iface = dbus.Interface(remote_object, "com.example.SampleInterface") hello_reply_tuple = iface.GetTuple() print hello_reply_tuple hello_reply_dict = iface.GetDict() print hello_reply_dict # D-Bus exceptions are mapped to Python exceptions try: iface.RaiseException() except dbus.DBusException as e: print str(e) # introspection is automatically supported print remote_object.Introspect(dbus_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable") if sys.argv[1:] == ['--exit-service']: iface.Exit() if __name__ == '__main__': main()