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get all properties from a service from systemd using dbus (like "systemctl status $service")
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get_service.py
import sys
import dbus
service = sys.argv[1]
d = dbus.SystemBus()
systemd = d.get_object('org.freedesktop.systemd1','/org/freedesktop/systemd1')
manager = dbus.Interface(systemd, 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager')
service_path = manager.GetUnit(service + ".service")
service_proxy = d.get_object('org.freedesktop.systemd1', service_path)
unit_proxy = dbus.Interface(service_proxy, 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Unit',)
properties_interface = dbus.Interface(service_proxy, 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
all_properties = properties_interface.GetAll(unit_proxy.dbus_interface)
for k, v in all_properties.items():
print k, v
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