Ubuntu AppIndicator to show Chuck Norris jokes

myappindicator_v5.py

# This code is an example for a tutorial on Ubuntu Unity/Gnome AppIndicators:
# http://candidtim.github.io/appindicator/2014/09/13/ubuntu-appindicator-step-by-step.html

import os
import signal
import json

from urllib2 import Request, urlopen, URLError

from gi.repository import Gtk as gtk
from gi.repository import AppIndicator3 as appindicator
from gi.repository import Notify as notify


APPINDICATOR_ID = 'myappindicator'

def main():
    indicator = appindicator.Indicator.new(APPINDICATOR_ID, os.path.abspath('sample_icon.svg'), appindicator.IndicatorCategory.SYSTEM_SERVICES)
    indicator.set_status(appindicator.IndicatorStatus.ACTIVE)
    indicator.set_menu(build_menu())
    notify.init(APPINDICATOR_ID)
    gtk.main()

def build_menu():
    menu = gtk.Menu()
    item_joke = gtk.MenuItem('Joke')
    item_joke.connect('activate', joke)
    menu.append(item_joke)
    item_quit = gtk.MenuItem('Quit')
    item_quit.connect('activate', quit)
    menu.append(item_quit)
    menu.show_all()
    return menu

def fetch_joke():
    request = Request('http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random?limitTo=[nerdy]')
    response = urlopen(request)
    joke = json.loads(response.read())['value']['joke']
    return joke

def joke(_):
    notify.Notification.new("<b>Joke</b>", fetch_joke(), None).show()

def quit(_):
    notify.uninit()
    gtk.main_quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
    main()

After constant testing, the following works:

Adding a parameter to the build_menu() function works:

indicator.set_menu(build_menu(indicator))

and

def build_menu(indicator):

Clicking the icon with the middle button will bring up the joke.

This is the new code:

# This code is an example for a tutorial on Ubuntu Unity/Gnome AppIndicators:
# http://candidtim.github.io/appindicator/2014/09/13/ubuntu-appindicator-step-by-step.html

import os
import signal
import json

import gi
gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
gi.require_version('AppIndicator3', '0.1')
gi.require_version('Notify', '0.7')

from urllib2 import Request, urlopen, URLError

from gi.repository import Gtk as gtk
from gi.repository import AppIndicator3 as appindicator
from gi.repository import Notify as notify


APPINDICATOR_ID = 'myappindicator'

def main():
    indicator = appindicator.Indicator.new(APPINDICATOR_ID, os.path.abspath('sample_icon.svg'), appindicator.IndicatorCategory.SYSTEM_SERVICES)
    indicator.set_status(appindicator.IndicatorStatus.ACTIVE)
    indicator.set_menu(build_menu(indicator))
    notify.init(APPINDICATOR_ID)
    gtk.main()

def build_menu(indicator):
    menu = gtk.Menu()
    item_joke = gtk.MenuItem('Joke')
    item_joke.connect('activate', joke)
    indicator.set_secondary_activate_target(item_joke)
    menu.append(item_joke)
    item_quit = gtk.MenuItem('Quit')
    item_quit.connect('activate', quit)
    menu.append(item_quit)
    menu.show_all()
    return menu

def fetch_joke():
    request = Request('http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random?limitTo=[nerdy]')
    response = urlopen(request)
    joke = json.loads(response.read())['value']['joke']
    return joke

def joke(_):
    notify.Notification.new("<b>Joke</b>", fetch_joke(), None).show()

def quit(_):
    notify.uninit()
    gtk.main_quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
    main()

-- L. James

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L. D. James
ljames@apollo3.com
www.apollo3.com/~ljames

Thanks for the tutorial

Python 3 and liburl

https://gist.github.com/jmarroyave/a24bf173092a3b0943402f6554a2094d