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Simple client-service dbus example in python.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import dbus
class Client():
def __init__(self):
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
service = bus.get_object('com.example.service', "/com/example/service")
self._message = service.get_dbus_method('get_message', 'com.example.service.Message')
self._quit = service.get_dbus_method('quit', 'com.example.service.Quit')
def run(self):
print "Mesage from service:", self._message()
self._quit()
if __name__ == "__main__":
Client().run()
#!/usr/bin/env python
import dbus
import dbus.service
import dbus.mainloop.glib
import gobject
class Service(dbus.service.Object):
def __init__(self, message):
self._message = message
def run(self):
dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
bus_name = dbus.service.BusName("com.example.service", dbus.SessionBus())
dbus.service.Object.__init__(self, bus_name, "/com/example/service")
self._loop = gobject.MainLoop()
print "Service running..."
self._loop.run()
print "Service stopped"
@dbus.service.method("com.example.service.Message", in_signature='', out_signature='s')
def get_message(self):
print " sending message"
return self._message
@dbus.service.method("com.example.service.Quit", in_signature='', out_signature='')
def quit(self):
print " shutting down"
self._loop.quit()
if __name__ == "__main__":
Service("This is the service").run()
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