sdbus library: Dbus client-server application over user/system bus

dbus_client.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
        sd_bus_error error = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
        sd_bus_message *m = NULL;
        sd_bus *bus = NULL;
        int64_t x, y, z;
        int r;

        /* Connect to the system bus */
        r = sd_bus_open_user(&bus);
        if (r < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to connect to system bus: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                goto finish;
        }

        /* Issue the method call and store the respons message in m */
        x = 99;
        y = 17;
        r = sd_bus_call_method(bus,
                               "net.poettering.Calculator",          /* service to contact */
                               "/net/poettering/Calculator",         /* object path */
                               "net.poettering.Calculator",          /* interface name */
                               "Divide",                             /* method name */
                               &error,                               /* object to return error in */
                               &m,                                   /* return message on success */
                               "xx",                                 /* input signature */
                               x,                                    /* first argument */
                               y);                                   /* second argument */
        if (r < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to issue method call: %s\n", error.message);
                goto finish;
        }

        /* Parse the response message */
        r = sd_bus_message_read(m, "x", &z);
        if (r < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse response message: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                goto finish;
        }

        printf("%ld/%ld=%ld\n", x, y, z);

finish:
        sd_bus_error_free(&error);
        sd_bus_message_unref(m);
        sd_bus_unref(bus);

        return r < 0 ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

dbus_service.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

static int method_multiply(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *ret_error) {
        int64_t x, y;
        int r;

        /* Read the parameters */
        r = sd_bus_message_read(m, "xx", &x, &y);
        if (r < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse parameters: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                return r;
        }

        /* Reply with the response */
        return sd_bus_reply_method_return(m, "x", x * y);
}

static int method_divide(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *ret_error) {
        int64_t x, y;
        int r;

        /* Read the parameters */
        r = sd_bus_message_read(m, "xx", &x, &y);
        if (r < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse parameters: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                return r;
        }

        /* Return an error on division by zero */
        if (y == 0) {
                sd_bus_error_set_const(ret_error, "net.poettering.DivisionByZero", "Sorry, can't allow division by zero.");
                return -EINVAL;
        }

        return sd_bus_reply_method_return(m, "x", x / y);
  }

/* The vtable of our little object, implements the net.poettering.Calculator interface */
static const sd_bus_vtable calculator_vtable[] = {
        SD_BUS_VTABLE_START(0),
        SD_BUS_METHOD("Multiply", "xx", "x", method_multiply, SD_BUS_VTABLE_UNPRIVILEGED),
        SD_BUS_METHOD("Divide",   "xx", "x", method_divide,   SD_BUS_VTABLE_UNPRIVILEGED),
        SD_BUS_VTABLE_END
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
        sd_bus_slot *slot = NULL;
        sd_bus *bus = NULL;
        int r;

        /* Connect to the user bus this time */
        r = sd_bus_open_user(&bus);
        if (r < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to connect to system bus: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                goto finish;
        }

        /* Install the object */
        r = sd_bus_add_object_vtable(bus,
                                     &slot,
                                     "/net/poettering/Calculator",  /* object path */
                                     "net.poettering.Calculator",   /* interface name */
                                     calculator_vtable,
                                     NULL);
        if (r < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to issue method call: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                goto finish;
        }

        /* Take a well-known service name so that clients can find us */
        r = sd_bus_request_name(bus, "net.poettering.Calculator", 0);
        if (r < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to acquire service name: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                goto finish;
        }

        for (;;) {
                /* Process requests */
                r = sd_bus_process(bus, NULL);
                if (r < 0) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to process bus: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                        goto finish;
                }
                if (r > 0) /* we processed a request, try to process another one, right-away */
                        continue;

                /* Wait for the next request to process */
                r = sd_bus_wait(bus, (uint64_t) -1);
                if (r < 0) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to wait on bus: %s\n", strerror(-r));
                        goto finish;
                }
        }

finish:
        sd_bus_slot_unref(slot);
        sd_bus_unref(bus);

        return r < 0 ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS;
}