appstream_findmodaliases.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import gi
gi.require_version('AppStream', '1.0')
from gi.repository import AppStream


# Find all software components which have a modalias in the
# AppStream database and prints them to stdout.
#
# WARNING: This is pure example code, which does no error
# checking at all!

pool = AppStream.Pool()
pool.load()

cpts = pool.get_components()

ma_cpts = list()
for cpt in cpts:
    provided = cpt.get_provided_for_kind(AppStream.ProvidedKind.MODALIAS)
    if provided:
        ma_cpts.append(cpt)

# we got all components providing modaliases
for cpt in ma_cpts:
    print(cpt.to_string())
    print("  Modaliases:")
    prov = cpt.get_provided_for_kind(AppStream.ProvidedKind.MODALIAS)
    for item in prov.get_items():
        print("    "+str(item))