examples/example-client.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2
   3 usage = """Usage:
   4 python example-service.py &
   5 python example-client.py
   6 python example-client.py --exit-service
   7 """
   8
   9 import sys
  10 from traceback import print_exc
  11
  12 import dbus
  13
  14 def main():
  15     bus = dbus.SessionBus()
  16
  17     try:
  18         remote_object = bus.get_object("com.example.SampleService",
  19                                        "/SomeObject")
  20
  21         # you can either specify the dbus_interface in each call...
  22         hello_reply_list = remote_object.HelloWorld("Hello from example-client.py!",
  23             dbus_interface = "com.example.SampleInterface")
  24     except dbus.DBusException:
  25         print_exc()
  26         print usage
  27         sys.exit(1)
  28
  29     print (hello_reply_list)
  30
  31     # ... or create an Interface wrapper for the remote object
  32     iface = dbus.Interface(remote_object, "com.example.SampleInterface")
  33
  34     hello_reply_tuple = iface.GetTuple()
  35
  36     print hello_reply_tuple
  37
  38     hello_reply_dict = iface.GetDict()
  39
  40     print hello_reply_dict
  41
  42     # D-Bus exceptions are mapped to Python exceptions
  43     try:
  44         iface.RaiseException()
  45     except dbus.DBusException, e:
  46         print str(e)
  47
  48     # introspection is automatically supported
  49     print remote_object.Introspect(dbus_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable")
  50
  51     if sys.argv[1:] == ['--exit-service']:
  52         iface.Exit()
  53
  54 if __name__ == '__main__':
  55     main()