Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of DbusHowto

Timestamp:

Feb 29, 2016, 8:54:47 AM (8 years ago)

Author:

lew21

Comment:

Update to pydbus and Python 3.

DbusHowto

@@ -13 +13 @@
 You do the listening and calling; Pidgin does the emitting and replying.
 
+== Setup ==
+
+To interact with Pidgin you need to get a reference to Pidgin's D-Bus interface.
+
+{{{
+#!python
+from pydbus import SessionBus
+
+bus = SessionBus()
+purple = bus.get("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService", "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
+}}}
 == Listening to signals ==
 
@@ -20 +31 @@
 {{{
 #!python
-bus.add_signal_receiver(my_func,
-                        dbus_interface="im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface",
-                        signal_name="ReceivedImMsg")
+purple.ReceivedImMsg.connect(my_func)
 }}}
 
@@ -30 +39 @@
 {{{
 #!python
-   def my_func(account, sender, message, conversation, flags):
-       print sender, "said:", message
+def my_func(account, sender, message, conversation, flags):
+    print(sender, "said:", message)
 }}}
 
@@ -40 +49 @@
 
 def my_func(account, sender, message, conversation, flags):
-    print sender, "said:", message
-
-import dbus, gobject
-from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
-dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
-bus = dbus.SessionBus()
-
-bus.add_signal_receiver(my_func,
-                        dbus_interface="im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface",
-                        signal_name="ReceivedImMsg")
-
-loop = gobject.MainLoop()
-loop.run()
+    print(sender, "said:", message)
+
+from pydbus import SessionBus
+from gi.repository import GObject
+
+bus = SessionBus()
+purple = bus.get("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService", "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
+purple.ReceivedImMsg.connect(my_func)
+
+GObject.MainLoop().run()
 }}}
 
@@ -142 +148 @@
 Most of Pidgin's functions can be called through the D-Bus interface. The D-Bus functions have similar names as the C functions, and this is not unlike writing actual Pidgin plugins in C or Perl or Tcl instead.
 
-To start calling Pidgin functions, you need to get a reference to Pidgin's D-Bus interface. This is in Python:
-{{{
-#!python
-bus = dbus.SessionBus()
-obj = bus.get_object("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService", "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
-purple = dbus.Interface(obj, "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface")
-}}}
-
-Now you can call Pidgin functions as if they were members of the `purple` object. For example, to send a message to all your IM windows, you can do:
-{{{
-#!python
-for conv in purple.PurpleGetIms():
-    purple.PurpleConvImSend(purple.PurpleConvIm(conv), "Ignore.")
+For example, to send a message to all your IM windows, you can do:
+{{{
+#!python
+for conv in purple.PurpleGetIms()[0]:
+    purple.PurpleConvImSend(purple.PurpleConvIm(conv)[0], "Ignore.")
 }}}
 
@@ -162 +160 @@
 def set_message(message):
     # Get current status type (Available/Away/etc.)
-    current = purple.PurpleSavedstatusGetType(purple.PurpleSavedstatusGetCurrent())
+    current = purple.PurpleSavedstatusGetType(purple.PurpleSavedstatusGetCurrent()[0])[0]
     # Create new transient status and activate it
-    status = purple.PurpleSavedstatusNew("", current)
+    status = purple.PurpleSavedstatusNew("", current)[0]
     purple.PurpleSavedstatusSetMessage(status, message)
     purple.PurpleSavedstatusActivate(status)