#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # DBUS Server Example of use PySide with PyDBus library import dbus import dbus.service import dbus.mainloop.glib import random from PySide.QtCore import * from PySide.QtGui import QPushButton, QApplication # The adaptor, MUST inherit dbus.service.Object class DBusWidget(dbus.service.Object): def __init__(self, name, session): # export this object to dbus dbus.service.Object.__init__(self, name, session) # create a simple widget self.widget = QPushButton() self.widget.resize(200, 50) # To export a Qt signal as a DBus-signal, you need to connect it to a method in this class. # The method MUST have the signal annotation, so python-dbus will export it as a dbus-signal QObject.connect(self.widget, SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.clicked) QObject.connect(QApplication.instance(), SIGNAL("lastWindowClosed()"), self.lastWindowClosed) # You can export methods to dbus like you do in python-dbus. @dbus.service.method("com.example.SampleWidget", in_signature='', out_signature='') def show(self): self.widget.show() # Another method... now with a parameter @dbus.service.method("com.example.SampleWidget", in_signature='s', out_signature='') def setText(self, value): self.widget.setText(value) # Another one... @dbus.service.method("com.example.SampleWidget", in_signature='', out_signature='') def exit(self): qApp().quit() # A signal that will be exported to dbus @dbus.service.signal("com.example.SampleWidget", signature='') def clicked(self): pass # Another signal that will be exported to dbus @dbus.service.signal("com.example.SampleWidget", signature='') def lastWindowClosed(self): pass if __name__ == '__main__': app = QApplication([]) # Use qt/glib mainloop integration to get dbus mainloop working dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True) session_bus = dbus.SessionBus() # Export the service name = dbus.service.BusName("com.example.SampleService", session_bus) # Export the object widget = DBusWidget(session_bus, '/DBusWidget') print "Running example service." app.exec_()