Module dbus

awesome D-Bus API

Info:

  • Copyright: 2008-2009 Julien Danjou
  • Author: Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>

Functions

request_name (bus, name) Register a D-Bus name to receive message from.
release_name (bus, name) Release a D-Bus name.
add_match (bus, name) Add a match rule to match messages going through the message bus.
remove_match (bus, name) Remove a previously added match rule "by value" (the most recently-added identical rule gets removed).
connect_signal (interface, func) Add a signal receiver on the D-Bus.
disconnect_signal (interface, func) Remove a signal receiver on the D-Bus.


Functions

request_name (bus, name)
Register a D-Bus name to receive message from.

Parameters:

  • bus A string indicating if we are using system or session bus.
  • name A string with the name of the D-Bus name to register.

Returns:

    True if everything worked fine, false otherwise.
release_name (bus, name)
Release a D-Bus name.

Parameters:

  • bus A string indicating if we are using system or session bus.
  • name A string with the name of the D-Bus name to unregister.

Returns:

    True if everything worked fine, false otherwise.
add_match (bus, name)
Add a match rule to match messages going through the message bus.

Parameters:

  • bus A string indicating if we are using system or session bus.
  • name A string with the name of the match rule.
remove_match (bus, name)
Remove a previously added match rule "by value" (the most recently-added identical rule gets removed).

Parameters:

  • bus A string indicating if we are using system or session bus.
  • name A string with the name of the match rule.
connect_signal (interface, func)
Add a signal receiver on the D-Bus.

Parameters:

  • interface A string with the interface name.
  • func The function to call.
disconnect_signal (interface, func)
Remove a signal receiver on the D-Bus.

Parameters:

  • interface A string with the interface name.
  • func The function to call.
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