I could get it to work by converting the dict to a string, send it through dbus, then convert it back to a dict. Is there a better way to do this?
#!/usr/bin/python3
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtDBus
from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSlot
import argparse
import dbus
import ast
import sys
class QDBusServer(QObject):
def __init__(self):
QObject.__init__(self)
self.__dbusAdaptor = QDBusServerAdapter(self)
class QDBusServerAdapter(QtDBus.QDBusAbstractAdaptor):
QtCore.Q_CLASSINFO("D-Bus Interface", "com.qtpad.dbus")
QtCore.Q_CLASSINFO("D-Bus Introspection",
' <interface name="com.qtpad.dbus">\n'
' <property name="name" type="s" access="read"/>\n'
' <method name="parse">\n'
' <arg direction="in" type="s" name="cmd"/>\n'
' </method>\n'
' </interface>\n')
def __init__(self, parent):
super().__init__(parent)
@pyqtSlot(str, result=str)
def parse(self, cmd):
parseCli(cmd)
def parseCli(args):
# Convert the string back to a dict
args = ast.literal_eval(args)
for key in args:
if args[key]:
print(key + "=" + str(args[key]))
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Handle command line input
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("-a", "--action", help="execute one of the predefined action, as shown in the preferences menu", metavar='')
args = parser.parse_args()
# Convert namespace to dict, then dict to string
cmd = vars(args)
cmd = str(cmd)
# Verify if an instance is already running
try:
bus = dbus.SessionBus().get_object("com.qtpad.dbus", "/cli")
busIO = dbus.Interface(bus, "com.qtpad.dbus")
# Send the command to the running instance, then quit
busIO.parse(cmd)
sys.exit(0)
except dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
print("Init of a new instance")
# Start a new instance
app = QtCore.QCoreApplication([])
bus = QtDBus.QDBusConnection.sessionBus()
server = QDBusServer()
bus.registerObject('/cli', server)
bus.registerService('com.qtpad.dbus')
parseCli(cmd)
app.exec()