Getting Started

• Installation
  • 1: Download PyDBus along with support files
  • 2: Install required Linux support packages
  • 3: Setup and test PyDbus
• Credits and Bug Reporting
  • Author, Author!
  • Blame, Blame!
• Using DBus Interfaces and Object Paths
  • Waycool.org’s Airtaxi Service
  • Method, Property and Signal Names
  • Interface Members
  • Project names
  • Organization names
  • System or Session Bus?
  • Bus Name: Connection Destination
  • Object Path: Name the routine needed.
  • Proxies: One Name to Rule them All
  • Finally: Using the service’s capabilities
  • Moving deeper:
  • Argument Names as object-wide variables and defaults
  • So, what’s ‘Introspection’ about?
  • Routine Names
  • Parameter Names
  • Types and order of data per parameter
  • The Python to Dbus Variant Conundrum
  • Pydbus Pythonic “Full Introspection”
  • Someday:
• Basic Concepts
• tests._unittest
• examples.systemctl
• examples.nminfo