"""This is a pure-python replacement for notify-python, using python-dbus to communicate with the notifications server directly. It's compatible with Python 2 and 3, and its callbacks can work with Gtk 3 or Qt 4 applications. To use it, first call ``notify2.init('app name')``, then create and show notifications:: n = notify2.Notification("Summary", "Some body text", "notification-message-im" # Icon name ) n.show() To see more of what's possible, refer to docstrings of methods and objects. Based on the notifications spec at: http://developer.gnome.org/notification-spec/ Porting applications from pynotify ---------------------------------- There are a few differences from pynotify you should be aware of: - If you need callbacks from notifications, notify2 must know about your event loop. The simplest way is to pass 'glib' or 'qt' as the ``mainloop`` parameter to ``init``. - The methods ``attach_to_widget`` and ``attach_to_status_icon`` are not implemented. You can calculate the location you want the notification to appear and call ``Notification``. - ``set_property`` and ``get_property`` are not implemented. The summary, body and icon are accessible as attributes of a ``Notification`` instance. - Various methods that pynotify Notification instances got from gobject do not exist, or only implement part of the functionality. Several pynotify functions, especially getters and setters, are only supported for compatibility. You are encouraged to use more direct, Pythonic alternatives. """ import dbus # Constants EXPIRES_DEFAULT = -1 EXPIRES_NEVER = 0 URGENCY_LOW = 0 URGENCY_NORMAL = 1 URGENCY_CRITICAL = 2 urgency_levels = [URGENCY_LOW, URGENCY_NORMAL, URGENCY_CRITICAL] # Initialise the module (following pynotify's API) ----------------------------- initted = False appname = "" _have_mainloop = False class UninittedError(RuntimeError): pass class UninittedDbusObj(object): def __getattr__(self, name): raise UninittedError("You must call notify2.init() before using the " "notification features.") dbus_iface = UninittedDbusObj() def init(app_name, mainloop=None): """Initialise the Dbus connection. To get callbacks from notifications, DBus must be integrated with a mainloop. There are three ways to achieve this: - Set a default mainloop (dbus.set_default_main_loop) before calling init() - Pass the mainloop parameter as a string 'glib' or 'qt' to integrate with those mainloops. (N.B. passing 'qt' currently makes that the default dbus mainloop, because that's the only way it seems to work.) - Pass the mainloop parameter a DBus compatible mainloop instance, such as dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(). If you only want to display notifications, without receiving information back from them, you can safely omit mainloop. """ global appname, initted, dbus_iface, _have_mainloop if mainloop == 'glib': from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop mainloop = DBusGMainLoop() elif mainloop == 'qt': from dbus.mainloop.qt import DBusQtMainLoop # For some reason, this only works if we make it the default mainloop # for dbus. That might make life tricky for anyone trying to juggle two # event loops, but I can't see any way round it. mainloop = DBusQtMainLoop(set_as_default=True) bus = dbus.SessionBus(mainloop=mainloop) dbus_obj = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Notifications', '/org/freedesktop/Notifications') dbus_iface = dbus.Interface(dbus_obj, dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications') appname = app_name initted = True if mainloop or dbus.get_default_main_loop(): _have_mainloop = True dbus_iface.connect_to_signal('ActionInvoked', _action_callback) dbus_iface.connect_to_signal('NotificationClosed', _closed_callback) return True def is_initted(): """Has init() been called? Only exists for compatibility with pynotify. """ return initted def get_app_name(): """Return appname. Only exists for compatibility with pynotify. """ return appname def uninit(): """Undo what init() does.""" global initted, dbus_iface, _have_mainloop initted = False _have_mainloop = False dbus_iface = UninittedDbusObj() # Retrieve basic server information -------------------------------------------- def get_server_caps(): """Get a list of server capabilities. """ return [str(x) for x in dbus_iface.GetCapabilities()] def get_server_info(): """Get basic information about the server. """ res = dbus_iface.GetServerInformation() return {'name': str(res[0]), 'vendor': str(res[1]), 'version': str(res[2]), 'spec-version': str(res[3]), } # Action callbacks ------------------------------------------------------------- notifications_registry = {} def _action_callback(nid, action): nid, action = int(nid), str(action) n = notifications_registry[nid] n._action_callback(action) def _closed_callback(nid, reason): nid, reason = int(nid), int(reason) n = notifications_registry[nid] n._closed_callback(n) del notifications_registry[nid] def no_op(*args): """No-op function for callbacks. """ pass # Controlling notifications ---------------------------------------------------- class Notification(object): id = 0 timeout = -1 # -1 = server default settings _closed_callback = no_op def __init__(self, summary, message='', icon=''): self.summary = summary self.message = message self.icon = icon self.hints = {} self.actions = {} self.data = {} # Any data the user wants to attach def show(self): """Ask the server to show the notification. """ nid = dbus_iface.Notify(appname, # app_name (spec names) self.id, # replaces_id self.icon, # app_icon self.summary, # summary self.message, # body self._make_actions_array(), # actions self.hints, # hints self.timeout, # expire_timeout ) self.id = int(nid) if _have_mainloop: notifications_registry[self.id] = self return True def update(self, summary, message="", icon=None): """Replace the summary and body of the notification, and optionally its icon. You should call show() again after this to display the updated notification. """ self.summary = summary self.message = message if icon is not None: self.icon = icon def close(self): """Ask the server to close this notification. """ if self.id != 0: dbus_iface.CloseNotification(self.id) def set_hint(self, key, value): """n.set_hint(key, value) <--> n.hints[key] = value Only exists for compatibility with pynotify. """ self.hints[key] = value set_hint_string = set_hint_int32 = set_hint_double = set_hint def set_hint_byte(self, key, value): """Set a hint with a dbus byte value. The input value can be an integer or a bytes string of length 1. """ self.hints[key] = dbus.Byte(value) def set_urgency(self, level): """Set the urgency level to one of URGENCY_LOW, URGENCY_NORMAL or URGENCY_CRITICAL. """ if level not in urgency_levels: raise ValueError("Unknown urgency level specified", level) self.set_hint_byte("urgency", level) def set_category(self, category): """Set the 'category' hint for this notification. """ self.hints['category'] = category def set_timeout(self, timeout): """Set the display duration in milliseconds, or one of the special values EXPIRES_DEFAULT or EXPIRES_NEVER. Only exists for compatibility with pynotify; you can simply set:: n.timeout = 5000 """ if not isinstance(timeout, int): raise TypeError("timeout value was not int", timeout) self.timeout = timeout def get_timeout(self): """Return the timeout value for this notification. Only exists for compatibility with pynotify; you can inspect the timeout attribute directly. """ return self.timeout def add_action(self, action, label, callback, user_data=None): """Add an action to the notification (if the server supports it). action : str A brief key. label : str The text displayed on the action button callback : callable A function taking at 2-3 parameters: the Notification object, the action key and (if specified) the user_data. user_data : An extra argument to pass to the callback. """ self.actions[action] = (label, callback, user_data) def _make_actions_array(self): """Make the actions array to send over DBus. """ arr = [] for action, (label, callback, user_data) in self.actions.items(): arr.append(action) arr.append(label) return arr def _action_callback(self, action): """Called when the user selects an action on the notification, to dispatch it to the relevant user-specified callback. """ try: label, callback, user_data = self.actions[action] except KeyError: return if user_data is None: callback(self, action) else: callback(self, action, user_data) def connect(self, event, callback): """Set the callback for the notification closing; the only valid value for event is 'closed'. The API is compatible with pynotify. """ if event != 'closed': raise ValueError("'closed' is the only valid value for event", event) self._closed_callback = callback def set_data(self, key, value): """n.set_data(key, value) <--> n.data[key] = value Only exists for compatibility with pynotify. """ self.data[key] = value def get_data(self, key): """n.get_data(key) <--> n.data[key] Only exists for compatibility with pynotify. """ return self.data[key] def set_icon_from_pixbuf(self, icon): """Set a custom icon from a GdkPixbuf. """ struct = ( icon.get_width(), icon.get_height(), icon.get_rowstride(), icon.get_has_alpha(), icon.get_bits_per_sample(), icon.get_n_channels(), dbus.ByteArray(icon.get_pixels()) ) self.hints['icon_data'] = struct def set_location(self, x, y): """Set the notification location as (x, y), if the server supports it. """ if (not isinstance(x, int)) or (not isinstance(y, int)): raise TypeError("x and y must both be ints", (x,y)) self.hints['x'] = x self.hints['y'] = y