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<H1>GDBUS</H1>
Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: <BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A NAME="lbAB">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>NAME</H2>
gdbus - Tool for working with D-Bus objects
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="1">
<B>gdbus</B> introspect [--system | --session | --address&nbsp;<I>address</I>] --dest&nbsp;<I>bus_name</I> --object-path&nbsp;<I>/path/to/object</I> [--xml] [--recurse] [--only-properties]
<DT id="2">
<B>gdbus</B> monitor [--system | --session | --address&nbsp;<I>address</I>] --dest&nbsp;<I>bus_name</I> [--object-path&nbsp;<I>/path/to/object</I>]
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<B>gdbus</B> call [--system | --session | --address&nbsp;<I>address</I>] --dest&nbsp;<I>bus_name</I> --object-path&nbsp;<I>/path/to/object</I> --method&nbsp;<I>org.project.InterfaceName.MethodName</I> [--timeout&nbsp;<I>seconds</I>] ARG1 ARG2...
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<B>gdbus</B> emit [--system | --session | --address&nbsp;<I>address</I>] --object-path&nbsp;<I>/path/to/object</I> --signal&nbsp;<I>org.project.InterfaceName.SignalName</I> [--dest&nbsp;<I>unique_bus_name</I>] ARG1 ARG2...
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<B>gdbus</B> wait [--system | --session | --address&nbsp;<I>address</I>] --activate&nbsp;<I>bus_name</I> [--timeout&nbsp;<I>seconds</I>] <I>bus_name</I>
<DT id="6">
<B>gdbus</B> help
</DL>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<P>
<B>gdbus</B>
<DD>is a simple tool for working with D-Bus objects.
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<H2>COMMANDS</H2>
<P>
<B>introspect</B>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="7"><DD>
Prints out interfaces and property values for a remote object. For this to work, the owner of the object needs to implement the
org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable
interface. If the
<B>--xml</B>
option is used, the returned introspection XML is printed, otherwise a parsed pretty representation is printed. The
<B>--recurse</B>
option can be used to introspect children (and their children and so on) and the
<B>--only-properties</B>
option can be used to only print the interfaces with properties.
</DL>
<P>
<B>monitor</B>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="8"><DD>
Monitors one or all objects owned by the owner of
<I>bus_name</I>.
</DL>
<P>
<B>call</B>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="9"><DD>
Invokes a method on a remote object. Each argument to pass to the method must be specified as a serialized
<B>GVariant</B>
except that strings do not need explicit quotes. The return values are printed out as serialized
<B>GVariant</B>
values.
</DL>
<P>
<B>emit</B>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="10"><DD>
Emits a signal. Each argument to include in the signal must be specified as a serialized
<B>GVariant</B>
except that strings do not need explicit quotes.
</DL>
<P>
<B>wait</B>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="11"><DD>
Waits until
<I>bus_name</I>
is owned by some process on the bus. If the
<B>--activate</B>
is specified, that bus name will be auto-started first. It may be the same as the bus name being waited for, or different.
</DL>
<P>
<B>help</B>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="12"><DD>
Prints help and exit.
</DL>
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<H2>BASH COMPLETION</H2>
<P>
<B>gdbus</B>
ships with a bash completion script to complete commands, destinations, bus names, object paths and interface/method names.
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2>
<P>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;shows&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;introspect&nbsp;an&nbsp;object&nbsp;-&nbsp;note&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;value&nbsp;of&nbsp;each
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;property&nbsp;is&nbsp;displayed:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="13"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus introspect --system \
--dest org.freedesktop.NetworkManager \
--object-path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
node /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 {
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable {
methods:
Introspect(out s data);
};
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties {
methods:
Get(in s interface,
in s propname,
out v value);
Set(in s interface,
in s propname,
in v value);
GetAll(in s interface,
out a{sv} props);
};
interface org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Wired {
signals:
PropertiesChanged(a{sv} arg_0);
properties:
readonly b Carrier = false;
readonly u Speed = 0;
readonly s HwAddress = '00:1D:72:88:BE:97';
};
interface org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device {
methods:
Disconnect();
signals:
StateChanged(u arg_0,
u arg_1,
u arg_2);
properties:
readonly u DeviceType = 1;
readonly b Managed = true;
readwrite o Ip6Config = '/';
readwrite o Dhcp4Config = '/';
readwrite o Ip4Config = '/';
readonly u State = 2;
readwrite u Ip4Address = 0;
readonly u Capabilities = 3;
readonly s Driver = 'e1000e';
readwrite s Interface = 'eth0';
readonly s Udi = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0/net/eth0';
};
};
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
The
<B>--recurse</B>
and
<B>--only-properties</B>
options can be useful when wanting to inspect all objects owned by a particular process:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="14"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus introspect --system --dest org.freedesktop.UPower --object-path / --recurse --only-properties
node / {
node /org {
node /org/freedesktop {
node /org/freedesktop/UPower {
interface org.freedesktop.UPower {
properties:
readonly b IsDocked = true;
readonly b LidForceSleep = false;
readonly b LidIsPresent = false;
readonly b LidIsClosed = false;
readonly b OnLowBattery = false;
readonly b OnBattery = false;
readonly b CanHibernate = true;
readonly b CanSuspend = true;
readonly s DaemonVersion = '0.9.10';
};
node /org/freedesktop/UPower/Policy {
};
node /org/freedesktop/UPower/Wakeups {
interface org.freedesktop.UPower.Wakeups {
properties:
readonly b HasCapability = true;
};
};
};
};
};
};
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
In a similar fashion, the
<B>introspect</B>
command can be used to learn details about the
Notify
method:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="15"><DD>
<PRE>
[...]
interface org.freedesktop.Notifications {
methods:
GetServerInformation(out s return_name,
out s return_vendor,
out s return_version,
out s return_spec_version);
GetCapabilities(out as return_caps);
CloseNotification(in u id);
Notify(in s app_name,
in u id,
in s icon,
in s summary,
in s body,
in as actions,
in a{sv} hints,
in i timeout,
out u return_id);
};
[...]
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
With this information, it's easy to use the
<B>call</B>
command to display a notification
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="16"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus call --session \
--dest org.freedesktop.Notifications \
--object-path /org/freedesktop/Notifications \
--method org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify \
my_app_name \
42 \
gtk-dialog-info \
&quot;The Summary&quot; \
&quot;Here's the body of the notification&quot; \
[] \
{} \
5000
(uint32 12,)
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
Monitoring all objects on a service:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="17"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus monitor --system --dest org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit
Monitoring signals from all objects owned by org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit
The name org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit is owned by :1.15
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2: org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session.ActiveChanged (false,)
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1: org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat.ActiveSessionChanged ('',)
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2: org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session.ActiveChanged (true,)
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1: org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat.ActiveSessionChanged ('/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2',)
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
Monitoring a single object on a service:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="18"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus monitor --system --dest org.freedesktop.NetworkManager --object-path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AccessPoint/4141
Monitoring signals on object /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AccessPoint/4141 owned by org.freedesktop.NetworkManager
The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager is owned by :1.5
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AccessPoint/4141: org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AccessPoint.PropertiesChanged ({'Strength': &lt;byte 0x5c&gt;},)
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AccessPoint/4141: org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AccessPoint.PropertiesChanged ({'Strength': &lt;byte 0x64&gt;},)
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AccessPoint/4141: org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AccessPoint.PropertiesChanged ({'Strength': &lt;byte 0x5e&gt;},)
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AccessPoint/4141: org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AccessPoint.PropertiesChanged ({'Strength': &lt;byte 0x64&gt;},)
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
Emitting a signal:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="19"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus emit --session --object-path /foo --signal org.bar.Foo &quot;['foo', 'bar', 'baz']&quot;
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
Emitting a signal to a specific process:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="20"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus emit --session --object-path /bar --signal org.bar.Bar someString --dest :1.42
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
Waiting for a well-known name to be owned on the bus; this will
<I>not</I>
auto-start the service:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="21"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus wait --session org.bar.SomeName
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
Auto-starting then waiting for a well-known name to be owned on the bus:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="22"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus wait --session --activate org.bar.SomeName
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
Auto-starting a different service, then waiting for a well-known name to be owned on the bus. This is useful in situations where
<I>SomeName</I>
is not directly activatable:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="23"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus wait --session --activate org.bar.PrerequisiteName org.bar.SomeName
</PRE>
</DL>
<P>
Waiting for a well-known name and giving up after 30 seconds. By default, the timeout is disabled; or set
<B>--timeout</B>
to 0 to disable it:
<P>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="24"><DD>
<PRE>
$ gdbus wait --session --timeout 30 org.bar.SomeName
</PRE>
</DL>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
<P>
Please send bug reports to either the distribution bug tracker or the upstream bug tracker at
m[blue]<B><A HREF="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/new">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/new</A></B>m[].
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<P>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+dbus-send">dbus-send</A></B>(1)
<P>
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
<DL>
<DT id="25"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="26"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="27"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="28"><A HREF="#lbAE">COMMANDS</A><DD>
<DT id="29"><A HREF="#lbAF">BASH COMPLETION</A><DD>
<DT id="30"><A HREF="#lbAG">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
<DT id="31"><A HREF="#lbAH">BUGS</A><DD>
<DT id="32"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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