Applet python

Applet_applet.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# This code is an example for a tutorial on Ubuntu Unity/Gnome AppIndicators:
# http://candidtim.github.io/appindicator/2014/09/13/ubuntu-appindicator-step-by-step.html
# This one is required, but should already be installed

# For Notify
#sudo apt-get install python-gobject
#sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin
#sudo apt-get install libnotify-dev

#For notifications
# http://www.devdungeon.com/content/desktop-notifications-python-libnotify


import os
import signal
import json
from time import sleep
from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
from gi.repository import Gtk as gtk
from gi.repository import AppIndicator3 as appindicator
from gi.repository import Notify as notify

APPINDICATOR_ID = 'app'
show_notify = True

def quit(_):
    notify.uninit()
    gtk.main_quit()


def status(widget):
    global show_notify
    if widget.get_active():
        show_notify = True
    else:
        show_notify = False

#http://candidtim.github.io/appindicator/2014/09/13/ubuntu-appindicator-step-by-step.html

def main():
    indicator = appindicator.Indicator.new(APPINDICATOR_ID, os.path.abspath('icon.svg'), appindicator.IndicatorCategory.SYSTEM_SERVICES)
    indicator.set_status(appindicator.IndicatorStatus.ACTIVE)
    indicator.set_menu(build_menu())
    notify.init(APPINDICATOR_ID)
    gtk.main()

def build_menu():
# Create a menu
    main_menu = gtk.Menu()
    listMenu = gtk.Menu()

# Sub menu
    listItems = gtk.MenuItem("Configuration")
    listItems.set_submenu(listMenu)
    _joke = gtk.MenuItem("Joke")
    _config = gtk.MenuItem("Config")
    _config.set_tooltip_text("    Test      ")

    listMenu.append(_joke)
    listMenu.append(_config)

    _joke.connect('activate', joke)
    _config.connect('activate', win)

    _notify = gtk.CheckMenuItem("Notify")
    _notify.connect('activate', status)
    _notify.set_active(True)

# create exit menu
    _quit = gtk.MenuItem("Quit")
    _quit.connect("activate", quit)

    main_menu.append(listItems)
    main_menu.append(_notify)
    main_menu.append(_quit)

    main_menu.show_all()
    return main_menu

def fetch_joke():
    request = Request('http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random?limitTo=[nerdy]')
    response = urlopen(request)
    joke = json.loads(response.read())['value']['joke']
    return joke

def joke(self):
    if show_notify:
        notify.Notification.new("<b>Joke</b>", fetch_joke(), None).show()
        return True
    else:
        return False

#http://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/application.html#example
#http://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/button_widgets.html#button


def win(self):
    class Handler:
        def onDeleteWindow(self, *args):
            gtk.main_quit(*args)

        def onButtonPressed(self, button):
            label.set_text("Hello World")

    builder = gtk.Builder()
    builder.add_from_file("main.glade")

    window = builder.get_object("main_window")
    label = builder.get_object("label1")

    builder.connect_signals(Handler())
    window.show_all()
    gtk.main()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
    main()

Applet_icon.svg

Applet_main.glade

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Generated with glade 3.18.3 -->
<interface>
  <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.0"/>
  <object class="GtkWindow" id="main_window">
    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
    <property name="window_position">center-always</property>
    <signal name="delete-event" handler="onDeleteWindow" swapped="no"/>
    <child>
      <object class="GtkBox" id="box1">
        <property name="visible">True</property>
        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
        <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
        <child>
          <object class="GtkLabel" id="label1">
            <property name="visible">True</property>
            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
            <property name="label" translatable="yes"></property>
          </object>
          <packing>
            <property name="expand">True</property>
            <property name="fill">False</property>
            <property name="padding">83</property>
            <property name="position">0</property>
          </packing>
        </child>
        <child>
          <object class="GtkButton" id="button1">
            <property name="label" translatable="yes">button</property>
            <property name="visible">True</property>
            <property name="can_focus">True</property>
            <property name="receives_default">True</property>
            <property name="halign">center</property>
            <property name="valign">center</property>
            <property name="margin_left">51</property>
            <property name="margin_right">51</property>
            <property name="margin_bottom">11</property>
            <signal name="pressed" handler="onButtonPressed" swapped="no"/>
          </object>
          <packing>
            <property name="expand">False</property>
            <property name="fill">True</property>
            <property name="position">1</property>
          </packing>
        </child>
        <child>
          <placeholder/>
        </child>
      </object>
    </child>
  </object>
</interface>

Applet_React-icon.svg

Applet_TODO

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