Skype DBus example

dbus_skype_ex1.py

# http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=480701

import time
import gobject

import dbus, sys
import dbus.service
from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop

from threading import Thread

class SkypeNotify(dbus.service.Object):
    """DBus object which exports a Notify method. This will be called by Skype for all
    notifications with the notification string as a parameter. The Notify method of this
    class calls in turn the callable passed to the constructor.
    """

    def __init__(self, bus):
        dbus.service.Object.__init__(self, bus, '/com/Skype/Client')
        print 'Skype notify init done'

    @dbus.service.method(dbus_interface='com.Skype.API.Client')
    def Notify(self, com):
        print 'it works, that s what I got from Skype:'
        print com


class My_Skype(Thread):
    def __init__(self):

        remote_bus = dbus.SessionBus(mainloop=DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True))

        system_service_list = remote_bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.DBus', '/org/freedesktop/DBus').ListNames()
        skype_api_found = 0

        print 'testInit2'

        for service in system_service_list:
            if service == 'com.Skype.API':
                skype_api_found = 1
                break

        if not skype_api_found:
            sys.exit('No running API-capable Skype found')

        self.skype_api_object = remote_bus.get_object('com.Skype.API', '/com/Skype')

        answer = self.send_dbus_message('NAME SkypeApiPythonTestClient')
        if answer != 'OK':
            sys.exit('Could not bind to Skype client')

        print "OK:", answer

        answer = self.send_dbus_message('PROTOCOL 7')
        print "PROTOCOL 7:", answer

        if answer != 'PROTOCOL 7':
            sys.exit('This test program only supports Skype API protocol version 7')

        print 'TestInit3'
        self.skype_in = SkypeNotify(remote_bus)
        gobject.threads_init()

        Thread.__init__(self)

    def run(self):
        mainloop = gobject.MainLoop()
        context = mainloop.get_context()
        while True:
            context.iteration(False)
            time.sleep(0.2)
            
    # Client -> Skype
    def send_dbus_message(self, message):               
        response = self.skype_api_object.Invoke(message)
        return response



if __name__ == "__main__":
    t = My_Skype()
    t.start();