Example of how to make a DBus Notification in Rust

notification.rs

extern crate dbus;

use dbus::{Connection, Message, BusType, MessageItem};

fn main() {
    let c = Connection::get_private(BusType::Session).unwrap();
    let mut m = Message::new_method_call(
        "org.freedesktop.Notifications",
        "/org/freedesktop/Notifications",
        "org.freedesktop.Notifications",
        "Notify"
        ).unwrap();

    let appname = "Thunderbird";
    let icon = "thunderbird";
    let summary = "Hello";
    let body = "This has nothing to do with emails.\nIt should not go away until you acknowledge it.";

    m.append_items(&[
        MessageItem::Str(appname.to_string()),         // appname
        MessageItem::UInt32(0),                        // notification to update
        MessageItem::Str(icon.to_string()),            // icon
        MessageItem::Str(summary.to_string()),         // summary (title)
        MessageItem::Str(body.to_string()),            // body
        MessageItem::new_array(                        // actions
         vec!( MessageItem::Str("".to_string()))).unwrap(),
        MessageItem::new_array(                        // hints
         vec!(
             MessageItem::DictEntry(
                 Box::new(MessageItem::Str("".to_string())),
                 Box::new(MessageItem::Variant(
                         Box::new(MessageItem::Str("".to_string()))
                         ))
             ),
         )
        ).unwrap(),
        MessageItem::Int32(50),                         // timeout
    ]);

    c.send(m).unwrap();
}