AppIndicator experiment

joke_appindicator.py

# 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

import os
import signal
import json
import gi

from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import URLError

gi.require_versions(
    {'Gtk': '3.0',
     'Notify': '0.7',
     'AppIndicator3': '0.1'}
)
    
from gi.repository import Gtk
from gi.repository import Notify
from gi.repository import AppIndicator3 as AppIndicator


def build_menu():
    menu = Gtk.Menu()
    item_joke = Gtk.MenuItem('Joke')
    item_joke.connect('activate', joke)
    menu.append(item_joke)
    item_quit = Gtk.MenuItem('Quit')
    item_quit.connect('activate', quit)
    menu.append(item_quit)
    menu.show_all()
    return 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 "<b>%s</b>" % joke


def joke(_):
    Notify.Notification.new("Joke", fetch_joke(), None).show()


def quit(_):
    Notify.uninit()
    Gtk.main_quit()


def main():
    indicator = AppIndicator.Indicator.new("Testing", 'blueman', AppIndicator.IndicatorCategory.SYSTEM_SERVICES)
    indicator.set_status(AppIndicator.IndicatorStatus.ACTIVE)
    indicator.set_menu(build_menu())
    indicator.set_title("blueman\n<b>Connections</b>")
    indicator.set_icon("firefox")
    indicator.set_label("Bluetooth", "Bluetooth")
    Notify.init("Testing")
    Gtk.main()


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