DBus Notifcation Popup

dbus_notify_popup

#!/usr/bin/env python

import dbus


def notify(summary, body='', app_name='', app_icon='',
        timeout=5000, actions=[], hints=[], replaces_id=0):
    bus_name = 'org.freedesktop.Notifications'
    object_path = '/org/freedesktop/Notifications'
    interface_name = bus_name

    session_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
    obj = session_bus.get_object(bus_name, object_path)
    interface = dbus.Interface(obj, interface_name)
    interface.Notify(app_name, replaces_id, app_icon, summary, body, actions, hints, timeout)

# If run as a script, just display the argv as summary
if __name__ == '__main__':
    notify(summary='linux-gravatar', body='Added new avatar')