DBus filter to capture notifications on Nokia N900 phone

notify-spy.py

import gobject
import dbus
from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop

def msg_filter(_bus, msg):
    if msg.get_member() != "Notify": return
    args = msg.get_args_list()
    print "%s:%s" % (args[3], args[4])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default = True)
    bus = dbus.SessionBus()
    bus.add_match_string("type='method_call',interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'")
    bus.add_message_filter(msg_filter)
    gobject.MainLoop().run()</pre>