pyqt example ping (snippet)

Python pyqt (gui) example 'ping'

Modules used in program:

• import sys

ping

Python pyqt example: ping

#!/usr/bin/env python


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import sys

from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication
from PyQt5.QtDBus import QDBusConnection, QDBusInterface, QDBusReply


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QCoreApplication(sys.argv)

    if not QDBusConnection.sessionBus().isConnected():
        sys.stderr.write("Cannot connect to the D-Bus session bus.\n"
                "To start it, run:\n"
                "\teval `dbus-launch --auto-syntax`\n");
        sys.exit(1)

    iface = QDBusInterface('org.example.QtDBus.PingExample', '/', '',
            QDBusConnection.sessionBus())

    if iface.isValid():
        msg = iface.call('ping', sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "")
        reply = QDBusReply(msg)

        if reply.isValid():
            sys.stdout.write("Reply was: %s\n" % reply.value())
            sys.exit()

        sys.stderr.write("Call failed: %s\n" % reply.error().message())
        sys.exit(1)

    sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % QDBusConnection.sessionBus().lastError().message())
    sys.exit(1)

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