[hamster-applet] example how to operate with dbus

[Toms Baugis <tbaugis src gnome org>]

commit 4e300c30b2994fc6953aac7b62155eb28f035311
Author: Toms Bauģis <toms baugis gmail com>
Date:   Fri Jan 29 16:16:56 2010 +0000

    example how to operate with dbus

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# - coding: utf-8 -
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Toms Bauģis <toms.baugis at gmail.com>
+
+import dbus
+import datetime as dt
+
+HAMSTER_DBUS_PATH = "/org/gnome/Hamster"
+HAMSTER_DBUS_IFACE = "org.gnome.Hamster"
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+    obj = bus.get_object(HAMSTER_DBUS_IFACE, HAMSTER_DBUS_PATH)
+    hamster = dbus.Interface(obj, "org.gnome.Hamster")
+
+
+    facts = []
+    for fact in hamster.GetFacts(0, 0):
+        # run through the facts and convert them to python types so it's easier to operate with
+        res = {}
+        for key in ['name', 'category', 'description']:
+            res[key] = str(fact[key])
+
+        for key in ['start_time', 'end_time', 'date']:
+            res[key] = dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(fact[key]) if fact[key] else None
+
+        res['delta'] = dt.timedelta(days = fact['delta'] / (60 * 60 * 24),
+                                    seconds = fact['delta'] % (60 * 60 * 24))
+
+        res['tags'] = [str(tag) for tag in fact['tags']] if fact['tags'] else []
+
+        facts.append(res)
+
+    print "here are your facts!", facts