From c6be14bd0c4533ffa002332312ad6ba7be8664dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Dieter <philipp.dieter@attic-media.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:37:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [TASK] Init

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 README.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 app.py    | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 app.py

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+# remotenotify
+
+A small script which forwards dbus notifications from one bus to an other
+
+# why?
+
+I needed a way to forward messages from a chat application running on an other machine to my main machine.
+
+# how?
+
+Based on snippets from:
+
+- https://stackoverflow.com/a/75122112
+- https://pychao.com/2021/03/01/sending-desktop-notification-in-linux-with-python-with-d-bus-directly/
+
+# config
+
+In order to work the local bus must be available on the remote machine. Only do this if you trust the remote machine! In my case it is only a second workstation used exclusively by me.
+
+```
+ssh -R /run/user/1000/bus-remote:/run/user/1000/bus $REMOTEMACHINE python app.py
+```
+
+# licence
+
+I don't think I am allowed to give this script a licence as it is basically snippets from the two pages copied together. If you want to use the code refer to the licences of the original posts.
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
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+#import dbus
+
+#bus_local = dbus.bus.BusConnection('unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus')
+#bus_remote = dbus.bus.BusConnection('unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus-remote')
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/75122112
+# https://pychao.com/2021/03/01/sending-desktop-notification-in-linux-with-python-with-d-bus-directly/
+
+import dbus
+from gi.repository import GLib
+from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
+from pprint import pprint
+
+def msg_cb(bus, msg):
+    if msg.get_interface() == 'org.freedesktop.Notifications' and msg.get_member() == 'Notify':
+        args = msg.get_args_list()
+        print("Notification from '%s'" % args[0])
+        print("Summary: %s" % args[3])
+        print("Body: %s" % args[4])
+
+        bus_remote = dbus.bus.BusConnection('unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus-remote')
+
+        item = "org.freedesktop.Notifications"
+
+        notfy_intf = dbus.Interface(
+            bus_remote.get_object(item, "/"+item.replace(".", "/")), item)
+
+        notfy_intf.Notify(
+            args[0], 0, "", args[3], args[4],
+            [], {"urgency": 1}, -1)
+
+
+def main():
+    DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
+    bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+
+
+    obj_dbus = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.DBus',
+                              '/org/freedesktop/DBus')
+    obj_dbus.BecomeMonitor(["interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'"],
+                           dbus.UInt32(0),
+                           interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications')
+
+    bus.add_message_filter(msg_cb)
+
+    print('start')
+
+    mainloop = GLib.MainLoop()
+    mainloop.run()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()