Package Exports

dbus-native
dbus-native/lib/constants

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Readme

node-dbus

D-bus protocol client and server for node.js

Installation

npm install dbus-native

git clone https://github.com/sidorares/node-dbus # clone the repo
cd node-dbus 
npm install # install dependencies
sudo cp examples/com.github.sidorares.dbus.Example.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ # if you want to test examples/service.js

Usage

var dbus = require('dbus-native');
// TODO: docs for options
var connection = dbus(options);
// raw message: (everything else is wrapper around message)
// same as dbus-send org.freedesktop.dbus /org/freedesktop/dbus Hello
var cookie = connection.message({
  type: dbus.messageType.functionCall, // optional, default to functionCall
  // flags:     // optional, default to no flags
  path: '/org/freedesktop/DBus',
  interface: 'org.freedesktop.DBus',
  destination: 'org.freedesktop.DBus'
  member: 'Hello'
});

connection.on('message', function(message) {
  // handle reply
});

// higher-level API:
connection.invoke(..., callback);

// TODO: introspection and proxies

TODO: examples using dbus-send and corresponding dbus-native api.