Qdbus error: what am I doing wrong?

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1

hello! I’m trying to send a desktop notification from my kwin script using qdbus:

callDBus(
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    '/org/freedesktop/Notifications',
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify',
    'appname',
    0,
    "kwin",
    "summary",
    "body",
    [],
    {},
    10000
);

from journalctl I can see this error: qt.dbus.integration: QDBusConnection: error: could not send message to service "org.freedesktop.Notifications" path "/org/freedesktop/Notifications" interface "org.freedesktop.Notifications" member "org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify": Invalid method name: org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify

i tried changing org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify to only Notify with the same effect. what am I doing wrong?

2

Try changing the 3rd and 4th parameters to just Notify.

3 
callDBus(
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    '/org/freedesktop/Notifications',
    'Notify',
    'Notify',
    'appname',
    0,
    "kwin",
    "summary",
    "body",
    [],
    {},
    10000
);

I get this message:

qt.dbus.integration: QDBusConnection: error: could not send message to service "org.freedesktop.Notifications" path "/org/freedesktop/Notifications" interface "Notify" member "Notify": Invalid interface class: Notify
4

I was unclear, sorry. Also get rid of the 4th parameter.

5 
callDBus(
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    '/org/freedesktop/Notifications',
    'Notify',
    'appname',
    0,
    "kwin",
    "summary",
    "body",
    [],
    {},
    10000
);

gives the same error message as before, but

callDBus(
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    '/org/freedesktop/Notifications',
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify',
    'appname',
    0,
    "kwin",
    "summary",
    "body",
    [],
    {},
    10000
);

does not give any error, it just does nothing (no notification arrives). if instead I change "appname" with "appname 2" (with the space) I get this error:

qt.dbus.integration: QDBusConnection: error: could not send message to service "org.freedesktop.Notifications" path "/org/freedesktop/Notifications" interface "org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify" member "appname 2": Invalid method name: appname 2

thank you very very much for your help!

6

I think what you want is

callDBus(
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    '/org/freedesktop/Notifications',
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    'Notify'
    'appname',
    0,
    "kwin",
    "summary",
    "body",
    [],
    {},
    10000
);
7

Couldn’t make it work either, and from dbus-monitor output it’s unclear to me what the error is as the signature seems correct?

KWin script doesn’t work

callDBus(
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    '/org/freedesktop/Notifications',
    'org.freedesktop.Notifications',
    'Notify',
    'appname',
    0,
    "kwin",
    "summary",
    "body",
    [],
    {},
    10000
);

dbus-monitor output:

method call time=1716317968.084560 sender=:1.2784 -> destination=org.kde.KWin serial=324 path=/Scripting/Script75; interface=(null); member=run
method call time=1716317968.089895 sender=:1.1436 -> destination=org.freedesktop.Notifications serial=10745 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=Notify
   string "appname"
   int32 0
   string "kwin"
   string "summary"
   string "body"
   array [
   ]
   array [
   ]
   int32 10000
method return time=1716317968.089962 sender=:1.1436 -> destination=:1.2784 serial=10746 reply_serial=324
error time=1716317968.090537 sender=:1.1689 -> destination=:1.1436 error_name=org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod reply_serial=10745
   string "No such method 'Notify' in interface 'org.freedesktop.Notifications' at object path '/org/freedesktop/Notifications' (signature 'sisssava{sv}i')"

Python works

import dbus
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
interface = dbus.Interface(
    bus.get_object("org.freedesktop.Notifications", "/org/freedesktop/Notifications"),
    "org.freedesktop.Notifications",
)
interface.Notify("appname", 0, "kwin", "summary", "body", [], {}, 10000)

dbus-monitor output:

method call time=1716318079.051155 sender=:1.3148 -> destination=:1.1689 serial=4 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=Notify
   string "appname"
   uint32 0
   string "kwin"
   string "summary"
   string "body"
   array [
   ]
   array [
   ]
   int32 10000
8

It’s very strange, from python it works flawlessly also for me

9

I found a bug about this, from about a month ago: 486024 – callDBus fails for specific number types