README.creole

= DBUS =

Node.js bindings for libdbus. There are no dependencies on glib.

{{{

var //Get the dbus module dbus = require('dbus'),

//Use the system bus with Avahi namespace
bus = dbus.system('org.freedesktop.Avahi'), 

//Get the root object and access its server interface
root = dbus.object('/').as('org.freedesktop.Avahi.Server'); 

//Wait till the root object is ready for operation as the DBus introspection //system will automatically populate all the methods of the root object root.on("ready", function() { //Call the serviceBrowserNew method as defined by the Avahi specification; all functions have //their first letter lowercased and one additional parameter, the callback, added. //interface, protocol, type, domain, flags root.serviceBrowserNew(-1, -1, "_ssh._tcp", "", 0, function(err, browser) { if (err) throw new Error('Unable to make service browser: '+err); //Now we have a service browser object; all objects are automatically converted into //DBUSObject behind the scenes, so we just need to specify the interface of the object //we wish to access browser = brower.as('org.freedesktop.Avahi.ServiceBrowser');

	//Signals to objects are emitted as events. You do NOT need to wait on the "ready" event
	//to register event handlers. Event names also, likewise, have their first letter lowercased
	//to match JavaScript convention
	browser.on("itemNew", function(interface, protocol, name, type, domain, flags) {
		console.log("Found new service! "+name)
	})
});

})

}}}