simple example of discovering daap shares using avahi

examples/avahi_daap.py

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+import dbus
+import avahi
+import gobject
+import dbus.glib
+
+bus = dbus.SystemBus()
+server = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object(avahi.DBUS_NAME, avahi.DBUS_PATH_SERVER), avahi.DBUS_INTERFACE_SERVER)
+
+def new_service(interface, protocol, name, type, domain, flags):
+    interface, protocol, name, type, domain, host, aprotocol, address, port, txt, flags = server.ResolveService(interface, protocol, name, type, domain, avahi.PROTO_UNSPEC, dbus.UInt32(0))
+    print "Found service '%s' of type '%s' in domain '%s' at address '%s:%s'" % (name, type, domain, address, port)
+
+def remove_service(interface, protocol, name, type, domain):
+    print "Service '%s' of type '%s' in domain '%s' disappeared." % (name, type, domain)
+
+stype = '_daap._tcp'
+domain = 'local'
+browser = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object(avahi.DBUS_NAME, server.ServiceBrowserNew(avahi.IF_UNSPEC, avahi.PROTO_UNSPEC, stype, domain, dbus.UInt32(0))), avahi.DBUS_INTERFACE_SERVICE_BROWSER)
+
+browser.connect_to_signal('ItemNew', new_service)
+browser.connect_to_signal('ItemRemove', remove_service)
+gobject.MainLoop().run()