How to use dbus.Byte in python like in dbus-native

[zhangtianye]

Hi,
Can you give me some way to use dbus-native as I can use "dbus.Byte" and " dbus.ByteArray " in python?
Some data I can use "dbus.ByteArray" in python to communicate with application like NetworkManager,
but failed in dbus-native.
Here is a link to dbus.ByteArray:
http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-python/api/dbus.ByteArray-class.html
And here is my python code:

import dbus
con = {
    '802-11-wireless':{
        'ssid':dbus.ByteArray('homewifi'),
    },
    'connection':{
        'type':'802-11-wireless',
        'uuid':'7371bb78-c1f7-42a3-a9db-5b9566e8ca07',
        'id':'My_need_wifi'
    },
    'ipv4':{'method':'auto'},
    'ipv6':{'method':'auto'}
}
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
proxy = bus.get_object("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager", "/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings")
settings = dbus.Interface(proxy, "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings")
settings.AddConnection(con)

Is there any way I can use like dbus.Byte or dbus.ByteArray in dbus-native like in python-dbus ?
Thanks.

[zhangtianye]

Here is some message about dbus.ByteArray

[sidorares]

just use 'ay' signature and array of numbers as value. I'll try to see what messages exactly python script sends

[zhangtianye]

Hi,
Thanks for your "ay" signature, I have solve my problem eventhough the process looks so foolish.
I use Buffer in nodejs to replace dbus.ByteArray and it makes me succeed.
Here is my new code:

a = 'TP-LINK_10DC';
var buffer = Buffer(a);
con = [
  ['802-11-wireless', [
    ['mode', ['s','infrastructure']],
    ['security', ['s','802-11-wireless-security']],
      ['ssid', ['ay', [buffer]]]
  ]],
  ['802-11-wireless-security', [
    ['auth-alg', ['s','open']], 
    ['key-mgmt', ['s','wpa-psk']],
    ['psk', ['s','0123456789']]
  ]],
  ['connection',[
    ['id', ['s','TP-LINK_10DC']],
    ['type', ['s','802-11-wireless']],
    ['uuid', ['s',uuid.v1().toString()]]
  ]],
 ['ipv4', [
 ['method', ['s','auto']]
 ]],
 ['ipv6', [
    ['method', ['s','auto']]
        ]]
]

I use it to replace dbus.ByteArray in python.
In my opinion,you can integrate these functions(which looks simple but difficult to realize) in python in dbus-native to make it easier to use.
Thanks for your help.

[sidorares]

@zhangtianye buffer should work same way as array of numbers, just make sure that ay is serialised as [array], not array. See also comments in #52

[sidorares]

closing this as the main issue is known ( complex types, especially variants are very verbose and there should be easier way to read/write them + documentation )