#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Capture one frame through the GNOME Screenshot portal and print its path.""" import sys from gi.repository import Gio, GLib target = sys.argv[1] bus = Gio.bus_get_sync(Gio.BusType.SESSION, None) proxy = Gio.DBusProxy.new_sync(bus, Gio.DBusProxyFlags.NONE, None, 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop', '/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop', 'org.freedesktop.portal.Screenshot', None) request = proxy.call_sync('Screenshot', GLib.Variant('(a{sv})', ({'interactive': GLib.Variant('b', False)},)), Gio.DBusCallFlags.NONE, -1, None).unpack()[0] loop = GLib.MainLoop() result = {'uri': None, 'code': 1} def response(_conn, _sender, _path, _interface, _member, params): code, values = params.unpack() if code == 0: result['uri'] = values.get('uri') result['code'] = 0 loop.quit() subscription = bus.signal_subscribe(None, 'org.freedesktop.portal.Request', 'Response', request, None, Gio.DBusSignalFlags.NONE, response) loop.run() bus.signal_unsubscribe(subscription) if not result['uri']: raise SystemExit('Screenshot portal returned no image URI') ok, contents, _etag = Gio.File.new_for_uri(result['uri']).load_contents(None) if not ok: raise SystemExit('could not read screenshot portal URI') Gio.File.new_for_path(target).replace_contents(contents, None, False, Gio.FileCreateFlags.REPLACE_DESTINATION, None) print(target)