GeoClue2 Locator

#!/usr/bin/env python

import dbus

from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop


def location_updated(old_path, new_path):
    print "Old location path = " + str(old_path)
    print "New location path = " + str(new_path)

def main():
    dbus_loop = DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default = True)

    system_bus = dbus.SystemBus(mainloop = dbus_loop)

    manager_object = system_bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.GeoClue2', '/org/freedesktop/GeoClue2/Manager')
    manager = dbus.Interface(manager_object, 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2.Manager')

    client_path = manager.GetClient()
    client_object = system_bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.GeoClue2', client_path)
    client = dbus.Interface(client_object, 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2.Client')
    client.connect_to_signal('LocationUpdated', location_updated)
    client.Start()

    properties = dbus.Interface(client_object, 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
    location_path = properties.Get('org.freedesktop.GeoClue2.Client', 'Location')

    print "Path to Location Object = " + str(location_path) # Always prints '/' irrespective of client.Start()

    client.Stop()

main()