Send Notification to pidgin via python 2.4

Question

In my application I want to send notifications to users through their pidgin internet messanger using python 2.4.

Does anyone can show some light on how this can be done?

Answer 1

Here is an example code using dbus (with Python 2.7, cannot test it with 2.4), but the problem is that it opens a conversation window. I haven't find a way to hide/close/minimize the window.

import dbus
session_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
purple_obj = session_bus.get_object("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService",
                                    "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
purple_int = dbus.Interface(purple_obj, 
                            "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface")
my_account_id = purple_int.PurpleAccountsGetAllActive()[0] # or some other account from yours
conv = purple_int.PurpleConversationNew(1, my_account_id, "recipient's email")
conv_im = purple_int.PurpleConvIm(conv)
purple_int.PurpleConvImSend(conv_im, "This is your message")