man: add example for sd_bus_call_method

man/print-unit-path-call-method.c

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
+
+/* This is equivalent to:
+ * busctl call org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1 \
+ *       org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager GetUnitByPID $$
+ *
+ * Compile with 'cc print-unit-path-call-method.c -lsystemd'
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
+
+#define _cleanup_(f) __attribute__((cleanup(f)))
+#define DESTINATION "org.freedesktop.systemd1"
+#define PATH        "/org/freedesktop/systemd1"
+#define INTERFACE   "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager"
+#define MEMBER      "GetUnitByPID"
+
+static int log_error(int error, const char *message) {
+  errno = -error;
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s: %m\n", message);
+  return error;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
+  _cleanup_(sd_bus_error_free) sd_bus_error error = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
+  _cleanup_(sd_bus_message_unrefp) sd_bus_message *reply = NULL;
+  int r;
+
+  r = sd_bus_open_system(&bus);
+  if (r < 0)
+    return log_error(r, "Failed to acquire bus");
+
+  r = sd_bus_call_method(bus, DESTINATION, PATH, INTERFACE, MEMBER, &error, &reply, "u", (unsigned) getpid());
+  if (r < 0)
+    return log_error(r, MEMBER " call failed");
+
+  const char *ans;
+  r = sd_bus_message_read(reply, "o", &ans);
+  if (r < 0)
+    return log_error(r, "Failed to read reply");
+
+  printf("Unit path is \"%s\".\n", ans);
+
+  return 0;
+}

man/sd_bus_call_method.xml

@@ -126,6 +126,19 @@
 
   <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
 
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Examples</title>
+
+    <example>
+      <title>Make a call to a D-Bus method that takes a single parameter</title>
+
+      <programlisting><xi:include href="print-unit-path-call-method.c" parse="text" /></programlisting>
+      <para>This defines a minimally useful program that will open a connection to the bus, call a method,
+      wait for the reply, and finally extract and print the answer. It does error handling and proper
+      memory management.</para>
+    </example>
+  </refsect1>
+
   <refsect1>
     <title>See Also</title>