import dbus bus = dbus.SessionBus() proxy_obj = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.DBus', '/org/freedesktop/DBus') dbus_iface = dbus.Interface(proxy_obj, 'org.freedesktop.DBus') for name in dbus_iface.ListNames(): print name proxy_obj = bus.get_object('vandenoever.strigi', '/search') dbus_iface = dbus.Interface(proxy_obj, 'vandenoever.strigi') print dbus_iface.getStatus() print dbus_iface.stopDaemon()