aio.Connection¶
-
class
i3ipc.aio.
Connection
(socket_path: Optional[str] = None, auto_reconnect: bool = False)¶ A connection to the i3 ipc used for querying window manager state and listening to events.
The
Connection
class is the entry point into all features of the library. You must callconnect()
before using thisConnection
.- Example
i3 = await Connection().connect() workspaces = await i3.get_workspaces() await i3.command('focus left')
- Parameters
socket_path (str) – A path to the i3 ipc socket path to connect to. If not given, find the socket path through the default search path.
auto_reconnect (bool) – Whether to attempt to reconnect if the connection to the socket is broken when i3 restarts.
- Raises
Exception – If the connection to i3 cannot be established.
-
property
auto_reconect
¶ Whether this
Connection
will attempt to reconnect when the connection to the socket is broken.- Return type
bool
-
main_quit
(_error=None)¶ Quits the running main loop for this connection.
-
off
(handler: Callable[[Connection, i3ipc.events.IpcBaseEvent], None])¶ Unsubscribe the handler from being called on ipc events.
- Parameters
handler (
Callable
) – The handler that was previously attached withon()
.
-
on
(event: Union[i3ipc.events.Event, str], handler: Callable[[Connection, i3ipc.events.IpcBaseEvent], None])¶ Subscribe to the event and call the handler when it is emitted by the i3 ipc.
- Parameters
event (
Event
or str) – The event to subscribe to.handler (
Callable
) – The event handler to call.
-
property
socket_path
¶ The path of the socket this
Connection
is connected to.- Return type
str