5 Interface net.connman.Agent
6 Object path freely definable
10 This method gets called when the service daemon
11 unregisters the agent. An agent can use it to do
12 cleanup tasks. There is no need to unregister the
13 agent, because when this method gets called it has
14 already been unregistered.
16 void ReportError(object service, string error)
18 This method gets called when an error has to be
21 A special return value can be used to trigger a
22 retry of the failed transaction.
24 Possible Errors: [service].Error.Retry
26 dict RequestInput(object service, dict fields)
28 This method gets called when trying to connect to
29 a service and some extra input is required. For
30 example a passphrase or the name of a hidden network.
32 The return value should be a dictionary where the
33 keys are the field names and the values are the
34 actual fields. Alternative an error indicating that
35 the request got cannceled can be returned.
37 Most common return field names are "Name" and of
40 The dictionary arguments contains field names with
41 their input parameters.
43 Possible Errors: [service].Error.Canceled
47 This method gets called to indicate that the agent
48 request failed before a reply was returned.
52 The name of a network. This field will be requested
53 when trying to connect to a hidden network.
57 This field is an alternative to "Name" for WiFi
58 networks and can be used to return the exact binary
59 representation of a network name.
61 Normally returning the "Name" field is the better
66 The passphrase for a network. For example a WEP
67 key or a PSK passphrase.
71 Contains the type of a field. For example "psk",
72 "wep", "ssid" or plain "string".
76 Contains the requirement option. Valid values are
77 "mandatory", "optional" or "alternate".
79 The "alternate" specifies that this field can be
80 return as an alternative to another one. An example
81 would be the network name or SSID.
83 All "mandatory" fields must be returned, while the
84 "optional" can be returned if available.
86 array{string} Alternates
88 Contains the list of alternate field names this
89 field can be represented by.
91 Examples Requesting a passphrase for WPA2 network
93 RequestInput("/service1",
94 { "Passphrase" : { "Type" : "psk",
95 "Requirement" : "mandatory"
98 ==> { "Passphrase" : "secret123" }
100 Requesting name for hidden network
102 RequestInput("/service2",
103 { "Name" : { "Type" : "string",
104 "Requirement" : "mandatory",
105 "Alternates" : [ "SSID" ]
107 "SSID" : { "Type" : "ssid",
108 "Requirement" : "alternate"
111 ==> { "Name" : "My hidden network" }