Account¶

Description¶

Backend for the portal for obtaining user information

This Account portal lets sandboxed applications query basic information about the user, like their name and avatar photo. The portal backend will present the user with a dialog to confirm which (if any) information to share.

Methods¶

org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account.GetUserInformation¶

GetUserInformation (
  IN handle o,
  IN app_id s,
  IN window s,
  IN options a{sv},
  OUT response u,
  OUT results a{sv}
)

Gets information about the user.

Supported keys in the options vardict include:

reason (s)

A string that can be shown in the dialog to expain why the information is needed. This should be a complete sentence that explains what the application will do with the returned information, for example: Allows your personal information to be included with recipes you share with your friends.

The following results get returned via the results vardict:

id (s)

The user id.
name (s)

The users real name.
image (s)

The URI of an image file for the users avatar photo.

handle: Object path for the Request object representing this call
app_id: App id of the application
window: Identifier for the application window, see Window Identifiers
options: Vardict with optional further information
response: Numeric response
results: Vardict with the results of the call