i3-config-and-scripts/acpid actions/camera.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script attaches webcam and audio to a specific AppVm.
# It is specific for QubesOS.
# Copyright (C) 2017 Fabrizio Romano Genovese <egonigredo@gmail.com>

# This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
# modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY expressed or implied, including the implied warranties of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
# Public License for more details.

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# GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, 
# see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>

# Put this file in /etc/acpi/actions. Do not forget to give 
# sudo chmod +x camera.sh
# to make it executable.

# ALL THE COMMANDS IN THE SCRIPT HAVE TO BE GIVEN VIA sudo SPECIFYING DISPLAY
# BECAUSE OF QUBESOS WEIRDNESS. 
# IN OTHER SYSTEMS EVERYTHING IS MAYBE EASIER.

camera="sys-usb:2-1.6"
user="Nigredo"
AppVM="personal"

# Checks if a VM exists
checker()
{
vmstate=`sudo -u Nigredo -H sh -c "DISPLAY=:0 qvm-check  $1 | grep \"not\""`
if [ -z "$vmstate" ]; then
        echo "VM $1 exists."
else
        echo "The VM $1 does not exist. aborting"
        exit 2
fi
}

# Attach ($2=true) or detach ($1=false) microphone to AppVM $1
# Thanks to Rusty Bird for the correct dbus command.
microphone()
{
checker $1
sudo -u Nigredo -H sh -c "DISPLAY=:0 dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.QubesOS.Audio.\"$1\" \
        /org/qubesos/audio org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set \
        string:org.QubesOS.Audio string:RecAllowed variant:boolean:\"$2\""
}


# Check if the script has been used before using a tmp file. If not, creates it
# And initializes notification counter. If yes, parses the content of the tmp file
# Then attaches/detaches camera using qvm-usb and microphone using microphone subroutine.
# Then displays the relevant notifications and updates the variables to be written in the tmp file.
if [ ! -f "/tmp/camera_notification_id.dat" ]; then
        notification_id="0"

        sudo -u Nigredo -H sh -c "qvm-usb -a $AppVM $camera"
        microphone $AppVM true

        notification_id=$(sudo -u $user -H sh -c "DISPLAY:=0 notify-send-improved \"Camera Control\" --print-id -t 1000 \"Camera and microphone connected to $AppVM\" | tee /dev/tty")

        camera_id="$notification_id.ON"

else
        camera_id=`cat /tmp/camera_notification_id.dat`
        notification_id=`echo $camera_id | cut -f1 -d"."`
        camera_status=`echo $camera_id | cut -f2 -d"."`

        if [ $camera_status = "ON" ]; then
                sudo -u Nigredo -H sh -c "qvm-usb -d $camera"
                microphone $AppVM false

                notification_id=$(sudo -u $user -H sh -c "DISPLAY=:0 notify-send-improved \"Camera Control\" --print-id -t 1000 \"Camera and microphone disconnected from $AppVM\" | tee /dev/tty")

                camera_id="$notification_id.OFF"


        else
               sudo -u Nigredo -H sh -c "qvm-usb -a $AppVM $camera"
                microphone $AppVM true

                notification_id=$(sudo -u $user -H sh -c "DISPLAY=:0 notify-send-improved \"Camera Control\" --print-id -t 1000 \"Camera and microphone connected to $AppVM\" | tee /dev/tty")

                camera_id="$notification_id.ON"

        fi

fi

# Update the tmp file
        echo "${camera_id}" > /tmp/camera_notification_id.dat