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+# Authors: see git history
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Authors
+# Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3.0 or later.  See the file LICENSE for details.
+#
+# The original Source can be found here:
+# https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/uploads/ca84fa1092f8d6e81e49b99e659cd025/dbus_test.py
+
+import sys
+from time import sleep
+
+import gi
+from gi.repository import Gio, GLib
+
+gi.require_version("Gio", "2.0")
+
+
+class DBusActions:
+    def __init__(self):
+        try:
+            bus = Gio.bus_get_sync(Gio.BusType.SESSION, None)
+        except BaseException:
+            exit()
+
+        proxy = Gio.DBusProxy.new_sync(bus, Gio.DBusProxyFlags.NONE, None,
+                                       'org.freedesktop.DBus',
+                                       '/org/freedesktop/DBus',
+                                       'org.freedesktop.DBus', None)
+        names_list = proxy.call_sync('ListNames', None, Gio.DBusCallFlags.NO_AUTO_START, 500, None)
+
+        # names_list is a GVariant, must unpack
+        names = names_list.unpack()[0]
+
+        # Look for Inkscape; names is a tuple.
+        for name in names:
+            if ('org.inkscape.Inkscape' in name):
+                break
+
+        appGroupName = "/org/inkscape/Inkscape"
+        self.applicationGroup = Gio.DBusActionGroup.get(
+            bus,
+            name,
+            appGroupName)
+
+    def run_action(self, action, param):
+        self.applicationGroup.activate_action(action, param)
+
+
+# start dbus
+dbus = DBusActions()
+# give it some time to start
+sleep(0.2)
+# clear previous selection
+dbus.run_action('select-clear', None)
+# select with the list of ids
+dbus.run_action('select-by-id', GLib.Variant.new_string(sys.argv[1]))