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+# Copyright 2024 Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3
+
+"""Communicate with a systemd instance via dbus using jeepney."""
+
+import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import typing
+
+import jeepney.io.asyncio
+
+
+@contextlib.asynccontextmanager
+async def jeepney_listen_signal(
+    router: jeepney.io.asyncio.DBusRouter, matchrule: jeepney.MatchRule,
+) -> jeepney.io.asyncio.FilterHandle:
+    """Call AddMatch/RemoveMatch on context entry/exit and give filtered queue.
+    """
+    jeepney.wrappers.unwrap_msg(
+        await router.send_and_get_reply(
+            jeepney.bus_messages.message_bus.AddMatch(matchrule)
+        ),
+    )
+    try:
+        with router.filter(matchrule) as queue:
+            yield queue
+    finally:
+        jeepney.wrappers.unwrap_msg(
+            await router.send_and_get_reply(
+                jeepney.bus_messages.message_bus.RemoveMatch(matchrule)
+            ),
+        )
+
+
+async def start_transient_unit(
+    unitname: str, properties: list[tuple[str, tuple[str, typing.Any]]]
+) -> None:
+    """Call the StartTransientUnit dbus method on the user manager. The given
+    properties are tuples of property names and dbus-typed values.
+    """
+    async with (
+        jeepney.io.asyncio.open_dbus_router() as router,
+        jeepney_listen_signal(
+            router,
+            jeepney.MatchRule(
+                type="signal",
+                interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager",
+                member="JobRemoved",
+                path="/org/freedesktop/systemd1",
+            ),
+        ) as queue,
+    ):
+        (scope_job,) = jeepney.wrappers.unwrap_msg(
+            await router.send_and_get_reply(
+                jeepney.new_method_call(
+                    jeepney.DBusAddress(
+                        "/org/freedesktop/systemd1",
+                        bus_name="org.freedesktop.systemd1",
+                        interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager",
+                    ),
+                    "StartTransientUnit",
+                    "ssa(sv)a(sa(sv))",
+                    (unitname, "fail", properties, []),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        deadline = loop.time() + 60
+        while True:
+            message = jeepney.wrappers.unwrap_msg(
+                await asyncio.wait_for(queue.get(), deadline - loop.time())
+            )
+            if message[1] != scope_job:
+                continue
+            if message[3] != "done":
+                raise OSError("StartTransientUnit failed: " + message[3])
+            return