class AcrobatProxyListener(QLocalServer): # Signals new_path = pyqtSignal(str) def __init__(self, parent=None): super(AcrobatProxyListener, self).__init__(parent) self.newConnection.connect(self.on_new_connection) self.local_socket = QLocalSocket() def start(self): success = self.listen('Acrobat-Proxy-Listener') print 'Listening for Acrobat paths...' return success def stop(self): success = self.close() print 'Stopped listening for Acrobat paths' return success def on_new_connection(self): print 'NEW CONNECTION' self.local_socket = self.nextPendingConnection() self.local_socket.readyRead.connect(self.on_ready_read) def on_ready_read(self): print 'READING...' data = str(self.local_socket.readAll()) self.local_socket.close() self.local_socket.deleteLater() print 'New path:', data self.new_path.emit(data)