Tweaks to the structure of the code, and added example code.. Approved by Renato Araujo Oliveira Filho, jenkins.

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+This example script exports an action group on the session bus under the name
+com.canonical.testactiongroup and at the object path
+/com/canonical/testactiongroup.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from gi.repository import Gio
+from gi.repository import GLib
+
+
+BUS_NAME = 'com.canonical.testactiongroup'
+BUS_OBJECT_PATH = '/com/canonical/testactiongroup'
+
+
+def action_activated(action, data):
+    name = action.get_name()
+    if action.get_state_type() is None:
+        print 'stateless action activated: %s' % name
+    else:
+        print 'stateful action activated: %s (current state: %s)' %
+              (name, action.get_state())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    bus = Gio.bus_get_sync(Gio.BusType.SESSION, None)
+    # Claim well-known bus name and ensure only one instance of self is running
+    # at any given time.
+    # http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#message-bus-names
+    proxy = Gio.DBusProxy.new_sync(bus, 0, None,
+                                   'org.freedesktop.DBus',
+                                   '/org/freedesktop/DBus',
+                                   'org.freedesktop.DBus', None)
+    result = proxy.RequestName('(su)', BUS_NAME, 0x4)
+    if result != 1 :
+        print >> sys.stderr, ("Name '%s' is already owned on the session bus."
+                              "Aborting.") % BUS_NAME
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    group = Gio.SimpleActionGroup()
+    foo = Gio.SimpleAction.new('foo', None)
+    group.insert(foo)
+    bar = Gio.SimpleAction.new_stateful('bar', None, GLib.Variant.new_boolean(False))
+    group.insert(bar)
+    bleh = Gio.SimpleAction.new_stateful('bleh', None, GLib.Variant.new_string('bleh'))
+    group.insert(bleh)
+    for name in group.list_actions():
+        action = group.lookup_action(name)
+        action.connect('activate', action_activated)
+    bus.export_action_group(BUS_OBJECT_PATH, group)
+
+    GLib.MainLoop().run()
+