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   2 # Notmuch Language Bindings [DRAFT]
   3
   4 The Notmuch library, `libnotmuch`, can be used from many programming languages
   5 using the Notmuch language bindings. The [[command line interface|manpages]] and
   6 the [[email clients and frontends|frontends]] are based on the language
   7 bindings.
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  10
  11 ## C and C++
  12
  13 `libnotmuch` is a shared C library. [The API](https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/blob/HEAD:/lib/notmuch.h)
  14
  15 The Notmuch command-line interface is based on the C library.
  16
  17 ## Python
  18
  19 Notmuch includes Python bindings to the Notmuch shared library. Please refer to
  20 the nice and extensive [Notmuch Python API
  21 documentation](http://notmuch.readthedocs.org/projects/notmuch-python/).
  22
  23 The bindings are very simple to use. As an example, given you have the Python
  24 bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH environment variable to point
  25 to the .../bindings/python directory), this snippet will produce a list of mails
  26 matching the given expression:
  27
  28         >>> import notmuch
  29         >>> db = notmuch.Database()
  30         >>> query = db.create_query('tag:inbox AND NOT tag:killed')
  31         >>> list(query.search_messages()) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
  32         [...]
  33
  34 [The source](https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/tree/HEAD:/bindings/python/)
  35
  36 ## Ruby
  37
  38 [The source](https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/tree/HEAD:/bindings/ruby/)
  39
  40 The [client for
  41 vim](https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/blob/HEAD:/vim/README) is in Ruby,
  42 so worth a look.
  43
  44 ## Go
  45
  46 [The source](https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/tree/HEAD:/contrib/go/)