1 /* notmuch - Not much of an email library, (just index and search)
3 * Copyright © 2009 Carl Worth
5 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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18 * Author: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
22 * @defgroup notmuch The notmuch API
24 * Not much of an email library, (just index and search)
35 # define NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS extern "C" {
36 # define NOTMUCH_END_DECLS }
38 # define NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS
39 # define NOTMUCH_END_DECLS
55 * The library version number. This must agree with the soname
56 * version in Makefile.local.
58 #define LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION 4
59 #define LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION 3
60 #define LIBNOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION 0
63 #if defined (__clang_major__) && __clang_major__ >= 3 \
64 || defined (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 5 \
65 || defined (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5
66 #define NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(major,minor) \
67 __attribute__ ((deprecated ("function deprecated as of libnotmuch " #major "." #minor)))
69 #define NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(major,minor) __attribute__ ((deprecated))
73 #endif /* __DOXYGEN__ */
76 * Check the version of the notmuch library being compiled against.
78 * Return true if the library being compiled against is of the
79 * specified version or above. For example:
82 * #if LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION(3, 1, 0)
83 * (code requiring libnotmuch 3.1.0 or above)
87 * LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION has been defined since version 3.1.0; to
88 * check for versions prior to that, use:
91 * #if !defined(NOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION)
92 * (code requiring libnotmuch prior to 3.1.0)
96 #define LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION(major, minor, micro) \
97 (LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION > (major) || \
98 (LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION == (major) && LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION > (minor)) || \
99 (LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION == (major) && LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION == (minor) && \
100 LIBNOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION >= (micro)))
103 * Notmuch boolean type.
105 typedef int notmuch_bool_t;
108 * Status codes used for the return values of most functions.
110 * A zero value (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) indicates that the function
111 * completed without error. Any other value indicates an error.
113 typedef enum _notmuch_status {
117 NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0,
121 NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
123 * An attempt was made to write to a database opened in read-only
126 NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE,
128 * A Xapian exception occurred.
130 NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION,
132 * An error occurred trying to read or write to a file (this could
133 * be file not found, permission denied, etc.)
135 * @todo We don't really want to expose this lame XAPIAN_EXCEPTION
136 * value. Instead we should map to things like DATABASE_LOCKED or
139 NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR,
141 * A file was presented that doesn't appear to be an email
144 NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL,
146 * A file contains a message ID that is identical to a message
147 * already in the database.
149 NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID,
151 * The user erroneously passed a NULL pointer to a notmuch
154 NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER,
156 * A tag value is too long (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX).
158 NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG,
160 * The notmuch_message_thaw function has been called more times
161 * than notmuch_message_freeze.
163 NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW,
165 * notmuch_database_end_atomic has been called more times than
166 * notmuch_database_begin_atomic.
168 NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_ATOMIC,
170 * The operation is not supported.
172 NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION,
174 * The operation requires a database upgrade.
176 NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED,
178 * There is a problem with the proposed path, e.g. a relative path
179 * passed to a function expecting an absolute path.
181 NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR,
183 * One of the arguments violates the preconditions for the
184 * function, in a way not covered by a more specific argument.
186 NOTMUCH_STATUS_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT,
188 * Not an actual status value. Just a way to find out how many
189 * valid status values there are.
191 NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS
195 * Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value.
197 * The result is read-only.
200 notmuch_status_to_string (notmuch_status_t status);
202 /* Various opaque data types. For each notmuch_<foo>_t see the various
203 * notmuch_<foo> functions below. */
205 typedef struct _notmuch_database notmuch_database_t;
206 typedef struct _notmuch_query notmuch_query_t;
207 typedef struct _notmuch_threads notmuch_threads_t;
208 typedef struct _notmuch_thread notmuch_thread_t;
209 typedef struct _notmuch_messages notmuch_messages_t;
210 typedef struct _notmuch_message notmuch_message_t;
211 typedef struct _notmuch_tags notmuch_tags_t;
212 typedef struct _notmuch_directory notmuch_directory_t;
213 typedef struct _notmuch_filenames notmuch_filenames_t;
214 typedef struct _notmuch_config_list notmuch_config_list_t;
215 #endif /* __DOXYGEN__ */
218 * Create a new, empty notmuch database located at 'path'.
220 * The path should be a top-level directory to a collection of
221 * plain-text email messages (one message per file). This call will
222 * create a new ".notmuch" directory within 'path' where notmuch will
225 * After a successful call to notmuch_database_create, the returned
226 * database will be open so the caller should call
227 * notmuch_database_destroy when finished with it.
229 * The database will not yet have any data in it
230 * (notmuch_database_create itself is a very cheap function). Messages
231 * contained within 'path' can be added to the database by calling
232 * notmuch_database_add_message.
234 * In case of any failure, this function returns an error status and
235 * sets *database to NULL (after printing an error message on stderr).
239 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully created the database.
241 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'path' argument is NULL.
243 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory.
245 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to create the
246 * database file (such as permission denied, or file not found,
247 * etc.), or the database already exists.
249 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred.
252 notmuch_database_create (const char *path, notmuch_database_t **database);
255 * Like notmuch_database_create, except optionally return an error
256 * message. This message is allocated by malloc and should be freed by
260 notmuch_database_create_verbose (const char *path,
261 notmuch_database_t **database,
262 char **error_message);
265 * Database open mode for notmuch_database_open.
269 * Open database for reading only.
271 NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY = 0,
273 * Open database for reading and writing.
275 NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE
276 } notmuch_database_mode_t;
279 * Open an existing notmuch database located at 'path'.
281 * The database should have been created at some time in the past,
282 * (not necessarily by this process), by calling
283 * notmuch_database_create with 'path'. By default the database should be
284 * opened for reading only. In order to write to the database you need to
285 * pass the NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE mode.
287 * An existing notmuch database can be identified by the presence of a
288 * directory named ".notmuch" below 'path'.
290 * The caller should call notmuch_database_destroy when finished with
293 * In case of any failure, this function returns an error status and
294 * sets *database to NULL (after printing an error message on stderr).
298 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully opened the database.
300 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'path' argument is NULL.
302 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory.
304 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to open the
305 * database file (such as permission denied, or file not found,
306 * etc.), or the database version is unknown.
308 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred.
311 notmuch_database_open (const char *path,
312 notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
313 notmuch_database_t **database);
315 * Like notmuch_database_open, except optionally return an error
316 * message. This message is allocated by malloc and should be freed by
321 notmuch_database_open_verbose (const char *path,
322 notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
323 notmuch_database_t **database,
324 char **error_message);
327 * Retrieve last status string for given database.
331 notmuch_database_status_string (const notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
334 * Commit changes and close the given notmuch database.
336 * After notmuch_database_close has been called, calls to other
337 * functions on objects derived from this database may either behave
338 * as if the database had not been closed (e.g., if the required data
339 * has been cached) or may fail with a
340 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION. The only further operation
341 * permitted on the database itself is to call
342 * notmuch_database_destroy.
344 * notmuch_database_close can be called multiple times. Later calls
347 * For writable databases, notmuch_database_close commits all changes
348 * to disk before closing the database. If the caller is currently in
349 * an atomic section (there was a notmuch_database_begin_atomic
350 * without a matching notmuch_database_end_atomic), this will discard
351 * changes made in that atomic section (but still commit changes made
352 * prior to entering the atomic section).
356 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully closed the database.
358 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred; the
359 * database has been closed but there are no guarantees the
360 * changes to the database, if any, have been flushed to disk.
363 notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *database);
366 * A callback invoked by notmuch_database_compact to notify the user
367 * of the progress of the compaction process.
369 typedef void (*notmuch_compact_status_cb_t)(const char *message, void *closure);
372 * Compact a notmuch database, backing up the original database to the
375 * The database will be opened with NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE
376 * during the compaction process to ensure no writes are made.
378 * If the optional callback function 'status_cb' is non-NULL, it will
379 * be called with diagnostic and informational messages. The argument
380 * 'closure' is passed verbatim to any callback invoked.
383 notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,
384 const char* backup_path,
385 notmuch_compact_status_cb_t status_cb,
389 * Destroy the notmuch database, closing it if necessary and freeing
390 * all associated resources.
392 * Return value as in notmuch_database_close if the database was open;
393 * notmuch_database_destroy itself has no failure modes.
396 notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch_database_t *database);
399 * Return the database path of the given database.
401 * The return value is a string owned by notmuch so should not be
402 * modified nor freed by the caller.
405 notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database);
408 * Return the database format version of the given database.
411 notmuch_database_get_version (notmuch_database_t *database);
414 * Can the database be upgraded to a newer database version?
416 * If this function returns TRUE, then the caller may call
417 * notmuch_database_upgrade to upgrade the database. If the caller
418 * does not upgrade an out-of-date database, then some functions may
419 * fail with NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED. This always returns
420 * FALSE for a read-only database because there's no way to upgrade a
421 * read-only database.
424 notmuch_database_needs_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database);
427 * Upgrade the current database to the latest supported version.
429 * This ensures that all current notmuch functionality will be
430 * available on the database. After opening a database in read-write
431 * mode, it is recommended that clients check if an upgrade is needed
432 * (notmuch_database_needs_upgrade) and if so, upgrade with this
433 * function before making any modifications. If
434 * notmuch_database_needs_upgrade returns FALSE, this will be a no-op.
436 * The optional progress_notify callback can be used by the caller to
437 * provide progress indication to the user. If non-NULL it will be
438 * called periodically with 'progress' as a floating-point value in
439 * the range of [0.0 .. 1.0] indicating the progress made so far in
440 * the upgrade process. The argument 'closure' is passed verbatim to
441 * any callback invoked.
444 notmuch_database_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database,
445 void (*progress_notify) (void *closure,
450 * Begin an atomic database operation.
452 * Any modifications performed between a successful begin and a
453 * notmuch_database_end_atomic will be applied to the database
454 * atomically. Note that, unlike a typical database transaction, this
455 * only ensures atomicity, not durability; neither begin nor end
456 * necessarily flush modifications to disk.
458 * Atomic sections may be nested. begin_atomic and end_atomic must
459 * always be called in pairs.
463 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully entered atomic section.
465 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred;
466 * atomic section not entered.
469 notmuch_database_begin_atomic (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
472 * Indicate the end of an atomic database operation.
476 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully completed atomic section.
478 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred;
479 * atomic section not ended.
481 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_ATOMIC: The database is not currently in
485 notmuch_database_end_atomic (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
488 * Return the committed database revision and UUID.
490 * The database revision number increases monotonically with each
491 * commit to the database. Hence, all messages and message changes
492 * committed to the database (that is, visible to readers) have a last
493 * modification revision <= the committed database revision. Any
494 * messages committed in the future will be assigned a modification
495 * revision > the committed database revision.
497 * The UUID is a NUL-terminated opaque string that uniquely identifies
498 * this database. Two revision numbers are only comparable if they
499 * have the same database UUID.
502 notmuch_database_get_revision (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
506 * Retrieve a directory object from the database for 'path'.
508 * Here, 'path' should be a path relative to the path of 'database'
509 * (see notmuch_database_get_path), or else should be an absolute path
510 * with initial components that match the path of 'database'.
512 * If this directory object does not exist in the database, this
513 * returns NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS and sets *directory to NULL.
515 * Otherwise the returned directory object is owned by the database
516 * and as such, will only be valid until notmuch_database_destroy is
521 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully retrieved directory.
523 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'directory' argument is NULL.
525 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred;
526 * directory not retrieved.
528 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED: The caller must upgrade the
529 * database to use this function.
532 notmuch_database_get_directory (notmuch_database_t *database,
534 notmuch_directory_t **directory);
537 * Add a new message to the given notmuch database or associate an
538 * additional filename with an existing message.
540 * Here, 'filename' should be a path relative to the path of
541 * 'database' (see notmuch_database_get_path), or else should be an
542 * absolute filename with initial components that match the path of
545 * The file should be a single mail message (not a multi-message mbox)
546 * that is expected to remain at its current location, (since the
547 * notmuch database will reference the filename, and will not copy the
548 * entire contents of the file.
550 * If another message with the same message ID already exists in the
551 * database, rather than creating a new message, this adds 'filename'
552 * to the list of the filenames for the existing message.
554 * If 'message' is not NULL, then, on successful return
555 * (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS or NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID) '*message'
556 * will be initialized to a message object that can be used for things
557 * such as adding tags to the just-added message. The user should call
558 * notmuch_message_destroy when done with the message. On any failure
559 * '*message' will be set to NULL.
563 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully added to database.
565 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred,
568 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID: Message has the same message
569 * ID as another message already in the database. The new
570 * filename was successfully added to the message in the database
571 * (if not already present) and the existing message is returned.
573 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: an error occurred trying to open the
574 * file, (such as permission denied, or file not found,
575 * etc.). Nothing added to the database.
577 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL: the contents of filename don't look
578 * like an email message. Nothing added to the database.
580 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
581 * mode so no message can be added.
583 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED: The caller must upgrade the
584 * database to use this function.
587 notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
588 const char *filename,
589 notmuch_message_t **message);
592 * Remove a message filename from the given notmuch database. If the
593 * message has no more filenames, remove the message.
595 * If the same message (as determined by the message ID) is still
596 * available via other filenames, then the message will persist in the
597 * database for those filenames. When the last filename is removed for
598 * a particular message, the database content for that message will be
603 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: The last filename was removed and the
604 * message was removed from the database.
606 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred,
607 * message not removed.
609 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID: This filename was removed but
610 * the message persists in the database with at least one other
613 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
614 * mode so no message can be removed.
616 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED: The caller must upgrade the
617 * database to use this function.
620 notmuch_database_remove_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
621 const char *filename);
624 * Find a message with the given message_id.
626 * If a message with the given message_id is found then, on successful return
627 * (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) '*message' will be initialized to a message
628 * object. The caller should call notmuch_message_destroy when done with the
631 * On any failure or when the message is not found, this function initializes
632 * '*message' to NULL. This means, when NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS is returned, the
633 * caller is supposed to check '*message' for NULL to find out whether the
634 * message with the given message_id was found.
638 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successful return, check '*message'.
640 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'message' argument is NULL
642 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory, creating message object
644 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred
647 notmuch_database_find_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
648 const char *message_id,
649 notmuch_message_t **message);
652 * Find a message with the given filename.
654 * If the database contains a message with the given filename then, on
655 * successful return (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) '*message' will be initialized to
656 * a message object. The caller should call notmuch_message_destroy when done
659 * On any failure or when the message is not found, this function initializes
660 * '*message' to NULL. This means, when NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS is returned, the
661 * caller is supposed to check '*message' for NULL to find out whether the
662 * message with the given filename is found.
666 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successful return, check '*message'
668 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'message' argument is NULL
670 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory, creating the message object
672 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred
674 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED: The caller must upgrade the
675 * database to use this function.
678 notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
679 const char *filename,
680 notmuch_message_t **message);
683 * Return a list of all tags found in the database.
685 * This function creates a list of all tags found in the database. The
686 * resulting list contains all tags from all messages found in the database.
688 * On error this function returns NULL.
691 notmuch_database_get_all_tags (notmuch_database_t *db);
694 * Create a new query for 'database'.
696 * Here, 'database' should be an open database, (see
697 * notmuch_database_open and notmuch_database_create).
699 * For the query string, we'll document the syntax here more
700 * completely in the future, but it's likely to be a specialized
701 * version of the general Xapian query syntax:
703 * https://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html
705 * As a special case, passing either a length-zero string, (that is ""),
706 * or a string consisting of a single asterisk (that is "*"), will
707 * result in a query that returns all messages in the database.
709 * See notmuch_query_set_sort for controlling the order of results.
710 * See notmuch_query_search_messages and notmuch_query_search_threads
711 * to actually execute the query.
713 * User should call notmuch_query_destroy when finished with this
716 * Will return NULL if insufficient memory is available.
719 notmuch_query_create (notmuch_database_t *database,
720 const char *query_string);
723 * Sort values for notmuch_query_set_sort.
729 NOTMUCH_SORT_OLDEST_FIRST,
733 NOTMUCH_SORT_NEWEST_FIRST,
735 * Sort by message-id.
737 NOTMUCH_SORT_MESSAGE_ID,
741 NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED
745 * Return the query_string of this query. See notmuch_query_create.
748 notmuch_query_get_query_string (const notmuch_query_t *query);
751 * Return the notmuch database of this query. See notmuch_query_create.
754 notmuch_query_get_database (const notmuch_query_t *query);
757 * Exclude values for notmuch_query_set_omit_excluded. The strange
758 * order is to maintain backward compatibility: the old FALSE/TRUE
759 * options correspond to the new
760 * NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_FLAG/NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_TRUE options.
763 NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_FLAG,
764 NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_TRUE,
765 NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_FALSE,
770 * Specify whether to omit excluded results or simply flag them. By
771 * default, this is set to TRUE.
773 * If set to TRUE or ALL, notmuch_query_search_messages will omit excluded
774 * messages from the results, and notmuch_query_search_threads will omit
775 * threads that match only in excluded messages. If set to TRUE,
776 * notmuch_query_search_threads will include all messages in threads that
777 * match in at least one non-excluded message. Otherwise, if set to ALL,
778 * notmuch_query_search_threads will omit excluded messages from all threads.
780 * If set to FALSE or FLAG then both notmuch_query_search_messages and
781 * notmuch_query_search_threads will return all matching
782 * messages/threads regardless of exclude status. If set to FLAG then
783 * the exclude flag will be set for any excluded message that is
784 * returned by notmuch_query_search_messages, and the thread counts
785 * for threads returned by notmuch_query_search_threads will be the
786 * number of non-excluded messages/matches. Otherwise, if set to
787 * FALSE, then the exclude status is completely ignored.
789 * The performance difference when calling
790 * notmuch_query_search_messages should be relatively small (and both
791 * should be very fast). However, in some cases,
792 * notmuch_query_search_threads is very much faster when omitting
793 * excluded messages as it does not need to construct the threads that
794 * only match in excluded messages.
797 notmuch_query_set_omit_excluded (notmuch_query_t *query,
798 notmuch_exclude_t omit_excluded);
801 * Specify the sorting desired for this query.
804 notmuch_query_set_sort (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_sort_t sort);
807 * Return the sort specified for this query. See
808 * notmuch_query_set_sort.
811 notmuch_query_get_sort (const notmuch_query_t *query);
814 * Add a tag that will be excluded from the query results by default.
815 * This exclusion will be overridden if this tag appears explicitly in
819 notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude (notmuch_query_t *query, const char *tag);
822 * Execute a query for threads, returning a notmuch_threads_t object
823 * which can be used to iterate over the results. The returned threads
824 * object is owned by the query and as such, will only be valid until
825 * notmuch_query_destroy.
827 * Typical usage might be:
829 * notmuch_query_t *query;
830 * notmuch_threads_t *threads;
831 * notmuch_thread_t *thread;
833 * query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string);
835 * for (threads = notmuch_query_search_threads (query);
836 * notmuch_threads_valid (threads);
837 * notmuch_threads_move_to_next (threads))
839 * thread = notmuch_threads_get (threads);
841 * notmuch_thread_destroy (thread);
844 * notmuch_query_destroy (query);
846 * Note: If you are finished with a thread before its containing
847 * query, you can call notmuch_thread_destroy to clean up some memory
848 * sooner (as in the above example). Otherwise, if your thread objects
849 * are long-lived, then you don't need to call notmuch_thread_destroy
850 * and all the memory will still be reclaimed when the query is
853 * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the
854 * notmuch_threads_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a
855 * notmuch_threads_destroy function, but there's no good reason
856 * to call it if the query is about to be destroyed).
858 * @since libnotmuch 4.2 (notmuch 0.20)
861 notmuch_query_search_threads_st (notmuch_query_t *query,
862 notmuch_threads_t **out);
865 * Like notmuch_query_search_threads_st, but without a status return.
867 * If a Xapian exception occurs this function will return NULL.
869 * @deprecated Deprecated as of libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21). Please
870 * use notmuch_query_search_threads_st instead.
873 NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(4,3)
875 notmuch_query_search_threads (notmuch_query_t *query);
878 * Execute a query for messages, returning a notmuch_messages_t object
879 * which can be used to iterate over the results. The returned
880 * messages object is owned by the query and as such, will only be
881 * valid until notmuch_query_destroy.
883 * Typical usage might be:
885 * notmuch_query_t *query;
886 * notmuch_messages_t *messages;
887 * notmuch_message_t *message;
889 * query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string);
891 * for (messages = notmuch_query_search_messages (query);
892 * notmuch_messages_valid (messages);
893 * notmuch_messages_move_to_next (messages))
895 * message = notmuch_messages_get (messages);
897 * notmuch_message_destroy (message);
900 * notmuch_query_destroy (query);
902 * Note: If you are finished with a message before its containing
903 * query, you can call notmuch_message_destroy to clean up some memory
904 * sooner (as in the above example). Otherwise, if your message
905 * objects are long-lived, then you don't need to call
906 * notmuch_message_destroy and all the memory will still be reclaimed
907 * when the query is destroyed.
909 * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the
910 * notmuch_messages_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a
911 * notmuch_messages_destroy function, but there's no good
912 * reason to call it if the query is about to be destroyed).
914 * If a Xapian exception occurs this function will return NULL.
916 * @since libnotmuch 4.2 (notmuch 0.20)
919 notmuch_query_search_messages_st (notmuch_query_t *query,
920 notmuch_messages_t **out);
922 * Like notmuch_query_search_messages, but without a status return.
924 * If a Xapian exception occurs this function will return NULL.
926 * @deprecated Deprecated as of libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21). Please use
927 * notmuch_query_search_messages_st instead.
930 NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(4,3)
932 notmuch_query_search_messages (notmuch_query_t *query);
935 * Destroy a notmuch_query_t along with any associated resources.
937 * This will in turn destroy any notmuch_threads_t and
938 * notmuch_messages_t objects generated by this query, (and in
939 * turn any notmuch_thread_t and notmuch_message_t objects generated
940 * from those results, etc.), if such objects haven't already been
944 notmuch_query_destroy (notmuch_query_t *query);
947 * Is the given 'threads' iterator pointing at a valid thread.
949 * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_threads_get will return a
950 * valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
951 * notmuch_threads_get will return NULL.
953 * If passed a NULL pointer, this function returns FALSE
955 * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example
956 * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object.
959 notmuch_threads_valid (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
962 * Get the current thread from 'threads' as a notmuch_thread_t.
964 * Note: The returned thread belongs to 'threads' and has a lifetime
965 * identical to it (and the query to which it belongs).
967 * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example
968 * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object.
970 * If an out-of-memory situation occurs, this function will return
974 notmuch_threads_get (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
977 * Move the 'threads' iterator to the next thread.
979 * If 'threads' is already pointing at the last thread then the
980 * iterator will be moved to a point just beyond that last thread,
981 * (where notmuch_threads_valid will return FALSE and
982 * notmuch_threads_get will return NULL).
984 * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example
985 * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object.
988 notmuch_threads_move_to_next (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
991 * Destroy a notmuch_threads_t object.
993 * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
994 * the notmuch_threads_t object will be reclaimed when the
995 * containing query object is destroyed.
998 notmuch_threads_destroy (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
1001 * Return the number of messages matching a search.
1003 * This function performs a search and returns the number of matching
1008 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: query completed successfully.
1010 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: a Xapian exception occured. The
1011 * value of *count is not defined.
1013 * @since libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21)
1016 notmuch_query_count_messages_st (notmuch_query_t *query, unsigned int *count);
1019 * like notmuch_query_count_messages_st, but without a status return.
1021 * May return 0 in the case of errors.
1023 * @deprecated Deprecated since libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21). Please
1024 * use notmuch_query_count_messages_st instead.
1026 NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(4,3)
1028 notmuch_query_count_messages (notmuch_query_t *query);
1031 * Return the number of threads matching a search.
1033 * This function performs a search and returns the number of unique thread IDs
1034 * in the matching messages. This is the same as number of threads matching a
1037 * Note that this is a significantly heavier operation than
1038 * notmuch_query_count_messages{_st}().
1042 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Memory allocation failed. The value
1043 * of *count is not defined
1045 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: query completed successfully.
1047 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: a Xapian exception occured. The
1048 * value of *count is not defined.
1050 * @since libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21)
1053 notmuch_query_count_threads_st (notmuch_query_t *query, unsigned *count);
1056 * like notmuch_query_count_threads, but without a status return.
1058 * May return 0 in case of errors.
1060 * @deprecated Deprecated as of libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21). Please
1061 * use notmuch_query_count_threads_st instead.
1063 NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(4,3)
1065 notmuch_query_count_threads (notmuch_query_t *query);
1068 * Get the thread ID of 'thread'.
1070 * The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be
1071 * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the
1072 * thread is valid, (which is until notmuch_thread_destroy or until
1073 * the query from which it derived is destroyed).
1076 notmuch_thread_get_thread_id (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1079 * Get the total number of messages in 'thread'.
1081 * This count consists of all messages in the database belonging to
1082 * this thread. Contrast with notmuch_thread_get_matched_messages() .
1085 notmuch_thread_get_total_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1088 * Get a notmuch_messages_t iterator for the top-level messages in
1089 * 'thread' in oldest-first order.
1091 * This iterator will not necessarily iterate over all of the messages
1092 * in the thread. It will only iterate over the messages in the thread
1093 * which are not replies to other messages in the thread.
1095 * The returned list will be destroyed when the thread is destroyed.
1097 notmuch_messages_t *
1098 notmuch_thread_get_toplevel_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1101 * Get a notmuch_thread_t iterator for all messages in 'thread' in
1102 * oldest-first order.
1104 * The returned list will be destroyed when the thread is destroyed.
1106 notmuch_messages_t *
1107 notmuch_thread_get_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1110 * Get the number of messages in 'thread' that matched the search.
1112 * This count includes only the messages in this thread that were
1113 * matched by the search from which the thread was created and were
1114 * not excluded by any exclude tags passed in with the query (see
1115 * notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude). Contrast with
1116 * notmuch_thread_get_total_messages() .
1119 notmuch_thread_get_matched_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1122 * Get the authors of 'thread' as a UTF-8 string.
1124 * The returned string is a comma-separated list of the names of the
1125 * authors of mail messages in the query results that belong to this
1128 * The string contains authors of messages matching the query first, then
1129 * non-matched authors (with the two groups separated by '|'). Within
1130 * each group, authors are ordered by date.
1132 * The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be
1133 * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the
1134 * thread is valid, (which is until notmuch_thread_destroy or until
1135 * the query from which it derived is destroyed).
1138 notmuch_thread_get_authors (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1141 * Get the subject of 'thread' as a UTF-8 string.
1143 * The subject is taken from the first message (according to the query
1144 * order---see notmuch_query_set_sort) in the query results that
1145 * belongs to this thread.
1147 * The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be
1148 * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the
1149 * thread is valid, (which is until notmuch_thread_destroy or until
1150 * the query from which it derived is destroyed).
1153 notmuch_thread_get_subject (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1156 * Get the date of the oldest message in 'thread' as a time_t value.
1159 notmuch_thread_get_oldest_date (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1162 * Get the date of the newest message in 'thread' as a time_t value.
1165 notmuch_thread_get_newest_date (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1168 * Get the tags for 'thread', returning a notmuch_tags_t object which
1169 * can be used to iterate over all tags.
1171 * Note: In the Notmuch database, tags are stored on individual
1172 * messages, not on threads. So the tags returned here will be all
1173 * tags of the messages which matched the search and which belong to
1176 * The tags object is owned by the thread and as such, will only be
1177 * valid for as long as the thread is valid, (for example, until
1178 * notmuch_thread_destroy or until the query from which it derived is
1181 * Typical usage might be:
1183 * notmuch_thread_t *thread;
1184 * notmuch_tags_t *tags;
1187 * thread = notmuch_threads_get (threads);
1189 * for (tags = notmuch_thread_get_tags (thread);
1190 * notmuch_tags_valid (tags);
1191 * notmuch_tags_move_to_next (tags))
1193 * tag = notmuch_tags_get (tags);
1197 * notmuch_thread_destroy (thread);
1199 * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the
1200 * notmuch_tags_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a
1201 * notmuch_tags_destroy function, but there's no good reason to call
1202 * it if the message is about to be destroyed).
1205 notmuch_thread_get_tags (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1208 * Destroy a notmuch_thread_t object.
1211 notmuch_thread_destroy (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
1214 * Is the given 'messages' iterator pointing at a valid message.
1216 * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_messages_get will return a
1217 * valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
1218 * notmuch_messages_get will return NULL.
1220 * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example
1221 * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object.
1224 notmuch_messages_valid (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
1227 * Get the current message from 'messages' as a notmuch_message_t.
1229 * Note: The returned message belongs to 'messages' and has a lifetime
1230 * identical to it (and the query to which it belongs).
1232 * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example
1233 * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object.
1235 * If an out-of-memory situation occurs, this function will return
1239 notmuch_messages_get (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
1242 * Move the 'messages' iterator to the next message.
1244 * If 'messages' is already pointing at the last message then the
1245 * iterator will be moved to a point just beyond that last message,
1246 * (where notmuch_messages_valid will return FALSE and
1247 * notmuch_messages_get will return NULL).
1249 * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example
1250 * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object.
1253 notmuch_messages_move_to_next (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
1256 * Destroy a notmuch_messages_t object.
1258 * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
1259 * the notmuch_messages_t object will be reclaimed when the containing
1260 * query object is destroyed.
1263 notmuch_messages_destroy (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
1266 * Return a list of tags from all messages.
1268 * The resulting list is guaranteed not to contain duplicated tags.
1270 * WARNING: You can no longer iterate over messages after calling this
1271 * function, because the iterator will point at the end of the list.
1272 * We do not have a function to reset the iterator yet and the only
1273 * way how you can iterate over the list again is to recreate the
1276 * The function returns NULL on error.
1279 notmuch_messages_collect_tags (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
1282 * Get the message ID of 'message'.
1284 * The returned string belongs to 'message' and as such, should not be
1285 * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the
1286 * message is valid, (which is until the query from which it derived
1289 * This function will not return NULL since Notmuch ensures that every
1290 * message has a unique message ID, (Notmuch will generate an ID for a
1291 * message if the original file does not contain one).
1294 notmuch_message_get_message_id (notmuch_message_t *message);
1297 * Get the thread ID of 'message'.
1299 * The returned string belongs to 'message' and as such, should not be
1300 * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the
1301 * message is valid, (for example, until the user calls
1302 * notmuch_message_destroy on 'message' or until a query from which it
1303 * derived is destroyed).
1305 * This function will not return NULL since Notmuch ensures that every
1306 * message belongs to a single thread.
1309 notmuch_message_get_thread_id (notmuch_message_t *message);
1312 * Get a notmuch_messages_t iterator for all of the replies to
1315 * Note: This call only makes sense if 'message' was ultimately
1316 * obtained from a notmuch_thread_t object, (such as by coming
1317 * directly from the result of calling notmuch_thread_get_
1318 * toplevel_messages or by any number of subsequent
1319 * calls to notmuch_message_get_replies).
1321 * If 'message' was obtained through some non-thread means, (such as
1322 * by a call to notmuch_query_search_messages), then this function
1325 * If there are no replies to 'message', this function will return
1326 * NULL. (Note that notmuch_messages_valid will accept that NULL
1327 * value as legitimate, and simply return FALSE for it.)
1329 notmuch_messages_t *
1330 notmuch_message_get_replies (notmuch_message_t *message);
1333 * Get a filename for the email corresponding to 'message'.
1335 * The returned filename is an absolute filename, (the initial
1336 * component will match notmuch_database_get_path() ).
1338 * The returned string belongs to the message so should not be
1339 * modified or freed by the caller (nor should it be referenced after
1340 * the message is destroyed).
1342 * Note: If this message corresponds to multiple files in the mail
1343 * store, (that is, multiple files contain identical message IDs),
1344 * this function will arbitrarily return a single one of those
1345 * filenames. See notmuch_message_get_filenames for returning the
1346 * complete list of filenames.
1349 notmuch_message_get_filename (notmuch_message_t *message);
1352 * Get all filenames for the email corresponding to 'message'.
1354 * Returns a notmuch_filenames_t iterator listing all the filenames
1355 * associated with 'message'. These files may not have identical
1356 * content, but each will have the identical Message-ID.
1358 * Each filename in the iterator is an absolute filename, (the initial
1359 * component will match notmuch_database_get_path() ).
1361 notmuch_filenames_t *
1362 notmuch_message_get_filenames (notmuch_message_t *message);
1367 typedef enum _notmuch_message_flag {
1368 NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_MATCH,
1369 NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_EXCLUDED,
1371 /* This message is a "ghost message", meaning it has no filenames
1372 * or content, but we know it exists because it was referenced by
1373 * some other message. A ghost message has only a message ID and
1376 NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_GHOST,
1377 } notmuch_message_flag_t;
1380 * Get a value of a flag for the email corresponding to 'message'.
1383 notmuch_message_get_flag (notmuch_message_t *message,
1384 notmuch_message_flag_t flag);
1387 * Set a value of a flag for the email corresponding to 'message'.
1390 notmuch_message_set_flag (notmuch_message_t *message,
1391 notmuch_message_flag_t flag, notmuch_bool_t value);
1394 * Get the date of 'message' as a time_t value.
1396 * For the original textual representation of the Date header from the
1397 * message call notmuch_message_get_header() with a header value of
1401 notmuch_message_get_date (notmuch_message_t *message);
1404 * Get the value of the specified header from 'message' as a UTF-8 string.
1406 * Common headers are stored in the database when the message is
1407 * indexed and will be returned from the database. Other headers will
1408 * be read from the actual message file.
1410 * The header name is case insensitive.
1412 * The returned string belongs to the message so should not be
1413 * modified or freed by the caller (nor should it be referenced after
1414 * the message is destroyed).
1416 * Returns an empty string ("") if the message does not contain a
1417 * header line matching 'header'. Returns NULL if any error occurs.
1420 notmuch_message_get_header (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *header);
1423 * Get the tags for 'message', returning a notmuch_tags_t object which
1424 * can be used to iterate over all tags.
1426 * The tags object is owned by the message and as such, will only be
1427 * valid for as long as the message is valid, (which is until the
1428 * query from which it derived is destroyed).
1430 * Typical usage might be:
1432 * notmuch_message_t *message;
1433 * notmuch_tags_t *tags;
1436 * message = notmuch_database_find_message (database, message_id);
1438 * for (tags = notmuch_message_get_tags (message);
1439 * notmuch_tags_valid (tags);
1440 * notmuch_tags_move_to_next (tags))
1442 * tag = notmuch_tags_get (tags);
1446 * notmuch_message_destroy (message);
1448 * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the
1449 * notmuch_tags_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a
1450 * notmuch_tags_destroy function, but there's no good reason to call
1451 * it if the message is about to be destroyed).
1454 notmuch_message_get_tags (notmuch_message_t *message);
1457 * The longest possible tag value.
1459 #define NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX 200
1462 * Add a tag to the given message.
1466 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Tag successfully added to message
1468 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The 'tag' argument is NULL
1470 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is too long
1471 * (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
1473 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
1474 * mode so message cannot be modified.
1477 notmuch_message_add_tag (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *tag);
1480 * Remove a tag from the given message.
1484 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Tag successfully removed from message
1486 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The 'tag' argument is NULL
1488 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is too long
1489 * (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
1491 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
1492 * mode so message cannot be modified.
1495 notmuch_message_remove_tag (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *tag);
1498 * Remove all tags from the given message.
1500 * See notmuch_message_freeze for an example showing how to safely
1501 * replace tag values.
1503 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
1504 * mode so message cannot be modified.
1507 notmuch_message_remove_all_tags (notmuch_message_t *message);
1510 * Add/remove tags according to maildir flags in the message filename(s).
1512 * This function examines the filenames of 'message' for maildir
1513 * flags, and adds or removes tags on 'message' as follows when these
1514 * flags are present:
1516 * Flag Action if present
1517 * ---- -----------------
1518 * 'D' Adds the "draft" tag to the message
1519 * 'F' Adds the "flagged" tag to the message
1520 * 'P' Adds the "passed" tag to the message
1521 * 'R' Adds the "replied" tag to the message
1522 * 'S' Removes the "unread" tag from the message
1524 * For each flag that is not present, the opposite action (add/remove)
1525 * is performed for the corresponding tags.
1527 * Flags are identified as trailing components of the filename after a
1528 * sequence of ":2,".
1530 * If there are multiple filenames associated with this message, the
1531 * flag is considered present if it appears in one or more
1532 * filenames. (That is, the flags from the multiple filenames are
1533 * combined with the logical OR operator.)
1535 * A client can ensure that notmuch database tags remain synchronized
1536 * with maildir flags by calling this function after each call to
1537 * notmuch_database_add_message. See also
1538 * notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags for synchronizing tag changes
1539 * back to maildir flags.
1542 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags (notmuch_message_t *message);
1545 * Rename message filename(s) to encode tags as maildir flags.
1547 * Specifically, for each filename corresponding to this message:
1549 * If the filename is not in a maildir directory, do nothing. (A
1550 * maildir directory is determined as a directory named "new" or
1551 * "cur".) Similarly, if the filename has invalid maildir info,
1552 * (repeated or outof-ASCII-order flag characters after ":2,"), then
1555 * If the filename is in a maildir directory, rename the file so that
1556 * its filename ends with the sequence ":2," followed by zero or more
1557 * of the following single-character flags (in ASCII order):
1559 * 'D' iff the message has the "draft" tag
1560 * 'F' iff the message has the "flagged" tag
1561 * 'P' iff the message has the "passed" tag
1562 * 'R' iff the message has the "replied" tag
1563 * 'S' iff the message does not have the "unread" tag
1565 * Any existing flags unmentioned in the list above will be preserved
1568 * Also, if this filename is in a directory named "new", rename it to
1569 * be within the neighboring directory named "cur".
1571 * A client can ensure that maildir filename flags remain synchronized
1572 * with notmuch database tags by calling this function after changing
1573 * tags, (after calls to notmuch_message_add_tag,
1574 * notmuch_message_remove_tag, or notmuch_message_freeze/
1575 * notmuch_message_thaw). See also notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
1576 * for synchronizing maildir flag changes back to tags.
1579 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags (notmuch_message_t *message);
1582 * Freeze the current state of 'message' within the database.
1584 * This means that changes to the message state, (via
1585 * notmuch_message_add_tag, notmuch_message_remove_tag, and
1586 * notmuch_message_remove_all_tags), will not be committed to the
1587 * database until the message is thawed with notmuch_message_thaw.
1589 * Multiple calls to freeze/thaw are valid and these calls will
1590 * "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze
1591 * before a message is actually thawed.
1593 * The ability to do freeze/thaw allows for safe transactions to
1594 * change tag values. For example, explicitly setting a message to
1595 * have a given set of tags might look like this:
1597 * notmuch_message_freeze (message);
1599 * notmuch_message_remove_all_tags (message);
1601 * for (i = 0; i < NUM_TAGS; i++)
1602 * notmuch_message_add_tag (message, tags[i]);
1604 * notmuch_message_thaw (message);
1606 * With freeze/thaw used like this, the message in the database is
1607 * guaranteed to have either the full set of original tag values, or
1608 * the full set of new tag values, but nothing in between.
1610 * Imagine the example above without freeze/thaw and the operation
1611 * somehow getting interrupted. This could result in the message being
1612 * left with no tags if the interruption happened after
1613 * notmuch_message_remove_all_tags but before notmuch_message_add_tag.
1617 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully frozen.
1619 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
1620 * mode so message cannot be modified.
1623 notmuch_message_freeze (notmuch_message_t *message);
1626 * Thaw the current 'message', synchronizing any changes that may have
1627 * occurred while 'message' was frozen into the notmuch database.
1629 * See notmuch_message_freeze for an example of how to use this
1630 * function to safely provide tag changes.
1632 * Multiple calls to freeze/thaw are valid and these calls with
1633 * "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze
1634 * before a message is actually thawed.
1638 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully thawed, (or at least
1639 * its frozen count has successfully been reduced by 1).
1641 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW: An attempt was made to thaw
1642 * an unfrozen message. That is, there have been an unbalanced
1643 * number of calls to notmuch_message_freeze and
1644 * notmuch_message_thaw.
1647 notmuch_message_thaw (notmuch_message_t *message);
1650 * Destroy a notmuch_message_t object.
1652 * It can be useful to call this function in the case of a single
1653 * query object with many messages in the result, (such as iterating
1654 * over the entire database). Otherwise, it's fine to never call this
1655 * function and there will still be no memory leaks. (The memory from
1656 * the messages get reclaimed when the containing query is destroyed.)
1659 notmuch_message_destroy (notmuch_message_t *message);
1662 * @name Message Properties
1664 * This interface provides the ability to attach arbitrary (key,value)
1665 * string pairs to a message, to remove such pairs, and to iterate
1666 * over them. The caller should take some care as to what keys they
1667 * add or delete values for, as other subsystems or extensions may
1668 * depend on these properties.
1673 * Retrieve the value for a single property key
1675 * *value* is set to a string owned by the message or NULL if there is
1676 * no such key. In the case of multiple values for the given key, the
1677 * first one is retrieved.
1680 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: *value* may not be NULL.
1681 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: No error occured.
1685 notmuch_message_get_property (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *key, const char **value);
1688 * Add a (key,value) pair to a message
1691 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT: *key* may not contain an '=' character.
1692 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: Neither *key* nor *value* may be NULL.
1693 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: No error occured.
1696 notmuch_message_add_property (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *key, const char *value);
1699 * Remove a (key,value) pair from a message.
1701 * It is not an error to remove a non-existant (key,value) pair
1704 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT: *key* may not contain an '=' character.
1705 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: Neither *key* nor *value* may be NULL.
1706 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: No error occured.
1709 notmuch_message_remove_property (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *key, const char *value);
1712 * Remove all (key,value) pairs from the given message.
1714 * @param[in,out] message message to operate on.
1715 * @param[in] key key to delete properties for. If NULL, delete
1716 * properties for all keys
1718 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in
1719 * read-only mode so message cannot be modified.
1720 * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: No error occured.
1724 notmuch_message_remove_all_properties (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *key);
1727 * Opaque message property iterator
1729 typedef struct _notmuch_string_map_iterator notmuch_message_properties_t;
1732 * Get the properties for *message*, returning a
1733 * notmuch_message_properties_t object which can be used to iterate
1734 * over all properties.
1736 * The notmuch_message_properties_t object is owned by the message and
1737 * as such, will only be valid for as long as the message is valid,
1738 * (which is until the query from which it derived is destroyed).
1740 * @param[in] message The message to examine
1741 * @param[in] key key or key prefix
1742 * @param[in] exact if TRUE, require exact match with key. Otherwise
1745 * Typical usage might be:
1747 * notmuch_message_properties_t *list;
1749 * for (list = notmuch_message_get_properties (message, "testkey1", TRUE);
1750 * notmuch_message_properties_valid (list); notmuch_message_properties_move_to_next (list)) {
1751 * printf("%s\n", notmuch_message_properties_value(list));
1754 * notmuch_message_properties_destroy (list);
1756 * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the
1757 * notmuch_message_properties_t object. (For consistency, we do
1758 * provide a notmuch_message_properities_destroy function, but there's
1759 * no good reason to call it if the message is about to be destroyed).
1761 notmuch_message_properties_t *
1762 notmuch_message_get_properties (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *key, notmuch_bool_t exact);
1765 * Is the given *properties* iterator pointing at a valid (key,value)
1768 * When this function returns TRUE,
1769 * notmuch_message_properties_{key,value} will return a valid string,
1770 * and notmuch_message_properties_move_to_next will do what it
1771 * says. Whereas when this function returns FALSE, calling any of
1772 * these functions results in undefined behaviour.
1774 * See the documentation of notmuch_message_properties_get for example
1775 * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_message_properties_t
1779 notmuch_message_properties_valid (notmuch_message_properties_t *properties);
1782 * Move the *properties* iterator to the next (key,value) pair
1784 * If *properties* is already pointing at the last pair then the iterator
1785 * will be moved to a point just beyond that last pair, (where
1786 * notmuch_message_properties_valid will return FALSE).
1788 * See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_properties for example
1789 * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_message_properties_t object.
1792 notmuch_message_properties_move_to_next (notmuch_message_properties_t *properties);
1795 * Return the key from the current (key,value) pair.
1797 * this could be useful if iterating for a prefix
1800 notmuch_message_properties_key (notmuch_message_properties_t *properties);
1803 * Return the key from the current (key,value) pair.
1805 * This could be useful if iterating for a prefix.
1808 notmuch_message_properties_value (notmuch_message_properties_t *properties);
1812 * Destroy a notmuch_message_properties_t object.
1814 * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
1815 * the notmuch_message_properties_t object will be reclaimed when the
1816 * containing message object is destroyed.
1819 notmuch_message_properties_destroy (notmuch_message_properties_t *properties);
1824 * Is the given 'tags' iterator pointing at a valid tag.
1826 * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_tags_get will return a
1827 * valid string. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
1828 * notmuch_tags_get will return NULL.
1830 * See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_tags for example code
1831 * showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object.
1834 notmuch_tags_valid (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
1837 * Get the current tag from 'tags' as a string.
1839 * Note: The returned string belongs to 'tags' and has a lifetime
1840 * identical to it (and the query to which it ultimately belongs).
1842 * See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_tags for example code
1843 * showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object.
1846 notmuch_tags_get (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
1849 * Move the 'tags' iterator to the next tag.
1851 * If 'tags' is already pointing at the last tag then the iterator
1852 * will be moved to a point just beyond that last tag, (where
1853 * notmuch_tags_valid will return FALSE and notmuch_tags_get will
1856 * See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_tags for example code
1857 * showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object.
1860 notmuch_tags_move_to_next (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
1863 * Destroy a notmuch_tags_t object.
1865 * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
1866 * the notmuch_tags_t object will be reclaimed when the containing
1867 * message or query objects are destroyed.
1870 notmuch_tags_destroy (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
1873 * Store an mtime within the database for 'directory'.
1875 * The 'directory' should be an object retrieved from the database
1876 * with notmuch_database_get_directory for a particular path.
1878 * The intention is for the caller to use the mtime to allow efficient
1879 * identification of new messages to be added to the database. The
1880 * recommended usage is as follows:
1882 * o Read the mtime of a directory from the filesystem
1884 * o Call add_message for all mail files in the directory
1886 * o Call notmuch_directory_set_mtime with the mtime read from the
1889 * Then, when wanting to check for updates to the directory in the
1890 * future, the client can call notmuch_directory_get_mtime and know
1891 * that it only needs to add files if the mtime of the directory and
1892 * files are newer than the stored timestamp.
1894 * Note: The notmuch_directory_get_mtime function does not allow the
1895 * caller to distinguish a timestamp of 0 from a non-existent
1896 * timestamp. So don't store a timestamp of 0 unless you are
1897 * comfortable with that.
1901 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: mtime successfully stored in database.
1903 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception
1904 * occurred, mtime not stored.
1906 * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
1907 * mode so directory mtime cannot be modified.
1910 notmuch_directory_set_mtime (notmuch_directory_t *directory,
1914 * Get the mtime of a directory, (as previously stored with
1915 * notmuch_directory_set_mtime).
1917 * Returns 0 if no mtime has previously been stored for this
1921 notmuch_directory_get_mtime (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
1924 * Get a notmuch_filenames_t iterator listing all the filenames of
1925 * messages in the database within the given directory.
1927 * The returned filenames will be the basename-entries only (not
1930 notmuch_filenames_t *
1931 notmuch_directory_get_child_files (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
1934 * Get a notmuch_filenames_t iterator listing all the filenames of
1935 * sub-directories in the database within the given directory.
1937 * The returned filenames will be the basename-entries only (not
1940 notmuch_filenames_t *
1941 notmuch_directory_get_child_directories (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
1944 * Delete directory document from the database, and destroy the
1945 * notmuch_directory_t object. Assumes any child directories and files
1946 * have been deleted by the caller.
1948 * @since libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21)
1951 notmuch_directory_delete (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
1954 * Destroy a notmuch_directory_t object.
1957 notmuch_directory_destroy (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
1960 * Is the given 'filenames' iterator pointing at a valid filename.
1962 * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_filenames_get will return
1963 * a valid string. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
1964 * notmuch_filenames_get will return NULL.
1966 * It is acceptable to pass NULL for 'filenames', in which case this
1967 * function will always return FALSE.
1970 notmuch_filenames_valid (notmuch_filenames_t *filenames);
1973 * Get the current filename from 'filenames' as a string.
1975 * Note: The returned string belongs to 'filenames' and has a lifetime
1976 * identical to it (and the directory to which it ultimately belongs).
1978 * It is acceptable to pass NULL for 'filenames', in which case this
1979 * function will always return NULL.
1982 notmuch_filenames_get (notmuch_filenames_t *filenames);
1985 * Move the 'filenames' iterator to the next filename.
1987 * If 'filenames' is already pointing at the last filename then the
1988 * iterator will be moved to a point just beyond that last filename,
1989 * (where notmuch_filenames_valid will return FALSE and
1990 * notmuch_filenames_get will return NULL).
1992 * It is acceptable to pass NULL for 'filenames', in which case this
1993 * function will do nothing.
1996 notmuch_filenames_move_to_next (notmuch_filenames_t *filenames);
1999 * Destroy a notmuch_filenames_t object.
2001 * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
2002 * the notmuch_filenames_t object will be reclaimed when the
2003 * containing directory object is destroyed.
2005 * It is acceptable to pass NULL for 'filenames', in which case this
2006 * function will do nothing.
2009 notmuch_filenames_destroy (notmuch_filenames_t *filenames);
2013 * set config 'key' to 'value'
2017 notmuch_database_set_config (notmuch_database_t *db, const char *key, const char *value);
2020 * retrieve config item 'key', assign to 'value'
2022 * keys which have not been previously set with n_d_set_config will
2023 * return an empty string.
2025 * return value is allocated by malloc and should be freed by the
2029 notmuch_database_get_config (notmuch_database_t *db, const char *key, char **value);
2032 * Create an iterator for all config items with keys matching a given prefix
2035 notmuch_database_get_config_list (notmuch_database_t *db, const char *prefix, notmuch_config_list_t **out);
2038 * Is 'config_list' iterator valid (i.e. _key, _value, _move_to_next can be called).
2041 notmuch_config_list_valid (notmuch_config_list_t *config_list);
2044 * return key for current config pair
2046 * return value is owned by the iterator, and will be destroyed by the
2047 * next call to notmuch_config_list_key or notmuch_config_list_destroy.
2050 notmuch_config_list_key (notmuch_config_list_t *config_list);
2053 * return 'value' for current config pair
2055 * return value is owned by the iterator, and will be destroyed by the
2056 * next call to notmuch_config_list_value or notmuch config_list_destroy
2059 notmuch_config_list_value (notmuch_config_list_t *config_list);
2063 * move 'config_list' iterator to the next pair
2066 notmuch_config_list_move_to_next (notmuch_config_list_t *config_list);
2069 * free any resources held by 'config_list'
2072 notmuch_config_list_destroy (notmuch_config_list_t *config_list);
2075 * interrogate the library for compile time features
2078 notmuch_built_with (const char *name);