-import ctypes
-from ctypes import c_int, c_char_p, c_void_p, c_uint64
+import ctypes, os
+from ctypes import c_int, c_char_p, c_void_p, c_uint, c_uint64, c_bool, byref
from cnotmuch.globals import nmlib, STATUS, NotmuchError, Enum
import logging
from datetime import date
as well. Accessing these objects will lead to segfaults and
other unexpected behavior. See above for more details.
"""
- MODE = Enum(['READ_ONLY','READ_WRITE'])
- """Constants: Mode in which to open the database"""
-
_std_db_path = None
"""Class attribute to cache user's default database"""
+ MODE = Enum(['READ_ONLY','READ_WRITE'])
+ """Constants: Mode in which to open the database"""
+
"""notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database)"""
_get_path = nmlib.notmuch_database_get_path
_get_path.restype = c_char_p
+ """notmuch_database_get_version"""
+ _get_version = nmlib.notmuch_database_get_version
+ _get_version.restype = c_uint
+
"""notmuch_database_open (const char *path, notmuch_database_mode_t mode)"""
_open = nmlib.notmuch_database_open
_open.restype = c_void_p
_create = nmlib.notmuch_database_create
_create.restype = c_void_p
- def __init__(self, path=None, create=False, mode= MODE.READ_ONLY):
- """If *path* is *None*, we will try to read a users notmuch
- configuration and use his default database. If *create* is `True`,
- the database will always be created in
- :attr:`MODE`.READ_WRITE mode.
+ def __init__(self, path=None, create=False, mode= 0):
+ """If *path* is *None*, we will try to read a users notmuch
+ configuration and use his configured database. The location of the
+ configuration file can be specified through the environment variable
+ *NOTMUCH_CONFIG*, falling back to the default `~/.notmuch-config`.
+
+ If *create* is `True`, the database will always be created in
+ :attr:`MODE`.READ_WRITE mode. Default mode for opening is READ_ONLY.
:param path: Directory to open/create the database in (see
above for behavior if `None`)
:type path: `str` or `None`
- :param create: False to open an existing, True to create a new
+ :param create: Pass `False` to open an existing, `True` to create a new
database.
:type create: bool
- :param mode: Mode to open a database in. Always
+ :param mode: Mode to open a database in. Is always
:attr:`MODE`.READ_WRITE when creating a new one.
:type mode: :attr:`MODE`
:returns: Nothing
else:
self.create(path)
+ def _verify_initialized_db(self):
+ """Raises a NotmuchError in case self._db is still None"""
+ if self._db is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
def create(self, path):
"""Creates a new notmuch database
- This function is used by __init__() usually does not need
+ This function is used by __init__() and usually does not need
to be called directly. It wraps the underlying
*notmuch_database_create* function and creates a new notmuch
database at *path*. It will always return a database in
raise NotmuchError(
message="Cannot create db, this Database() already has an open one.")
- res = Database._create(path, MODE.READ_WRITE)
+ res = Database._create(path, Database.MODE.READ_WRITE)
if res is None:
raise NotmuchError(
message="Could not create the specified database")
self._db = res
- def open(self, path, mode= MODE.READ_ONLY):
+ def open(self, path, mode= 0):
"""Opens an existing database
- This function is used by __init__() usually does not need
+ This function is used by __init__() and usually does not need
to be called directly. It wraps the underlying
*notmuch_database_open* function.
:param status: Open the database in read-only or read-write mode
:type status: :attr:`MODE`
:returns: Nothing
- :exception: Raises :exc:`notmuch.NotmuchError` in case
+ :exception: Raises :exc:`NotmuchError` in case
of any failure (after printing an error message on stderr).
"""
"""Returns the file path of an open database
Wraps notmuch_database_get_path"""
+ # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
+ self._verify_initialized_db()
+
return Database._get_path(self._db)
+ def get_version(self):
+ """Returns the database format version
+
+ :returns: The database version as positive integer
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` with STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if
+ the database was not intitialized.
+ """
+ # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
+ self._verify_initialized_db()
+
+ return Database._get_version (self._db)
+
+ def needs_upgrade(self):
+ """Does this database need to be upgraded before writing to it?
+
+ If this function returns True then no functions that modify the
+ database (:meth:`add_message`, :meth:`add_tag`,
+ :meth:`Directory.set_mtime`, etc.) will work unless :meth:`upgrade`
+ is called successfully first.
+
+ :returns: `True` or `False`
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` with STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if
+ the database was not intitialized.
+ """
+ # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
+ self._verify_initialized_db()
+
+ return notmuch_database_needs_upgrade(self.db)
+
+ def add_message(self, filename):
+ """Adds a new message to the database
+
+ `filename` should be a path relative to the path of the open
+ database (see :meth:`get_path`), or else should be an absolute
+ filename with initial components that match the path of the
+ database.
+
+ The file should be a single mail message (not a multi-message mbox)
+ that is expected to remain at its current location, since the
+ notmuch database will reference the filename, and will not copy the
+ entire contents of the file.
+
+ :returns: On success, we return
+
+ 1) a :class:`Message` object that can be used for things
+ such as adding tags to the just-added message.
+ 2) one of the following STATUS values:
+
+ STATUS.SUCCESS
+ Message successfully added to database.
+ STATUS.DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID
+ Message has the same message ID as another message already
+ in the database. The new filename was successfully added
+ to the message in the database.
+
+ :rtype: 2-tuple(:class:`Message`, STATUS)
+
+ :exception: Raises a :exc:`NotmuchError` with the following meaning.
+ If such an exception occurs, nothing was added to the database.
+
+ STATUS.FILE_ERROR
+ An error occurred trying to open the file, (such as
+ permission denied, or file not found, etc.).
+ STATUS.FILE_NOT_EMAIL
+ The contents of filename don't look like an email message.
+ STATUS.READ_ONLY_DATABASE
+ Database was opened in read-only mode so no message can
+ be added.
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED
+ The database has not been initialized.
+ """
+ # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
+ self._verify_initialized_db()
+
+ msg_p = c_void_p()
+ status = nmlib.notmuch_database_add_message(self._db,
+ filename,
+ byref(msg_p))
+
+ if not status in [STATUS.SUCCESS,STATUS.DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID]:
+ raise NotmuchError(status)
+
+ #construct Message() and return
+ msg = Message(msg_p, self)
+ return (msg, status)
+
+ def remove_message(self, filename):
+ """Removes a message from the given notmuch database
+
+ Note that only this particular filename association is removed from
+ the database. If the same message (as determined by the message ID)
+ is still available via other filenames, then the message will
+ persist in the database for those filenames. When the last filename
+ is removed for a particular message, the database content for that
+ message will be entirely removed.
+
+ :returns: A STATUS.* value with the following meaning:
+
+ STATUS.SUCCESS
+ The last filename was removed and the message was removed
+ from the database.
+ STATUS.DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID
+ This filename was removed but the message persists in the
+ database with at least one other filename.
+
+ :exception: Raises a :exc:`NotmuchError` with the following meaning.
+ If such an exception occurs, nothing was removed from the database.
+
+ STATUS.READ_ONLY_DATABASE
+ Database was opened in read-only mode so no message can be
+ removed.
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED
+ The database has not been initialized.
+ """
+ # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
+ self._verify_initialized_db()
+
+ status = nmlib.notmuch_database_remove_message(self._db,
+ filename)
+
def find_message(self, msgid):
"""Returns a :class:`Message` as identified by its message ID
- wraps *notmuch_database_find_message*
+ Wraps the underlying *notmuch_database_find_message* function.
- :param msgid: The message id
+ :param msgid: The message ID
:type msgid: string
:returns: :class:`Message` or `None` if no message is found or if an
out-of-memory situation occurs.
:exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` with STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if
the database was not intitialized.
"""
- if self._db is None:
- raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+ # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
+ self._verify_initialized_db()
+
msg_p = Database._find_message(self._db, msgid)
if msg_p is None:
return None
def get_all_tags(self):
"""Returns :class:`Tags` with a list of all tags found in the database
- :returns: :class:`Tags` object or raises :exc:`NotmuchError` with
- STATUS.NULL_POINTER on error
+ :returns: :class:`Tags`
+ :execption: :exc:`NotmuchError` with STATUS.NULL_POINTER on error
"""
- if self._db is None:
- raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+ # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
+ self._verify_initialized_db()
tags_p = Database._get_all_tags (self._db)
if tags_p == None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
return Tags(tags_p, self)
+ def create_query(self, querystring):
+ """Returns a :class:`Query` derived from this database
+
+ This is a shorthand method for doing::
+
+ # short version
+ # Automatically frees the Database() when 'q' is deleted
+
+ q = Database(dbpath).create_query('from:"Biene Maja"')
+
+ # long version, which is functionally equivalent but will keep the
+ # Database in the 'db' variable around after we delete 'q':
+
+ db = Database(dbpath)
+ q = Query(db,'from:"Biene Maja"')
+
+ This function is a python extension and not in the underlying C API.
+ """
+ # Raise a NotmuchError if not initialized
+ self._verify_initialized_db()
+
+ return Query(self, querystring)
+
def __repr__(self):
return "'Notmuch DB " + self.get_path() + "'"
Throws a NotmuchError if it cannot find it"""
from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
- import os.path
config = SafeConfigParser()
- config.read(os.path.expanduser('~/.notmuch-config'))
+ conf_f = os.getenv('NOTMUCH_CONFIG',
+ os.path.expanduser('~/.notmuch-config'))
+ config.read(conf_f)
if not config.has_option('database','path'):
raise NotmuchError(message=
"No DB path specified and no user default found")
@property
def db_p(self):
- """Property returning a pointer to the notmuch_database_t or `None`.
+ """Property returning a pointer to `notmuch_database_t` or `None`
- This should normally not be needed by a user."""
+ This should normally not be needed by a user (and is not yet
+ guaranteed to remain stable in future versions).
+ """
return self._db
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Query(object):
- """ Wrapper around a notmuch_query_t
+ """Represents a search query on an opened :class:`Database`.
+
+ A query selects and filters a subset of messages from the notmuch
+ database we derive from.
- Do note that as soon as we tear down this object, all derived
- threads, and messages will be freed as well.
+ Technically, it wraps the underlying *notmuch_query_t* struct.
+
+ .. note:: Do remember that as soon as we tear down this object,
+ all underlying derived objects such as threads,
+ messages, tags etc will be freed by the underlying library
+ as well. Accessing these objects will lead to segfaults and
+ other unexpected behavior. See above for more details.
"""
# constants
- SORT_OLDEST_FIRST = 0
- SORT_NEWEST_FIRST = 1
- SORT_MESSAGE_ID = 2
+ SORT = Enum(['OLDEST_FIRST','NEWEST_FIRST','MESSAGE_ID'])
+ """Constants: Sort order in which to return results"""
"""notmuch_query_create"""
_create = nmlib.notmuch_query_create
_search_messages = nmlib.notmuch_query_search_messages
_search_messages.restype = c_void_p
+
+ """notmuch_query_count_messages"""
+ _count_messages = nmlib.notmuch_query_count_messages
+ _count_messages.restype = c_uint
+
def __init__(self, db, querystr):
- """TODO: document"""
+ """
+ :param db: An open database which we derive the Query from.
+ :type db: :class:`Database`
+ :param querystr: The query string for the message.
+ :type querystr: str
+ """
self._db = None
self._query = None
self.create(db, querystr)
def create(self, db, querystr):
- """db is a Database() and querystr a string
+ """Creates a new query derived from a Database
+
+ This function is utilized by __init__() and usually does not need to
+ be called directly.
- raises NotmuchError STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if db is not inited and
- STATUS.NULL_POINTER if the query creation failed (too little memory)
+ :param db: Database to create the query from.
+ :type db: :class:`Database`
+ :param querystr: The query string
+ :type querystr: str
+ :returns: Nothing
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`
+
+ * STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if db is not inited
+ * STATUS.NULL_POINTER if the query creation failed
+ (too little memory)
"""
if db.db_p is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
self._query = query_p
def set_sort(self, sort):
- """notmuch_query_set_sort
+ """Set the sort order future results will be delivered in
+
+ Wraps the underlying *notmuch_query_set_sort* function.
- :param sort: one of Query.SORT_OLDEST_FIRST|SORT_NEWEST_FIRST|SORT_MESSAGE_ID
- :returns: Nothing, but raises NotmuchError if query is not inited
+ :param sort: Sort order (see :attr:`Query.SORT`)
+ :returns: Nothing
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if query has not
+ been initialized.
"""
if self._query is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
nmlib.notmuch_query_set_sort(self._query, sort)
def search_messages(self):
- """notmuch_query_search_messages
- Returns Messages() or a raises a NotmuchError()
+ """Filter messages according to the query and return
+ :class:`Messages` in the defined sort order
+
+ Technically, it wraps the underlying
+ *notmuch_query_search_messages* function.
+
+ :returns: :class:`Messages`
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`
+
+ * STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if query is not inited
+ * STATUS.NULL_POINTER if search_messages failed
"""
if self._query is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
return Messages(msgs_p,self)
+ def count_messages(self):
+ """Estimate the number of messages matching the query
+
+ This function performs a search and returns Xapian's best
+ guess as to the number of matching messages. It is much faster
+ than performing :meth:`search_messages` and counting the
+ result with `len()` (although it always returned the same
+ result in my tests). Technically, it wraps the underlying
+ *notmuch_query_count_messages* function.
+
+ :returns: :class:`Messages`
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`
+
+ * STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if query is not inited
+ """
+ if self._query is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ return Query._count_messages(self._query)
def __del__(self):
"""Close and free the Query"""
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Tags(object):
- """Wrapper around notmuch_tags_t"""
+ """Represents a list of notmuch tags
+
+ This object provides an iterator over a list of notmuch tags. Do
+ note that the underlying library only provides a one-time iterator
+ (it cannot reset the iterator to the start). Thus iterating over
+ the function will "exhaust" the list of tags, and a subsequent
+ iteration attempt will raise a :exc:`NotmuchError`
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED. Also note, that any function that uses
+ iteration (nearly all) will also exhaust the tags. So both::
+
+ for tag in tags: print tag
+
+ as well as::
+
+ number_of_tags = len(tags)
+
+ and even a simple::
+
+ #str() iterates over all tags to construct a space separated list
+ print(str(tags))
+
+ will "exhaust" the Tags. If you need to re-iterate over a list of
+ tags you will need to retrieve a new :class:`Tags` object.
+ """
#notmuch_tags_get
_get = nmlib.notmuch_tags_get
def __init__(self, tags_p, parent=None):
"""
- msg_p is a pointer to an notmuch_message_t Structure. If it is None,
- we will raise an NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER).
-
- Is passed the parent these tags are derived from, and saves a
- reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db object
- once all derived objects are dead.
-
- Tags() provides an iterator over all contained tags. However, you will
- only be able to iterate over the Tags once, because the underlying C
- function only allows iterating once.
- #TODO: make the iterator work more than once and cache the tags in
- the Python object.
+ :param tags_p: A pointer to an underlying *notmuch_tags_t*
+ structure. These are not publically exposed, so a user
+ will almost never instantiate a :class:`Tags` object
+ herself. They are usually handed back as a result,
+ e.g. in :meth:`Database.get_all_tags`. *tags_p* must be
+ valid, we will raise an :exc:`NotmuchError`
+ (STATUS.NULL_POINTER) if it is `None`.
+ :type tags_p: :class:`ctypes.c_void_p`
+ :param parent: The parent object (ie :class:`Database` or
+ :class:`Message` these tags are derived from, and saves a
+ reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db object
+ once all derived objects are dead.
+ :TODO: Make the iterator optionally work more than once by
+ cache the tags in the Python object(?)
"""
if tags_p is None:
NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
nmlib.notmuch_tags_move_to_next(self._tags)
return tag
+ def __len__(self):
+ """len(:class:`Tags`) returns the number of contained tags
+
+ .. note:: As this iterates over the tags, we will not be able
+ to iterate over them again (as in retrieve them)! If
+ the tags have been exhausted already, this will raise a
+ :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED on
+ subsequent attempts.
+ """
+ if self._tags is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ i=0
+ while nmlib.notmuch_tags_valid(self._msgs):
+ nmlib.notmuch_tags_move_to_next(self._msgs)
+ i += 1
+ self._tags = None
+ return i
+
def __str__(self):
- """str() of Tags() is a space separated list of tags
+ """The str() representation of Tags() is a space separated list of tags
- This iterates over the list of Tags and will therefore 'exhaust' Tags()
+ .. note:: As this iterates over the tags, we will not be able
+ to iterate over them again (as in retrieve them)! If
+ the tags have been exhausted already, this will raise a
+ :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED on
+ subsequent attempts.
"""
return " ".join(self)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Messages(object):
- """Wrapper around notmuch_messages_t"""
+ """Represents a list of notmuch messages
+
+ This object provides an iterator over a list of notmuch messages
+ (Technically, it provides a wrapper for the underlying
+ *notmuch_messages_t* structure). Do note that the underlying
+ library only provides a one-time iterator (it cannot reset the
+ iterator to the start). Thus iterating over the function will
+ "exhaust" the list of messages, and a subsequent iteration attempt
+ will raise a :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED. Also
+ note, that any function that uses iteration will also
+ exhaust the messages. So both::
+
+ for msg in msgs: print msg
+
+ as well as::
+
+ number_of_msgs = len(msgs)
+
+ will "exhaust" the Messages. If you need to re-iterate over a list of
+ messages you will need to retrieve a new :class:`Messages` object.
+
+ Things are not as bad as it seems though, you can store and reuse
+ the single Message objects as often as you want as long as you
+ keep the parent Messages object around. (Recall that due to
+ hierarchical memory allocation, all derived Message objects will
+ be invalid when we delete the parent Messages() object, even if it
+ was already "exhausted".) So this works::
+
+ db = Database()
+ msgs = Query(db,'').search_messages() #get a Messages() object
+ msglist = []
+ for m in msgs:
+ msglist.append(m)
+
+ # msgs is "exhausted" now and even len(msgs) will raise an exception.
+ # However it will be kept around until all retrieved Message() objects are
+ # also deleted. If you did e.g. an explicit del(msgs) here, the
+ # following lines would fail.
+
+ # You can reiterate over *msglist* however as often as you want.
+ # It is simply a list with Message objects.
+
+ print (msglist[0].get_filename())
+ print (msglist[1].get_filename())
+ print (msglist[0].get_message_id())
+ """
#notmuch_tags_get
_get = nmlib.notmuch_messages_get
def __init__(self, msgs_p, parent=None):
"""
- msg_p is a pointer to an notmuch_messages_t Structure. If it is None,
- we will raise an NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER).
-
- If passed the parent query this Messages() is derived from, it saves a
- reference to it, so we can automatically delete the parent query object
- once all derived objects are dead.
-
- Messages() provides an iterator over all contained Message()s.
- However, you will only be able to iterate over it once,
- because the underlying C function only allows iterating once.
- #TODO: make the iterator work more than once and cache the tags in
- the Python object.
+ :param msgs_p: A pointer to an underlying *notmuch_messages_t*
+ structure. These are not publically exposed, so a user
+ will almost never instantiate a :class:`Messages` object
+ herself. They are usually handed back as a result,
+ e.g. in :meth:`Query.search_messages`. *msgs_p* must be
+ valid, we will raise an :exc:`NotmuchError`
+ (STATUS.NULL_POINTER) if it is `None`.
+ :type msgs_p: :class:`ctypes.c_void_p`
+ :param parent: The parent object
+ (ie :class:`Query`) these tags are derived from. It saves
+ a reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db
+ object once all derived objects are dead.
+ :TODO: Make the iterator work more than once and cache the tags in
+ the Python object.(?)
"""
if msgs_p is None:
NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
logging.debug("Inited Messages derived from %s" %(str(parent)))
def collect_tags(self):
- """ return the Tags() belonging to the messages
-
- Do note that collect_tags will iterate over the messages and
- therefore will not allow further iterationsl
- Raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED) if not inited
+ """Return the unique :class:`Tags` in the contained messages
+
+ :returns: :class:`Tags`
+ :exceptions: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if not inited
+
+ .. note:: :meth:`collect_tags` will iterate over the messages and
+ therefore will not allow further iterations.
"""
if self._msgs is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
return msg
def __len__(self):
- """ Returns the number of contained messages
+ """len(:class:`Messages`) returns the number of contained messages
- :note: As this iterates over the messages, we will not be able to
- iterate over them again (as in retrieve them)!
+ .. note:: As this iterates over the messages, we will not be able to
+ iterate over them again! So this will fail::
+
+ #THIS FAILS
+ msgs = Database().create_query('').search_message()
+ if len(msgs) > 0: #this 'exhausts' msgs
+ # next line raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)!!!
+ for msg in msgs: print msg
"""
if self._msgs is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Message(object):
- """Wrapper around notmuch_message_t"""
+ """Represents a single Email message
+
+ Technically, this wraps the underlying *notmuch_message_t* structure.
+ """
"""notmuch_message_get_filename (notmuch_message_t *message)"""
_get_filename = nmlib.notmuch_message_get_filename
_get_filename.restype = c_char_p
+
"""notmuch_message_get_message_id (notmuch_message_t *message)"""
_get_message_id = nmlib.notmuch_message_get_message_id
_get_message_id.restype = c_char_p
+ """notmuch_message_get_thread_id"""
+ _get_thread_id = nmlib.notmuch_message_get_thread_id
+ _get_thread_id.restype = c_char_p
+
+ """notmuch_message_get_replies"""
+ _get_replies = nmlib.notmuch_message_get_replies
+ _get_replies.restype = c_void_p
+
"""notmuch_message_get_tags (notmuch_message_t *message)"""
_get_tags = nmlib.notmuch_message_get_tags
_get_tags.restype = c_void_p
def __init__(self, msg_p, parent=None):
"""
- msg_p is a pointer to an notmuch_message_t Structure. If it is None,
- we will raise an NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER).
-
- Is a 'parent' object is passed which this message is derived from,
- we save a reference to it, so we can automatically delete the parent
- object once all derived objects are dead.
+ :param msg_p: A pointer to an internal notmuch_message_t
+ Structure. If it is `None`, we will raise an :exc:`NotmuchError`
+ STATUS.NULL_POINTER.
+ :param parent: A 'parent' object is passed which this message is
+ derived from. We save a reference to it, so we can
+ automatically delete the parent object once all derived
+ objects are dead.
"""
if msg_p is None:
NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
def get_message_id(self):
- """ return the msg id
+ """Returns the message ID
- Raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED) if not inited
+ :returns: String with a message ID
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if the message
+ is not initialized.
"""
if self._msg is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
return Message._get_message_id(self._msg)
+ def get_thread_id(self):
+ """Returns the thread ID
+
+ The returned string belongs to 'message' will only be valid for as
+ long as the message is valid.
+
+ This function will not return None since Notmuch ensures that every
+ message belongs to a single thread.
+
+ :returns: String with a thread ID
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if the message
+ is not initialized.
+ """
+ if self._msg is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ return Message._get_thread_id (self._msg);
+
+ def get_replies(self):
+ """Gets all direct replies to this message as :class:`Messages` iterator
+
+ .. note:: This call only makes sense if 'message' was
+ ultimately obtained from a :class:`Thread` object, (such as
+ by coming directly from the result of calling
+ :meth:`Thread.get_toplevel_messages` or by any number of
+ subsequent calls to :meth:`get_replies`). If this message was
+ obtained through some non-thread means, (such as by a call
+ to :meth:`Query.search_messages`), then this function will
+ return `None`.
+
+ :returns: :class:`Messages` or `None` if there are no replies to
+ this message.
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if the message
+ is not initialized.
+ """
+ if self._msg is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ msgs_p = Message._get_replies(self._msg);
+
+ if msgs_p is None:
+ return None
+
+ return Messages(msgs_p,self)
+
def get_date(self):
- """returns time_t of the message date
+ """Returns time_t of the message date
For the original textual representation of the Date header from the
message call notmuch_message_get_header() with a header value of
"date".
- Raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED) if not inited
+
+ :returns: a time_t timestamp
+ :rtype: c_unit64
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if the message
+ is not initialized.
"""
if self._msg is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
return Message._get_date(self._msg)
def get_header(self, header):
- """ TODO document me"""
+ """Returns a message header
+
+ This returns any message header that is stored in the notmuch database.
+ This is only a selected subset of headers, which is currently:
+
+ TODO: add stored headers
+
+ :param header: The name of the header to be retrieved.
+ It is not case-sensitive (TODO: confirm).
+ :type header: str
+ :returns: The header value as string
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`
+
+ * STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if the message
+ is not initialized.
+ * STATUS.NULL_POINTER, if no header was found
+ """
if self._msg is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
return header
def get_filename(self):
- """ return the msg filename
-
- Raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED) if not inited
+ """Return the file path of the message file
+
+ :returns: Absolute file path & name of the message file
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if the message
+ is not initialized.
"""
if self._msg is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
return Message._get_filename(self._msg)
def get_tags(self):
- """ return the msg tags
-
- Raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED) if not inited
- Raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER) on error.
+ """ Return the message tags
+
+ :returns: Message tags
+ :rtype: :class:`Tags`
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`
+
+ * STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if the message
+ is not initialized.
+ * STATUS.NULL_POINTER, on error
"""
if self._msg is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
return Tags(tags_p, self)
+ def add_tag(self, tag):
+ """Add a tag to the given message
+
+ Adds a tag to the current message. The maximal tag length is defined in
+ the notmuch library and is currently 200 bytes.
+
+ :param tag: String with a 'tag' to be added.
+ :returns: STATUS.SUCCESS if the tag was successfully added.
+ Raises an exception otherwise.
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`. They have the following meaning:
+
+ STATUS.NULL_POINTER
+ The 'tag' argument is NULL
+ STATUS.TAG_TOO_LONG
+ The length of 'tag' is too long
+ (exceeds Message.NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
+ STATUS.READ_ONLY_DATABASE
+ Database was opened in read-only mode so message cannot be
+ modified.
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED
+ The message has not been initialized.
+ """
+ if self._msg is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ status = nmlib.notmuch_message_add_tag (self._msg, tag)
+
+ if STATUS.SUCCESS == status:
+ # return on success
+ return status
+
+ raise NotmuchError(status)
+
+ def remove_tag(self, tag):
+ """Removes a tag from the given message
+
+ If the message has no such tag, this is a non-operation and
+ will report success anyway.
+
+ :param tag: String with a 'tag' to be removed.
+ :returns: STATUS.SUCCESS if the tag was successfully removed or if
+ the message had no such tag.
+ Raises an exception otherwise.
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`. They have the following meaning:
+
+ STATUS.NULL_POINTER
+ The 'tag' argument is NULL
+ STATUS.TAG_TOO_LONG
+ The length of 'tag' is too long
+ (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
+ STATUS.READ_ONLY_DATABASE
+ Database was opened in read-only mode so message cannot
+ be modified.
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED
+ The message has not been initialized.
+ """
+ if self._msg is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ status = nmlib.notmuch_message_remove_tag(self._msg, tag)
+
+ if STATUS.SUCCESS == status:
+ # return on success
+ return status
+
+ raise NotmuchError(status)
+
+ def remove_all_tags(self):
+ """Removes all tags from the given message.
+
+ See :meth:`freeze` for an example showing how to safely
+ replace tag values.
+
+ :returns: STATUS.SUCCESS if the tags were successfully removed.
+ Raises an exception otherwise.
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`. They have the following meaning:
+
+ STATUS.READ_ONLY_DATABASE
+ Database was opened in read-only mode so message cannot
+ be modified.
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED
+ The message has not been initialized.
+ """
+ if self._msg is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ status = nmlib.notmuch_message_remove_all_tags(self._msg)
+
+ if STATUS.SUCCESS == status:
+ # return on success
+ return status
+
+ raise NotmuchError(status)
+
+ def freeze(self):
+ """Freezes the current state of 'message' within the database
+
+ This means that changes to the message state, (via :meth:`add_tag`,
+ :meth:`remove_tag`, and :meth:`remove_all_tags`), will not be
+ committed to the database until the message is :meth:`thaw`ed.
+
+ Multiple calls to freeze/thaw are valid and these calls will
+ "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze
+ before a message is actually thawed.
+
+ The ability to do freeze/thaw allows for safe transactions to
+ change tag values. For example, explicitly setting a message to
+ have a given set of tags might look like this::
+
+ msg.freeze()
+ msg.remove_all_tags()
+ for tag in new_tags:
+ msg.add_tag(tag)
+ msg.thaw()
+
+ With freeze/thaw used like this, the message in the database is
+ guaranteed to have either the full set of original tag values, or
+ the full set of new tag values, but nothing in between.
+
+ Imagine the example above without freeze/thaw and the operation
+ somehow getting interrupted. This could result in the message being
+ left with no tags if the interruption happened after
+ :meth:`remove_all_tags` but before :meth:`add_tag`.
+
+ :returns: STATUS.SUCCESS if the message was successfully frozen.
+ Raises an exception otherwise.
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`. They have the following meaning:
+
+ STATUS.READ_ONLY_DATABASE
+ Database was opened in read-only mode so message cannot
+ be modified.
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED
+ The message has not been initialized.
+ """
+ if self._msg is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ status = nmlib.notmuch_message_freeze(self._msg)
+
+ if STATUS.SUCCESS == status:
+ # return on success
+ return status
+
+ raise NotmuchError(status)
+
+ def thaw(self):
+ """Thaws the current 'message'
+
+ Thaw the current 'message', synchronizing any changes that may have
+ occurred while 'message' was frozen into the notmuch database.
+
+ See :meth:`freeze` for an example of how to use this
+ function to safely provide tag changes.
+
+ Multiple calls to freeze/thaw are valid and these calls with
+ "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze
+ before a message is actually thawed.
+
+ :returns: STATUS.SUCCESS if the message was successfully frozen.
+ Raises an exception otherwise.
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`. They have the following meaning:
+
+ STATUS.UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW
+ An attempt was made to thaw an unfrozen message.
+ That is, there have been an unbalanced number of calls
+ to :meth:`freeze` and :meth:`thaw`.
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED
+ The message has not been initialized.
+ """
+ if self._msg is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ status = nmlib.notmuch_message_thaw(self._msg)
+
+ if STATUS.SUCCESS == status:
+ # return on success
+ return status
+
+ raise NotmuchError(status)
+
+
def __str__(self):
"""A message() is represented by a 1-line summary"""
msg = {}
msg['from'] = self.get_header('from')
msg['tags'] = str(self.get_tags())
msg['date'] = date.fromtimestamp(self.get_date())
- return "%(from)s (%(date)s) (%(tags)s)" % (msg)
+ replies = self.get_replies()
+ msg['replies'] = len(replies) if replies is not None else -1
+ return "%(from)s (%(date)s) (%(tags)s) (%(replies)d) replies" % (msg)
def format_as_text(self):
- """ Output like notmuch show """
+ """Output like notmuch show (Not implemented)"""
return str(self)
def __del__(self):