--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+test_description="message property API"
+
+. ./test-lib.sh || exit 1
+
+add_email_corpus
+
+cat <<EOF > c_head
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <notmuch-test.h>
+
+int main (int argc, char** argv)
+{
+ notmuch_database_t *db;
+ notmuch_message_t *message = NULL;
+ const char *val;
+ notmuch_status_t stat;
+
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_database_open (argv[1], NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE, &db));
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_database_find_message(db, "4EFC743A.3060609@april.org", &message));
+ if (message == NULL) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "unable to find message");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > c_tail
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_database_destroy(db));
+}
+EOF
+
+test_begin_subtest "notmuch_message_{add,get,remove}_property"
+cat c_head - c_tail <<'EOF' | test_C ${MAIL_DIR}
+{
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_add_property (message, "testkey1", "testvalue1"));
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_get_property (message, "testkey1", &val));
+ printf("testkey1[1] = %s\n", val);
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_add_property (message, "testkey2", "this value has spaces and = sign"));
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_get_property (message, "testkey1", &val));
+ printf("testkey1[2] = %s\n", val);
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_get_property (message, "testkey1", &val));
+
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_get_property (message, "testkey2", &val));
+ printf("testkey2 = %s\n", val);
+
+ /* Add second value for key */
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_add_property (message, "testkey2", "zztestvalue3"));
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_get_property (message, "testkey2", &val));
+ printf("testkey2 = %s\n", val);
+
+ /* remove first value for key */
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_remove_property (message, "testkey2", "this value has spaces and = sign"));
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_get_property (message, "testkey2", &val));
+ printf("testkey2 = %s\n", val);
+
+ /* remove non-existant value for key */
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_remove_property (message, "testkey2", "this value has spaces and = sign"));
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_get_property (message, "testkey2", &val));
+ printf("testkey2 = %s\n", val);
+
+ /* remove only value for key */
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_remove_property (message, "testkey2", "zztestvalue3"));
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_message_get_property (message, "testkey2", &val));
+ printf("testkey2 = %s\n", val == NULL ? "NULL" : val);
+}
+EOF
+cat <<'EOF' >EXPECTED
+== stdout ==
+testkey1[1] = testvalue1
+testkey1[2] = testvalue1
+testkey2 = this value has spaces and = sign
+testkey2 = this value has spaces and = sign
+testkey2 = zztestvalue3
+testkey2 = zztestvalue3
+testkey2 = NULL
+== stderr ==
+EOF
+test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
+
+
+test_done