X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fnotmuch%2Fdatabase.py;h=93e7b7a1cb64d8ffa7aa8607bb679546d995ed2d;hb=1fcbf095828dc91423f61a290887fe244750bf8a;hp=5b58e099b1fde6d692f047d0e32c4ccd9ae0493f;hpb=f5db7ad7d243785c274a99734c681e69d13313d0;p=notmuch

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
index 5b58e099..93e7b7a1 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ from .errors import (
     NotmuchError,
     NullPointerError,
     NotInitializedError,
-    ReadOnlyDatabaseError,
 )
 from .message import Message
 from .tag import Tags
@@ -575,6 +574,22 @@ class Database(object):
         """
         return Query(self, querystring)
 
+    """notmuch_database_status_string"""
+    _status_string = nmlib.notmuch_database_status_string
+    _status_string.argtypes = [NotmuchDatabaseP]
+    _status_string.restype = c_char_p
+
+    def status_string(self):
+        """Returns the status string of the database
+
+        This is sometimes used for additional error reporting
+        """
+        self._assert_db_is_initialized()
+        s = Database._status_string(self._db)
+        if s:
+            return s.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+        return s
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return "'Notmuch DB " + self.get_path() + "'"