+(defun notmuch-call-notmuch-json (&rest args)
+ "Invoke `notmuch-command' with `args' and return the parsed JSON output.
+
+The returned output will represent objects using property lists
+and arrays as lists."
+
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (apply #'call-process notmuch-command nil (list t nil) nil args)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (let ((json-object-type 'plist)
+ (json-array-type 'list)
+ (json-false 'nil))
+ (json-read))))
+