notmuch/emacs/notmuch-query.el

;; notmuch-query.el --- provide an emacs api to query notmuch
;;
;; Copyright © David Bremner
;;
;; This file is part of Notmuch.
;;
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;; Authors: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>

(require 'notmuch-lib)
(require 'json)

(defun notmuch-query-get-threads (search-terms &rest options)
  "Return a list of threads of messages matching SEARCH-TERMS.

A thread is a forest or list of trees. A tree is a two element
list where the first element is a message, and the second element
is a possibly empty forest of replies.
"
  (let  ((args (append '("show" "--format=json") search-terms))
	 (json-object-type 'plist)
	 (json-array-type 'list)
	 (json-false 'nil))
    (with-temp-buffer
      (progn
	(apply 'call-process (append (list notmuch-command nil t nil) args))
	(goto-char (point-min))
	(json-read)))))

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;; Mapping functions across collections of messages.

(defun notmuch-query-map-aux  (mapper function seq)
  "private function to do the actual mapping and flattening"
  (apply 'append
	 (mapcar
	   (lambda (tree)
	     (funcall mapper fn tree))
	   seq)))

(defun notmuch-query-map-threads (fn threads)
  "apply FN to every thread in  THREADS. Flatten results to a list.

See the function notmuch-query-get-threads for more information."
  (notmuch-query-map-aux 'notmuch-query-map-forest fn threads))

(defun notmuch-query-map-forest (fn forest)
  "apply function to every message in a forest. Flatten results to a list.

See the function notmuch-query-get-threads for more information.
"
  (notmuch-query-map-aux 'notmuch-query-map-tree fn forest))

(defun notmuch-query-map-tree (fn tree)
  "Apply function FN to every message in TREE. Flatten results to a list

See the function notmuch-query-get-threads for more information."
  (cons (funcall fn (car tree)) (notmuch-query-map-forest fn (cadr tree))))

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;; Predefined queries

(defun notmuch-query-get-message-ids (&rest search-terms)
  "Return a list of message-ids of messages that match SEARCH-TERMS"
  (notmuch-query-map-threads
   (lambda (msg) (plist-get msg :id))
   (notmuch-query-get-threads search-terms)))

(provide 'notmuch-query)