/* notmuch - Not much of an email library, (just index and search) * * Copyright © 2009 Carl Worth * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ . * * Author: Carl Worth */ #ifndef NOTMUCH_H #define NOTMUCH_H #ifdef __cplusplus # define NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS extern "C" { # define NOTMUCH_END_DECLS } #else # define NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS # define NOTMUCH_END_DECLS #endif NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS #include #ifndef FALSE #define FALSE 0 #endif #ifndef TRUE #define TRUE 1 #endif typedef int notmuch_bool_t; /* Status codes used for the return values of most functions. * * A zero value (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) indicates that the function * completed without error. Any other value indicates an error as * follows: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: No error occurred. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory * * XXX: We don't really want to expose this lame XAPIAN_EXCEPTION * value. Instead we should map to things like DATABASE_LOCKED or * whatever. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to read or * write to a file (this could be file not found, permission * denied, etc.) * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL: A file was presented that doesn't * appear to be an email message. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID: A file contains a message ID * that is identical to a message already in the database. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The user erroneously passed a NULL * pointer to a notmuch function. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: A tag value is too long (exceeds * NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX) * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS: Not an actual status value. Just a way * to find out how many valid status values there are. */ typedef enum _notmuch_status { NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0, NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY, NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION, NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR, NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL, NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID, NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER, NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG, NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS } notmuch_status_t; /* Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value. * * The result is readonly. */ const char * notmuch_status_to_string (notmuch_status_t status); /* Various opaque data types. For each notmuch__t see the various * notmuch_ functions below. */ typedef struct _notmuch_database notmuch_database_t; typedef struct _notmuch_query notmuch_query_t; typedef struct _notmuch_thread_results notmuch_thread_results_t; typedef struct _notmuch_thread notmuch_thread_t; typedef struct _notmuch_message_results notmuch_message_results_t; typedef struct _notmuch_message notmuch_message_t; typedef struct _notmuch_tags notmuch_tags_t; /* Lookup the default database path. * * This is the path that will be used by notmuch_database_create and * notmuch_database_open if given a NULL path. Specifically it will be * the value of the NOTMUCH_BASE environment variable if set, * otherwise ${HOME}/mail * * Returns a newly allocated string which the caller should free() * when finished with it. */ char * notmuch_database_default_path (void); /* Create a new, empty notmuch database located at 'path'. * * The path should be a top-level directory to a collection of * plain-text email messages (one message per file). This call will * create a new ".notmuch" directory within 'path' where notmuch will * store its data. * * Passing a value of NULL for 'path' will cause notmuch to open the * default database. The default database path can be specified by the * NOTMUCH_BASE environment variable, and is equivalent to * ${HOME}/mail if NOTMUCH_BASE is not set. * * After a successful call to notmuch_database_create, the returned * database will be open so the caller should call * notmuch_database_close when finished with it. * * The database will not yet have any data in it * (notmuch_database_create itself is a very cheap function). Messages * contained within 'path' can be added to the database by calling * notmuch_database_add_message. * * In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing * an error message on stderr). */ notmuch_database_t * notmuch_database_create (const char *path); /* XXX: I think I'd like this to take an extra argument of * notmuch_status_t* for returning a status value on failure. */ /* Open a an existing notmuch database located at 'path'. * * The database should have been created at some time in the past, * (not necessarily by this process), by calling * notmuch_database_create with 'path'. * * An existing notmuch database can be identified by the presence of a * directory named ".notmuch" below 'path'. * * Passing a value of NULL for 'path' will cause notmuch to open the * default database. The default database path can be specified by the * NOTMUCH_BASE environment variable, and is equivalent to * ${HOME}/mail if NOTMUCH_BASE is not set. * * The caller should call notmuch_database_close when finished with * this database. * * In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing * an error message on stderr). */ notmuch_database_t * notmuch_database_open (const char *path); /* Close the given notmuch database, freeing all associated * resources. See notmuch_database_open. */ void notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *database); /* Return the database path of the given database. * * The return value is a string owned by notmuch so should not be * modified nor freed by the caller. */ const char * notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database); /* Store a timestamp within the database. * * The Notmuch database will not interpret this key nor the timestamp * values at all. It will merely store them together and return the * timestamp when notmuch_database_get_timestamp is called with the * same value for 'key'. * * The intention is for the caller to use the timestamp to allow * efficient identification of new messages to be added to the * database. The recommended usage is as follows: * * o Read the mtime of a directory from the filesystem * * o Call add_message for all mail files in the directory * * o Call notmuch_database_set_timestamp with the path of the * directory as 'key' and the originally read mtime as 'value'. * * Then, when wanting to check for updates to the directory in the * future, the client can call notmuch_database_get_timestamp and know * that it only needs to add files if the mtime of the directory and * files are newer than the stored timestamp. * * Note: The notmuch_database_get_timestamp function does not allow * the caller to distinguish a timestamp of 0 from a non-existent * timestamp. So don't store a timestamp of 0 unless you are * comfortable with that. * * Return value: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Timestamp successfully stored in database. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception * occurred. Timestamp not stored. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_set_timestamp (notmuch_database_t *database, const char *key, time_t timestamp); /* Retrieve a timestamp from the database. * * Returns the timestamp value previously stored by calling * notmuch_database_set_timestamp with the same value for 'key'. * * Returns 0 if no timestamp is stored for 'key' or if any error * occurred querying the database. */ time_t notmuch_database_get_timestamp (notmuch_database_t *database, const char *key); /* Add a new message to the given notmuch database. * * Here,'filename' should be a path relative to the the path of * 'database' (see notmuch_database_get_path). 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. * * If 'message' is not NULL, then '*message' will be initialized to a * message object that can be used for things such as adding tags to * the just-added message. The user should call * notmuch_message_destroy when done with the message. * * Return value: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully added to database. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID: Message has the same message * ID as another message already in the database. Nothing added * to the database. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: an error occurred trying to open the * file, (such as permission denied, or file not found, * etc.). Nothing added to the database. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL: the contents of filename don't look * like an email message. Nothing added to the database. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *database, const char *filename, notmuch_message_t **message); /* Find a message with the given messsage_id. * * If the database contains a message with the given message_id, then * a new notmuch_message_t object is returned. The caller should call * notmuch_message_destroy when done with the message. * * If no message is found with the given message_id or if an * out-of-memory situation occurs, this function returns NULL. */ notmuch_message_t * notmuch_database_find_message (notmuch_database_t *database, const char *message_id); /* Create a new query for 'database'. * * Here, 'database' should be an open database, (see * notmuch_database_open and notmuch_database_create). * * For the query string, we'll document the syntax here more * completely in the future, but it's likely to be a specialized * version of the general Xapian query syntax: * * http://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html * * As a special case, passing a length-zero string, (that is ""), will * result in a query that returns all messages in the database. * * See notmuch_query_set_sort for controlling the order of results and * notmuch_query_search to actually execute the query. * * User should call notmuch_query_destroy when finished with this * query. * * Will return NULL if insufficient memory is available. */ notmuch_query_t * notmuch_query_create (notmuch_database_t *database, const char *query_string); /* Sort values for notmuch_query_set_sort */ typedef enum { NOTMUCH_SORT_DATE_OLDEST_FIRST, NOTMUCH_SORT_DATE_NEWEST_FIRST, NOTMUCH_SORT_MESSAGE_ID } notmuch_sort_t; /* Specify the sorting desired for this query. */ void notmuch_query_set_sort (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_sort_t sort); /* Execute a query for threads, returning a notmuch_thread_results_t * object which can be used to iterate over the results. The results * object is owned by the query and as such, will only be valid until * notmuch_query_destroy. * * Typical usage might be: * * notmuch_query_t *query; * notmuch_thread_results_t *results; * notmuch_thread_t *thread; * * query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string); * * for (results = notmuch_query_search_threads (query); * notmuch_thread_results_has_more (results); * notmuch_thread_results_advance (results)) * { * thread = notmuch_thread_results_get (results); * .... * notmuch_thread_destroy (thread); * } * * notmuch_query_destroy (query); * * Note: If you are finished with a thread before its containing * query, you can call notmuch_thread_destroy to clean up some memory * sooner (as in the above example). Otherwise, if your thread objects * are long-lived, then you don't need to call notmuch_thread_destroy * and all the memory will still be reclaimed when the query is * destroyed. * * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the * notmuch_thread_results_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a * notmuch_thread_results_destroy function, but there's no good reason * to call it if the query is about to be destroyed). */ notmuch_thread_results_t * notmuch_query_search_threads (notmuch_query_t *query); /* Execute a query for messages, returning a notmuch_message_results_t * object which can be used to iterate over the results. The results * object is owned by the query and as such, will only be valid until * notmuch_query_destroy. * * Typical usage might be: * * notmuch_query_t *query; * notmuch_message_results_t *results; * notmuch_message_t *message; * * query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string); * * for (results = notmuch_query_search_messages (query); * notmuch_message_results_has_more (results); * notmuch_message_results_advance (results)) * { * message = notmuch_message_results_get (results); * .... * notmuch_message_destroy (message); * } * * notmuch_query_destroy (query); * * Note: If you are finished with a message before its containing * query, you can call notmuch_message_destroy to clean up some memory * sooner (as in the above example). Otherwise, if your message * objects are long-lived, then you don't need to call * notmuch_message_destroy and all the memory will still be reclaimed * when the query is destroyed. * * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the * notmuch_message_results_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a * notmuch_message_results_destroy function, but there's no good * reason to call it if the query is about to be destroyed). */ notmuch_message_results_t * notmuch_query_search_messages (notmuch_query_t *query); /* Destroy a notmuch_query_t along with any associated resources. * * This will in turn destroy any notmuch_thread_results_t and * notmuch_message_results_t objects generated by this query, (and in * turn any notmuch_thrad_t and notmuch_message_t objects generated * from those results, etc.), if such objects haven't already been * destroyed. */ void notmuch_query_destroy (notmuch_query_t *query); /* Does the given notmuch_thread_results_t object contain any more * results. * * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_thread_results_get will * return a valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE, * notmuch_thread_results_get will return NULL. * * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_thread_results_t object. */ notmuch_bool_t notmuch_thread_results_has_more (notmuch_thread_results_t *results); /* Get the current result from 'results' as a notmuch_thread_t. * * Note: The returned thread belongs to 'results' and has a lifetime * identical to it (and the query to which it belongs). * * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_thread_results_t object. * * If an out-of-memory situation occurs, this function will return * NULL. */ notmuch_thread_t * notmuch_thread_results_get (notmuch_thread_results_t *results); /* Advance the 'results' iterator to the next result. * * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_thread_results_t object. */ void notmuch_thread_results_advance (notmuch_thread_results_t *results); /* Destroy a notmuch_thread_results_t object. * * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from * the notmuch_thread_results_t object will be reclaimed when the * containg query object is destroyed. */ void notmuch_thread_results_destroy (notmuch_thread_results_t *results); /* Get the thread ID of 'thread'. * * The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * thread is valid, (which is until notmuch_thread_destroy or until * the query from which it derived is destroyed). */ const char * notmuch_thread_get_thread_id (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /* Get the subject of 'thread' * * The subject is taken from the first message (according to the query * order---see notmuch_query_set_sort) in the query results that * belongs to this thread. * * The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * thread is valid, (which is until notmuch_thread_destroy or until * the query from which it derived is destroyed). */ const char * notmuch_thread_get_subject (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /* Get the tags for 'thread', returning a notmuch_tags_t object which * can be used to iterate over all tags. * * Note: In the Notmuch database, tags are stored on individual * messages, not on threads. So the tags returned here will be all * tags of the messages which matched the search and which belong to * this thread. * * The tags object is owned by the thread and as such, will only be * valid for as long as the thread is valid, (for example, until * notmuch_thread_destroy or until the query from which it derived is * destroyed). * * Typical usage might be: * * notmuch_thread_t *thread; * notmuch_tags_t *tags; * const char *tag; * * thread = notmuch_thread_results_get (thread_results); * * for (tags = notmuch_thread_get_tags (thread); * notmuch_tags_has_more (tags); * notmuch_result_advance (tags)) * { * tag = notmuch_tags_get (tags); * .... * } * * notmuch_thread_destroy (thread); * * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the * notmuch_tags_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a * notmuch_tags_destroy function, but there's no good reason to call * it if the message is about to be destroyed). */ notmuch_tags_t * notmuch_thread_get_tags (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /* Destroy a notmuch_thread_t object. */ void notmuch_thread_destroy (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /* Does the given notmuch_message_results_t object contain any more * results. * * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_message_results_get will * return a valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE, * notmuch_message_results_get will return NULL. * * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_message_results_t * object. */ notmuch_bool_t notmuch_message_results_has_more (notmuch_message_results_t *results); /* Get the current result from 'results' as a notmuch_message_t. * * Note: The returned message belongs to 'results' and has a lifetime * identical to it (and the query to which it belongs). * * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_message_results_t * object. * * If an out-of-memory situation occurs, this function will return * NULL. */ notmuch_message_t * notmuch_message_results_get (notmuch_message_results_t *results); /* Advance the 'results' iterator to the next result. * * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_message_results_t * object. */ void notmuch_message_results_advance (notmuch_message_results_t *results); /* Destroy a notmuch_message_results_t object. * * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from * the notmuch_message_results_t object will be reclaimed when the * containg query object is destroyed. */ void notmuch_message_results_destroy (notmuch_message_results_t *results); /* Get the message ID of 'message'. * * The returned string belongs to 'message' and as such, should not be * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * message is valid, (which is until the query from which it derived * is destroyed). * * This function will not return NULL since Notmuch ensures that every * message has a unique message ID, (Notmuch will generate an ID for a * message if the original file does not contain one). */ const char * notmuch_message_get_message_id (notmuch_message_t *message); /* Get the thread ID of 'message'. * * The returned string belongs to 'message' and as such, should not be * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * message is valid, (for example, until the user calls * notmuch_message_destroy on 'message' or until a query from which it * derived is destroyed). * * This function will not return NULL since Notmuch ensures that every * message belongs to a single thread. */ const char * notmuch_message_get_thread_id (notmuch_message_t *message); /* Get the filename for the email corresponding to 'message'. * * The returned filename is relative to the base of the database from * which 'message' was obtained. See notmuch_database_get_path() . * The returned string belongs to the message so should not be * modified or freed by the caller (nor should it be referenced after * the message is destroyed). */ const char * notmuch_message_get_filename (notmuch_message_t *message); /* Get the tags for 'message', returning a notmuch_tags_t object which * can be used to iterate over all tags. * * The tags object is owned by the message and as such, will only be * valid for as long as the message is valid, (which is until the * query from which it derived is destroyed). * * Typical usage might be: * * notmuch_message_t *message; * notmuch_tags_t *tags; * const char *tag; * * message = notmuch_database_find_message (database, message_id); * * for (tags = notmuch_message_get_tags (message); * notmuch_tags_has_more (tags); * notmuch_result_advance (tags)) * { * tag = notmuch_tags_get (tags); * .... * } * * notmuch_message_destroy (message); * * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the * notmuch_tags_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a * notmuch_tags_destroy function, but there's no good reason to call * it if the message is about to be destroyed). */ notmuch_tags_t * notmuch_message_get_tags (notmuch_message_t *message); /* The longest possible tag value. */ #define NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX 200 /* Add a tag to the given message. * * Return value: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Tag successfully added to message * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The 'tag' argument is NULL * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is longer than * too long (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX) */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_message_add_tag (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *tag); /* Remove a tag from the given message. * * Return value: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Tag successfully added to message * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The 'tag' argument is NULL * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is longer than * too long (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX) */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_message_remove_tag (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *tag); /* Destroy a notmuch_message_t object. * * It can be useful to call this function in the case of a single * query object with many messages in the result, (such as iterating * over the entire database). Otherwise, it's fine to never call this * function and there will still be no memory leaks. (The memory from * the messages get reclaimed when the containing query is destroyed.) */ void notmuch_message_destroy (notmuch_message_t *message); /* Does the given notmuch_tags_t object contain any more tags. * * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_tags_get will return a * valid string. Whereas when this function returns FALSE, * notmuch_tags_get will return NULL. * * See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_tags for example code * showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object. */ notmuch_bool_t notmuch_tags_has_more (notmuch_tags_t *tags); /* Get the current tag from 'tags' as a string. * * Note: The returned string belongs to 'tags' and has a lifetime * identical to it (and the query to which it utlimately belongs). * * See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_tags for example code * showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object. */ const char * notmuch_tags_get (notmuch_tags_t *tags); /* Advance the 'tags' iterator to the next tag. * * See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_tags for example code * showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object. */ void notmuch_tags_advance (notmuch_tags_t *tags); /* Destroy a notmuch_tags_t object. * * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from * the notmuch_tags_t object will be reclaimed when the containg * message or query objects are destroyed. */ void notmuch_tags_destroy (notmuch_tags_t *tags); NOTMUCH_END_DECLS #endif