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.. cnotmuch documentation master file, created by
sphinx-quickstart on Tue Feb 2 10:00:47 2010.
.. currentmodule:: cnotmuch
Welcome to :mod:`cnotmuch`'s documentation
===========================================
The :mod:`cnotmuch` module provides an interface to the `notmuch <http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing to a shared notmuch library.
The classes :class:`notmuch.Database`, :class:`notmuch.Query` provide most of the core functionality, returning :class:`notmuch.Messages` and :class:`notmuch.Tags`.
.. moduleauthor:: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
:License: This module is covered under the GNU GPL v3 (or later).
This page contains the main API overview of cnotmuch |release|.
Notmuch can be imported as::
from cnotmuch import notmuch
or::
from cnotmuch.notmuch import Query,Database
More information on specific topics can be found on the following pages:
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
notmuch
:mod:`notmuch` -- The Notmuch interface
=============================================
.. automodule:: cnotmuch.notmuch
:todo: Document nmlib,STATUS
:class:`Database` -- The underlying notmuch database
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.. autoclass:: Database([path=None[, create=False[, mode=MODE.READ_ONLY]]])
.. automethod:: create
.. automethod:: open(path, status=MODE.READ_ONLY)
.. automethod:: get_path
.. automethod:: get_version
.. automethod:: needs_upgrade
.. automethod:: upgrade
.. automethod:: get_directory
.. automethod:: add_message
.. automethod:: remove_message
.. automethod:: find_message
.. automethod:: get_all_tags
.. automethod:: create_query
.. note:: :meth:`create_query` was broken in release
0.1 and is fixed since 0.1.1.
.. attribute:: Database.MODE
Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
MODE.READ_ONLY
Open the database in read-only mode
MODE.READ_WRITE
Open the database in read-write mode
.. autoattribute:: db_p
:class:`Query` -- A search query
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.. autoclass:: Query
.. automethod:: create
.. attribute:: Query.SORT
Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
SORT.OLDEST_FIRST
Sort by message date, oldest first.
SORT.NEWEST_FIRST
Sort by message date, newest first.
SORT.MESSAGE_ID
Sort by email message ID
.. automethod:: set_sort
.. attribute:: sort
Instance attribute :attr:`sort` contains the sort order (see
:attr:`Query.SORT`) if explicitely specified via
:meth:`set_sort`. By default it is set to `None`.
.. automethod:: search_threads
.. automethod:: search_messages
.. automethod:: count_messages
:class:`Messages` -- A bunch of messages
----------------------------------------
.. autoclass:: Messages
.. automethod:: collect_tags
.. automethod:: __len__
:class:`Message` -- A single message
----------------------------------------
.. autoclass:: Message
.. automethod:: get_message_id
.. automethod:: get_thread_id
.. automethod:: get_replies
.. automethod:: get_filename
.. automethod:: get_flag
.. automethod:: set_flag
.. automethod:: get_date
.. automethod:: get_header
.. automethod:: get_tags
.. automethod:: remove_tag
.. automethod:: add_tag
.. automethod:: remove_all_tags
.. automethod:: freeze
.. automethod:: thaw
.. automethod:: format_as_text
.. automethod:: __str__
:class:`Tags` -- Notmuch tags
-----------------------------
.. autoclass:: Tags
:members:
.. automethod:: __len__
.. automethod:: __str__
.. -----------------------------------------------------------------
.. currentmodule:: cnotmuch.thread
:class:`Threads` -- Threads iterator
------------------------------------
.. autoclass:: Threads
.. automethod:: __len__
.. automethod:: __str__
:class:`Thread` -- A single thread
------------------------------------
.. autoclass:: Thread
.. automethod:: get_thread_id
.. automethod:: get_total_messages
.. automethod:: get_toplevel_messages
.. automethod:: get_matched_messages
.. automethod:: get_authors
.. automethod:: get_subject
.. automethod:: get_oldest_date
.. automethod:: get_newest_date
.. automethod:: get_tags
.. automethod:: __str__
:class:`Filenames` -- An iterator over filenames
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To be implemented
:class:`Directoy` -- A directory entry in the database
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To be implemented
:exc:`NotmuchError` -- A Notmuch execution error
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.. autoexception:: NotmuchError
:members:
This execption inherits directly from :exc:`Exception` and is raised on errors during the notmuch execution.
:class:`STATUS` -- Notmuch operation return status
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.. autoclass:: STATUS
To be documented
Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`search`