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.. notmuch documentation master file, created by
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sphinx-quickstart on Tue Feb 2 10:00:47 2010.
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.. currentmodule:: notmuch
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Welcome to :mod:`notmuch`'s documentation
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===========================================
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The :mod:`notmuch` module provides an interface to the `notmuch <http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing to a shared notmuch library.
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Within :mod:`notmuch`, the classes :class:`Database`, :class:`Query` provide most of the core functionality, returning :class:`Threads`, :class:`Messages` and :class:`Tags`.
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.. moduleauthor:: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
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:License: This module is covered under the GNU GPL v3 (or later).
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This page contains the main API overview of notmuch |release|.
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Notmuch can be imported as::
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import notmuch
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or::
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from notmuch import Query,Database
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More information on specific topics can be found on the following pages:
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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status_and_errors
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notmuch
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:mod:`notmuch` -- The Notmuch interface
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=================================================
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.. automodule:: notmuch
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:todo: Document nmlib,STATUS
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:class:`notmuch.Database` -- The underlying notmuch database
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---------------------------------------------------------------------
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.. autoclass:: notmuch.Database([path=None[, create=False[, mode=MODE.READ_ONLY]]])
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.. automethod:: create
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.. automethod:: open(path, status=MODE.READ_ONLY)
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.. automethod:: get_path
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.. automethod:: get_version
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.. automethod:: needs_upgrade
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.. automethod:: upgrade
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.. automethod:: get_directory
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.. automethod:: add_message
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.. automethod:: remove_message
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.. automethod:: find_message
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.. automethod:: get_all_tags
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.. automethod:: create_query
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.. note:: :meth:`create_query` was broken in release
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0.1 and is fixed since 0.1.1.
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.. attribute:: Database.MODE
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Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
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MODE.READ_ONLY
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Open the database in read-only mode
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MODE.READ_WRITE
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Open the database in read-write mode
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.. autoattribute:: db_p
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:class:`notmuch.Query` -- A search query
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-------------------------------------------------
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.. autoclass:: notmuch.Query
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.. automethod:: create
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.. attribute:: Query.SORT
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Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
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SORT.OLDEST_FIRST
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Sort by message date, oldest first.
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SORT.NEWEST_FIRST
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Sort by message date, newest first.
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SORT.MESSAGE_ID
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Sort by email message ID.
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SORT.UNSORTED
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Do not apply a special sort order (returns results in document id
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order).
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.. automethod:: set_sort
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.. attribute:: sort
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Instance attribute :attr:`sort` contains the sort order (see
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:attr:`Query.SORT`) if explicitely specified via
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:meth:`set_sort`. By default it is set to `None`.
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.. automethod:: search_threads
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.. automethod:: search_messages
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.. automethod:: count_messages
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:class:`Messages` -- A bunch of messages
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.. autoclass:: Messages
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.. automethod:: collect_tags
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.. method:: __len__()
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.. warning:: :meth:`__len__` was removed in version 0.6 as it exhausted
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the iterator and broke list(Messages()). Use the
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:meth:`Query.count_messages` function or use
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`len(list(msgs))`.
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:class:`Message` -- A single message
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.. autoclass:: Message
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.. automethod:: get_message_id
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.. automethod:: get_thread_id
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.. automethod:: get_replies
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.. automethod:: get_filename
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.. automethod:: get_filenames
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.. attribute:: FLAG
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FLAG.MATCH
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This flag is automatically set by a
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Query.search_threads on those messages that match the
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query. This allows us to distinguish matches from the rest
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of the messages in that thread.
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.. automethod:: get_flag
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.. automethod:: set_flag
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.. automethod:: get_date
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.. automethod:: get_header
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.. automethod:: get_tags
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.. automethod:: maildir_flags_to_tags
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.. automethod:: tags_to_maildir_flags
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.. automethod:: remove_tag
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.. automethod:: add_tag
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.. automethod:: remove_all_tags
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.. automethod:: freeze
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.. automethod:: thaw
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.. automethod:: format_message_as_json
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.. automethod:: format_message_as_text
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.. automethod:: __str__
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:class:`Tags` -- Notmuch tags
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.. autoclass:: Tags
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:members:
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.. method:: __len__
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.. warning:: :meth:`__len__` was removed in version 0.6 as it
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exhausted the iterator and broke list(Tags()). Use
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:meth:`len(list(msgs))` instead if you need to know the
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number of tags.
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.. automethod:: __str__
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:class:`notmuch.Threads` -- Threads iterator
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.. autoclass:: notmuch.Threads
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.. automethod:: __len__
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.. automethod:: __str__
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:class:`Thread` -- A single thread
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.. autoclass:: Thread
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.. automethod:: get_thread_id
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.. automethod:: get_total_messages
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.. automethod:: get_toplevel_messages
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.. automethod:: get_matched_messages
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.. automethod:: get_authors
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.. automethod:: get_subject
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.. automethod:: get_oldest_date
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.. automethod:: get_newest_date
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.. automethod:: get_tags
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.. automethod:: __str__
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:class:`Filenames` -- An iterator over filenames
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.. autoclass:: notmuch.database.Filenames
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.. automethod:: notmuch.database.Filenames.__len__
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:class:`notmuch.database.Directoy` -- A directory entry in the database
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.. autoclass:: notmuch.database.Directory
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.. automethod:: notmuch.database.Directory.get_child_files
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.. automethod:: notmuch.database.Directory.get_child_directories
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.. automethod:: notmuch.database.Directory.get_mtime
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.. automethod:: notmuch.database.Directory.set_mtime
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.. autoattribute:: notmuch.database.Directory.mtime
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.. autoattribute:: notmuch.database.Directory.path
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The `next page <status_and_errors.html>`_ contains information on possible Status and Error values.
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Indices and tables
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==================
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* :ref:`genindex`
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* :ref:`search`
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