#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# note that this needs the notmuch python bindings. For more info see:
# http://notmuchmail.org/howto/#index4h2
import notmuch
import configparser
import os
from i3pystatus.mail import Backend
[docs]class Notmuch(Backend):
"""
This class uses the notmuch python bindings to check for the
number of messages in the notmuch database with the tags "inbox"
and "unread"
"""
settings = (
("db_path", "Path to the directory of your notmuch database"),
)
db_path = None
def init(self):
if not self.db_path:
defaultConfigFilename = os.path.expanduser("~/.notmuch-config")
config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
# read tries to read and returns successfully read filenames
successful = config.read([
os.environ.get("NOTMUCH_CONFIG", defaultConfigFilename),
defaultConfigFilename
])
self.db_path = config.get("database", "path")
self.db = notmuch.Database(self.db_path)
@property
def unread(self):
return notmuch.Query(self.db, "tag:unread and tag:inbox").count_messages()
Backend = Notmuch