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diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
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--- a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
@@ -371,6 +371,20 @@ contents of ERR-FILE will be included in the error message."
;; Mimic `process-lines'
(error "%s exited with status %s" (car command) exit-status))))
+(defun notmuch-call-notmuch-json (&rest args)
+ "Invoke `notmuch-command' with `args' and return the parsed JSON output.
+
+The returned output will represent objects using property lists
+and arrays as lists."
+
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (apply #'call-process notmuch-command nil (list t nil) nil args)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (let ((json-object-type 'plist)
+ (json-array-type 'list)
+ (json-false 'nil))
+ (json-read))))
+
;; Compatibility functions for versions of emacs before emacs 23.
;;
;; Both functions here were copied from emacs 23 with the following copyright: