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+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+//
+
+
+//! This module offers functions to interact with taskwarrior. This will expect the `task` binary
+//! in your path. This will always call task and never interact with your `.task` directory itself.
+//! (This is in accordance with the taskwarrior api guide lines.)
+
+use error::{Result, ResultExt};
+use task::Task;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::io::Write;
+use import::import;
+use serde_json;
+
+/// This will give you all tasks which match the given query in the taskwarrior query syntax.
+/// This is not sanitized. Never get the query string from an untrusted user.
+pub fn query(query: &str) -> Result<Vec<Task>> {
+    let mut cmd = Command::new("task");
+    for filter in query.split_whitespace() {
+        cmd.arg(filter);
+    }
+    let mut export = cmd.arg("export").stdout(Stdio::piped()).spawn().chain_err(
+        || "Failed to start task … export.",
+    )?;
+    export.wait().chain_err(
+        || "Failed to wait for task … export to finish",
+    )?;
+    import(export.stdout.chain_err(
+        || "Failed to capture stdout of task … export",
+    )?)
+}
+
+/// This will save the given tasks to taskwarrior. Call with `Some(task)` if you just have one
+/// task.
+pub fn save<T>(tasks: T) -> Result<()>
+where
+    T: IntoIterator<Item = Task>,
+{
+    let import = Command::new("task")
+        .arg("import")
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .chain_err(|| "Failed to spawn task … import")?;
+    import
+        .stdin
+        .chain_err(|| "Failed to grap stdin of task import")?
+        .write_all(
+            serde_json::to_string(&tasks.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>())
+                .chain_err(|| "Failed to Serialize")?
+                .as_bytes(),
+        )
+        .chain_err(
+            || "Failed to write serialized tasks to stdin of task import",
+        )?;
+    Ok(())
+}