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diff --git a/mu4web/xapian.py b/mu4web/xapian.py
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+import subprocess
+from typing import Optional
+
+def metadata_list(db, prefix: Optional[str] = None) -> list[str]:
+    cmdline = ['xapian-metadata', 'list', db]
+    if prefix:
+        cmdline.append(prefix)
+    cmd = subprocess.run(cmdline, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    return cmd.stdout.split('\n')
+
+
+def metadata_get(db, key: str) -> str:
+    cmd = subprocess.run(['xapian-metadata', 'get', db, key],
+                         capture_output=True, text=True)
+    return cmd.stdout.strip()
+