.

search/src/error.rs

@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@ pub enum SearchError {
 
     #[error(transparent)]
     OpenDirectoryError(#[from] tantivy::directory::error::OpenDirectoryError),
+    
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
 }

search/src/index.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::fs;
 use crate::{error, update};
 use crate::schema::Schema;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ impl SearchIndexBuilder {
             .tokenizers(tokenizer_manager);
 
         let index = if let Some(path) = self.path {
+            fs::create_dir_all(&path)?;
             let mmap_directory = MmapDirectory::open(path)?;
             let managed_directory = ManagedDirectory::wrap(Box::new(mmap_directory))?;
             builder.open_or_create(managed_directory)?