--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/scobot/index/access.py	Thu Jul 11 18:15:44 2024 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from whoosh.index import create_in
+
+from scobot.index.schema import schema
+
+log = None  # set by flow
+
+
+class SearchIndex:
+
+    def __init__(self, indexDir: Path):
+        indexDir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        self.ix = create_in(indexDir, schema)
+        self.writer = self.ix.writer()
+
+    def addDoc(self, **kw):
+        self.writer.add_document(**kw)
+
+    def commit(self):
+        self.writer.commit()
+        with self.ix.searcher() as searcher:
+            log.info(f'index doc count = {searcher.doc_count()}')