Python whoosh to run add_document

Question

I have created an index and created documents as per documentation.

But when I am running the script do I always have to go through the process of adding the document and then search for the string.

Is it possible to store it once and then I can search for the terms again and again?

Answer 1

Once you've created an index, you can reuse that index (assuming you've saved it).

In Whoosh, you can reopen a previously-generated index like so:

import whoosh.index as index
ix = index.open_dir("dir/to/index")

Here, ix is an Index object. The file path is the same you used to create the index using create_in . You can then create a Searcher object ( ix.searcher() ) and begin searching, just as you probably learned in the "Quick start" .

See "How to index documents" for more information.