v1.0.0; create output dir of not exists

CHANGELOG.md

 # Changelog
 
+## 1.0.0 (2022-01-13)
+
+* NEW: Create output directory if not existing
+
 ## 0.9.9 (2022-02-04)
 
 * FIX: Streaming connection does not return any events

crawl.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from crawler import StreamCrawler
 
 import crawler.trafikverket
 
-VERSION = "0.9.9"
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Crawler for Trafikverket's Trafikinfo API - version " + VERSION)
 
@@ -86,8 +86,14 @@ if args.output is None:
 else:
     #specified, check if exists
     if not os.path.isdir(args.output):
-        print("The output path {output} does not exist.".format(output=args.output))
-        exit(-1)
+        print("The output path {output} does not exist and will be created.".format(output=args.output))
+
+        try:
+            os.makedirs(args.output)
+            print("The output path {output} has been created.".format(output=args.output))
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("The output path {output} could not be created: {exception}".format(output=args.output, exception=e))
+            exit(-1)
 
 if not args.webhook is None and not validators.url(args.webhook):
     print("Webhook is not a valid URL.")