#830 Create output folder if it does not exist yet

browser/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This changelog covers all three packages, as they are (for now) updated as a who
 
 - [#837](https://github.com/atomicdata-dev/atomic-server/issues/837) Fix timestamp is mapped to string instead of number.
 - [#831](https://github.com/atomicdata-dev/atomic-server/issues/831) Give clear error when trying to generate types from a non ontology resource
+- [#830](https://github.com/atomicdata-dev/atomic-server/issues/830) Create output folder if it doesn't exist
 - Use type import in generated files.
 
 ## v0.37.0

browser/cli/src/commands/ontologies.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export const ontologiesCommand = async (_args: string[]) => {
     return;
   }
 
+  checkOrCreateFolder(atomicConfig.outputFolder);
+
   for (const subject of atomicConfig.ontologies) {
     await write(await generateOntology(subject, propertyRecord));
   }
@@ -79,3 +81,9 @@ const write = async ({
 
   console.log(chalk.blue('Wrote to'), chalk.cyan(filePath));
 };
+
+const checkOrCreateFolder = (relativePath: string): void => {
+  const fullPath = path.join(process.cwd(), relativePath);
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(fullPath, { recursive: true });
+};