PyPDFDirectoryLoader#

class langchain_community.document_loaders.pdf.PyPDFDirectoryLoader(path: str | Path, glob: str = '**/[!.]*.pdf', silent_errors: bool = False, load_hidden: bool = False, recursive: bool = False, extract_images: bool = False)[source]#

Load a directory with PDF files using pypdf and chunks at character level.

Loader also stores page numbers in metadata.

Methods

__init__(path[,Β glob,Β silent_errors,Β ...])

alazy_load()

A lazy loader for Documents.

aload()

Load data into Document objects.

lazy_load()

A lazy loader for Documents.

load()

Load data into Document objects.

load_and_split([text_splitter])

Load Documents and split into chunks.

Parameters:
  • path (str | Path)

  • glob (str)

  • silent_errors (bool)

  • load_hidden (bool)

  • recursive (bool)

  • extract_images (bool)

__init__(path: str | Path, glob: str = '**/[!.]*.pdf', silent_errors: bool = False, load_hidden: bool = False, recursive: bool = False, extract_images: bool = False)[source]#
Parameters:
  • path (str | Path)

  • glob (str)

  • silent_errors (bool)

  • load_hidden (bool)

  • recursive (bool)

  • extract_images (bool)

async alazy_load() β†’ AsyncIterator[Document]#

A lazy loader for Documents.

Return type:

AsyncIterator[Document]

async aload() β†’ list[Document]#

Load data into Document objects.

Return type:

list[Document]

lazy_load() β†’ Iterator[Document]#

A lazy loader for Documents.

Return type:

Iterator[Document]

load() β†’ List[Document][source]#

Load data into Document objects.

Return type:

List[Document]

load_and_split(text_splitter: TextSplitter | None = None) β†’ list[Document]#

Load Documents and split into chunks. Chunks are returned as Documents.

Do not override this method. It should be considered to be deprecated!

Parameters:

text_splitter (Optional[TextSplitter]) – TextSplitter instance to use for splitting documents. Defaults to RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter.

Returns:

List of Documents.

Return type:

list[Document]

Examples using PyPDFDirectoryLoader