SpiderLoader#

class langchain_community.document_loaders.spider.SpiderLoader(url: str, *, api_key: str | None = None, mode: Literal['scrape', 'crawl'] = 'scrape', params: dict | None = None)[source]#

Load web pages as Documents using Spider AI.

Must have the Python package spider-client installed and a Spider API key. See https://spider.cloud for more.

Initialize with API key and URL.

Parameters:

  • url (str) – The URL to be processed.

  • api_key (str | None) – The Spider API key. If not specified, will be read from env

  • SPIDER_API_KEY. (var)

  • mode (Literal['scrape', 'crawl']) – The mode to run the loader in. Default is “scrape”. Options include “scrape” (single page) and “crawl” (with deeper crawling following subpages).

  • params (dict | None) – Additional parameters for the Spider API.

Methods

__init__(url, *[, api_key, mode, params])

Initialize with API key and URL.

alazy_load()

A lazy loader for Documents.

aload()

Load data into Document objects.

lazy_load()

Load documents based on the specified mode.

load()

Load data into Document objects.

load_and_split([text_splitter])

Load Documents and split into chunks.
__init__(url: str, *, api_key: str | None = None, mode: Literal['scrape', 'crawl'] = 'scrape', params: dict | None = None)[source]#

Initialize with API key and URL.

Parameters:

  • url (str) – The URL to be processed.

  • api_key (str | None) – The Spider API key. If not specified, will be read from env

  • SPIDER_API_KEY. (var)

  • mode (Literal['scrape', 'crawl']) – The mode to run the loader in. Default is “scrape”. Options include “scrape” (single page) and “crawl” (with deeper crawling following subpages).

  • params (dict | None) – Additional parameters for the Spider API.

async alazy_load() → AsyncIterator[Document]#

A lazy loader for Documents.

Return type:

AsyncIterator[Document]

async aload() → list[Document]#

Load data into Document objects.

Return type:

list[Document]

lazy_load() → Iterator[Document][source]#

Load documents based on the specified mode.

Return type:

Iterator[Document]

load() → list[Document]#

Load data into Document objects.

Return type:

list[Document]

load_and_split(text_splitter: TextSplitter | None = None) → 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 SpiderLoader