BaseLoader#
- class langchain_core.document_loaders.base.BaseLoader[source]#
Interface for Document Loader.
Implementations should implement the lazy-loading method using generators to avoid loading all Documents into memory at once.
load is provided just for user convenience and should not be overridden.
Methods
A lazy loader for Documents.
aload()Load data into Document objects.
A lazy loader for Documents.
load()Load data into Document objects.
load_and_split([text_splitter])Load Documents and split into chunks.
- async alazy_load() AsyncIterator[Document][source]#
A lazy loader for Documents.
- Return type:
AsyncIterator[Document]
- lazy_load() Iterator[Document][source]#
A lazy loader for Documents.
- Return type:
Iterator[Document]
- load_and_split(text_splitter: TextSplitter | None = None) list[Document][source]#
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 BaseLoader