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

__init__()

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.
__init__()#
async alazy_load() → AsyncIterator[Document][source]#

A lazy loader for Documents.

Return type:

AsyncIterator[Document]

async aload() → list[Document][source]#

Load data into Document objects.

Return type:

list[Document]

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

A lazy loader for Documents.

Return type:

Iterator[Document]

load() → list[Document][source]#

Load data into Document objects.

Return type:

list[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