detect_file_encodings

langchain_community.document_loaders.helpers.detect_file_encodings(file_path: str | Path, timeout: int = 5) → List[FileEncoding]

Try to detect the file encoding.

Returns a list of FileEncoding tuples with the detected encodings ordered by confidence.

Parameters:

• file_path (str | Path) – The path to the file to detect the encoding for.

• timeout (int) – The timeout in seconds for the encoding detection.

Return type:

List[FileEncoding]