TextLoader#

class langchain_community.document_loaders.text.TextLoader(file_path: str | Path, encoding: str | None = None, autodetect_encoding: bool = False)[source]#

Load text file.

Parameters:

file_path (str | Path) – Path to the file to load.
encoding (str | None) – File encoding to use. If None, the file will be loaded
encoding. (with the default system) –
autodetect_encoding (bool) – Whether to try to autodetect the file encoding if the specified encoding fails.

Initialize with file path.

Methods

`__init__`(file_path[, encoding, ...])	Initialize with file path.
`alazy_load`()	A lazy loader for Documents.
`aload`()	Load data into Document objects.
`lazy_load`()	Load from file path.
`load`()	Load data into Document objects.
`load_and_split`([text_splitter])	Load Documents and split into chunks.

__init__(file_path: str | Path, encoding: str | None = None, autodetect_encoding: bool = False)[source]#

Initialize with file path.

Parameters:

file_path (str | Path) –
encoding (str | None) –
autodetect_encoding (bool) –

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 from file path.

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 TextLoader