langchain.document_loaders.pdf.BasePDFLoader¶
class langchain.document_loaders.pdf.BasePDFLoader(file_path: str, *, headers: Optional[Dict] = None)[source]¶
Base Loader class for PDF files.
If the file is a web path, it will download it to a temporary file, use it, thenclean up the temporary file after completion.
Initialize with a file path.
Parameters
file_path – Either a local, S3 or web path to a PDF file.
headers – Headers to use for GET request to download a file from a web path.
Attributes
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Methods
__init__(file_path, *[, headers])
Initialize with a file path.
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__(file_path: str, *, headers: Optional[Dict] = None)[source]¶
Initialize with a file path.
Parameters
file_path – Either a local, S3 or web path to a PDF file.
headers – Headers to use for GET request to download a file from a web path.
lazy_load() → Iterator[Document]¶
A lazy loader for Documents.
abstract load() → List[Document]¶
Load data into Document objects.
load_and_split(text_splitter: Optional[TextSplitter] = None) → List[Document]¶
Load Documents and split into chunks. Chunks are returned as Documents.
Parameters
text_splitter – TextSplitter instance to use for splitting documents.
Defaults to RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter.
Returns
List of Documents.