langchain_community.document_loaders.text.TextLoader¶

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

Load text file.

Parameters

  • file_path – Path to the file to load.

  • encoding – File encoding to use. If None, the file will be loaded

  • encoding. (with the default system) –

  • autodetect_encoding – 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.

lazy_load()

A lazy loader for Documents.

load()

Load from file path.

load_and_split([text_splitter])

Load Documents and split into chunks.
__init__(file_path: str, encoding: Optional[str] = None, autodetect_encoding: bool = False)[source]¶

Initialize with file path.

lazy_load() → Iterator[Document]¶

A lazy loader for Documents.

load() → List[Document][source]¶

Load from file path.

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.

Examples using TextLoader¶