langchain_community.document_loaders.helpers.detect_file_encodings¶

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

Try to detect the file encoding.

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

Parameters
  • file_path (Union[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]