langchain_community.document_loaders.pdf.PyPDFDirectoryLoader¶

class langchain_community.document_loaders.pdf.PyPDFDirectoryLoader(path: Union[str, Path], glob: str = '**/[!.]*.pdf', silent_errors: bool = False, load_hidden: bool = False, recursive: bool = False, extract_images: bool = False)[source]¶

Load a directory with PDF files using pypdf and chunks at character level.

Loader also stores page numbers in metadata.

Methods

__init__(path[, glob, silent_errors, ...])

alazy_load()

A lazy loader for Documents.

aload()

Load data into Document objects.

lazy_load()

A lazy loader for Documents.

load()

Load data into Document objects.

load_and_split([text_splitter])

Load Documents and split into chunks.
Parameters

  • path (Union[str, Path]) –

  • glob (str) –

  • silent_errors (bool) –

  • load_hidden (bool) –

  • recursive (bool) –

  • extract_images (bool) –

__init__(path: Union[str, Path], glob: str = '**/[!.]*.pdf', silent_errors: bool = False, load_hidden: bool = False, recursive: bool = False, extract_images: bool = False)[source]¶
Parameters

  • path (Union[str, Path]) –

  • glob (str) –

  • silent_errors (bool) –

  • load_hidden (bool) –

  • recursive (bool) –

  • extract_images (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]¶

A lazy loader for Documents.

Return type

Iterator[Document]

load() → List[Document][source]¶

Load data into Document objects.

Return type

List[Document]

load_and_split(text_splitter: Optional[TextSplitter] = 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 PyPDFDirectoryLoader¶