# get_elements_from_api

> **Function** in `langchain_community`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-community/document_loaders/unstructured/get_elements_from_api)

Retrieve a list of elements from the `Unstructured API`.

## Signature

```python
get_elements_from_api(
    file_path: Union[str, List[str], Path, List[Path], None] = None,
    file: Union[IO[bytes], Sequence[IO[bytes]], None] = None,
    api_url: str = 'https://api.unstructuredapp.io/general/v0/general',
    api_key: str = '',
    **unstructured_kwargs: Any = {},
) -> List[Element]
```

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-community/blob/a6a6079511ac8a5c1293337f88096b8641562e77/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/unstructured.py#L234)