# is_local

> **Function** in `langchain_community`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-community/embeddings/jina/is_local)

Check if a URL is a local file.

## Signature

```python
is_local(
    url: str,
) -> bool
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `url` | `str` | Yes | The URL to check. |

## Returns

`bool`

True if the URL is a local file, False otherwise.

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-community/blob/a6a6079511ac8a5c1293337f88096b8641562e77/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/jina.py#L14)