Raw data abstraction for document loading and file processing.
Represents raw bytes or text, either in-memory or by file reference. Used primarily by document loaders to decouple data loading from parsing.
Inspired by Mozilla's Blob
from langchain_core.documents import Blob
blob = Blob.from_data("Hello, world!")
# Read the blob as a string
print(blob.as_string())
# Read the blob as bytes
print(blob.as_bytes())
# Read the blob as a byte stream
with blob.as_bytes_io() as f:
print(f.read())from langchain_core.documents import Blob
blob = Blob.from_data(
data="Hello, world!",
mime_type="text/plain",
metadata={"source": "https://example.com"},
)from langchain_core.documents import Blob
blob = Blob.from_path("path/to/file.txt")
# Read the blob as a string
print(blob.as_string())
# Read the blob as bytes
print(blob.as_bytes())
# Read the blob as a byte stream
with blob.as_bytes_io() as f:
print(f.read())Schema for Blobs and Blob Loaders.
The goal is to facilitate decoupling of content loading from content parsing code. In addition, content loading code should provide a lazy loading interface by default.