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# `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]

  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]