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# `langchain_community.document_loaders.ifixit`.IFixitLoader

class langchain_community.document_loaders.ifixit.IFixitLoader(web_path: str)

  Load iFixit repair guides, device wikis and answers.

  iFixit is the largest, open repair community on the web. The site contains nearly 100k repair manuals, 200k Questions & Answers on 42k devices, and all the data is licensed under CC-BY.

  This loader will allow you to download the text of a repair guide, text of Q&A’s and wikis from devices on iFixit using their open APIs and web scraping.

  Initialize with a web path.

  Methods

  `__init__`(web_path) | Initialize with a web path.
  `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.
  `load_device`([url_override, include_guides]) | Loads a device
  `load_guide`([url_override]) | Load a guide
  `load_questions_and_answers`([url_override]) | Load a list of questions and answers.
  `load_suggestions`([query, doc_type]) | Load suggestions.

  Parameters

    web_path (str) –

  __init__(web_path: str)

    Initialize with a web path.

    Parameters

      web_path (str) –

  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]

    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]

  load_device(url_override: Optional[str] = None, include_guides: bool = True) → List[Document]

    Loads a device

    Parameters

      - url_override (Optional[str]) – A URL to override the default URL.

      - include_guides (bool) – Whether to include guides linked to from the device. Defaults to True.

    Return type

      List[Document]

    Returns:

  load_guide(url_override: Optional[str] = None) → List[Document]

    Load a guide

    Parameters

      url_override (Optional[str]) – A URL to override the default URL.

    Return type

      List[Document]

    Returns: List[Document]

  load_questions_and_answers(url_override: Optional[str] = None) → List[Document]

    Load a list of questions and answers.

    Parameters

      url_override (Optional[str]) – A URL to override the default URL.

    Return type

      List[Document]

    Returns: List[Document]

  static load_suggestions(query: str = '', doc_type: str = 'all') → List[Document]

    Load suggestions.

    Parameters

      - query (str) – A query string

      - doc_type (str) – The type of document to search for. Can be one of “all”, “device”, “guide”, “teardown”, “answer”, “wiki”.

    Return type

      List[Document]

    Returns:

# Examples using IFixitLoader

- iFixit

- ifixit.md