CSV Reader

CSVReader is a reader class that allows you to read data from CSV files.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
chunking_strategy	Optional[ChunkingStrategy]	RowChunking()	Strategy used to chunk documents

CSVReader also accepts the base Reader constructor parameters.

Methods

read()

Reads a CSV file and returns a list of documents.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
file	Union[Path, IO[Any]]	Required	Path to the CSV file or a file-like object
delimiter	str	","	Character used to separate fields in the CSV
quotechar	str	'"'	Character used to quote fields in the CSV
name	Optional[str]	None	Name override for the resulting documents

async_read()

The async variant of read(). It accepts the same parameters, plus:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
page_size	int	1000	Number of rows per page when paginating large files