add_documents() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the add_documents() function in base.py from the langchain codebase.

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Dependency Diagram

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  01360435_9886_2db5_7556_2148d97a9fdd["add_documents()"]
  0ab16606_6f12_fe39_c02a_5f20541c161f["VectorStoreRetriever"]
  01360435_9886_2db5_7556_2148d97a9fdd -->|defined in| 0ab16606_6f12_fe39_c02a_5f20541c161f
  ebcdae9e_b9ad_ed9c_d4b2_8d59854c890a["add_documents()"]
  ebcdae9e_b9ad_ed9c_d4b2_8d59854c890a -->|calls| 01360435_9886_2db5_7556_2148d97a9fdd
  8987550d_87eb_63b4_a3e6_a9f355797f08["add_texts()"]
  8987550d_87eb_63b4_a3e6_a9f355797f08 -->|calls| 01360435_9886_2db5_7556_2148d97a9fdd
  ebcdae9e_b9ad_ed9c_d4b2_8d59854c890a["add_documents()"]
  01360435_9886_2db5_7556_2148d97a9fdd -->|calls| ebcdae9e_b9ad_ed9c_d4b2_8d59854c890a
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Source Code

libs/core/langchain_core/vectorstores/base.py lines 1087–1097

    def add_documents(self, documents: list[Document], **kwargs: Any) -> list[str]:
        """Add documents to the `VectorStore`.

        Args:
            documents: Documents to add to the `VectorStore`.
            **kwargs: Other keyword arguments that subclasses might use.

        Returns:
            List of IDs of the added texts.
        """
        return self.vectorstore.add_documents(documents, **kwargs)