as_bytes() — langchain Function Reference

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

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graph TD
  a3733f9c_e6f4_c6f3_5422_afff1eac0afd["as_bytes()"]
  3557cb87_7ae6_78b3_0aa2_bbb7f023fdce["Blob"]
  a3733f9c_e6f4_c6f3_5422_afff1eac0afd -->|defined in| 3557cb87_7ae6_78b3_0aa2_bbb7f023fdce
  style a3733f9c_e6f4_c6f3_5422_afff1eac0afd fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

libs/core/langchain_core/documents/base.py lines 176–192

    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
        """Read data as bytes.

        Raises:
            ValueError: If the blob cannot be represented as bytes.

        Returns:
            The data as bytes.
        """
        if isinstance(self.data, bytes):
            return self.data
        if isinstance(self.data, str):
            return self.data.encode(self.encoding)
        if self.data is None and self.path:
            return Path(self.path).read_bytes()
        msg = f"Unable to get bytes for blob {self}"
        raise ValueError(msg)