_get_docs() — langchain Function Reference

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

Function python AgentOrchestration ClassicChains calls 2 called by 2

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Dependency Diagram

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  8e932862_cc2c_8a91_ae17_87d023efcca7["_get_docs()"]
  1c559a69_197e_d647_5f47_79dc8fa4a648["ConversationalRetrievalChain"]
  8e932862_cc2c_8a91_ae17_87d023efcca7 -->|defined in| 1c559a69_197e_d647_5f47_79dc8fa4a648
  cc60c9e9_1c90_5c4d_901c_b053eae628ef["_get_docs()"]
  cc60c9e9_1c90_5c4d_901c_b053eae628ef -->|calls| 8e932862_cc2c_8a91_ae17_87d023efcca7
  6e6f6256_b657_b069_4feb_e1aba5c970b7["_call()"]
  6e6f6256_b657_b069_4feb_e1aba5c970b7 -->|calls| 8e932862_cc2c_8a91_ae17_87d023efcca7
  0ec6d3c8_c314_4625_083f_9ddc0dfb409c["_reduce_tokens_below_limit()"]
  8e932862_cc2c_8a91_ae17_87d023efcca7 -->|calls| 0ec6d3c8_c314_4625_083f_9ddc0dfb409c
  cc60c9e9_1c90_5c4d_901c_b053eae628ef["_get_docs()"]
  8e932862_cc2c_8a91_ae17_87d023efcca7 -->|calls| cc60c9e9_1c90_5c4d_901c_b053eae628ef
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Source Code

libs/langchain/langchain_classic/chains/conversational_retrieval/base.py lines 408–420

    def _get_docs(
        self,
        question: str,
        inputs: dict[str, Any],
        *,
        run_manager: CallbackManagerForChainRun,
    ) -> list[Document]:
        """Get docs."""
        docs = self.retriever.invoke(
            question,
            config={"callbacks": run_manager.get_child()},
        )
        return self._reduce_tokens_below_limit(docs)