retriever() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the retriever() function in retrievers.py from the langchain codebase.

Function python LangChainCore Runnables calls 1

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Dependency Diagram

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  2fe826f8_afb9_94d0_049e_ba8fab6d94f8["retriever()"]
  832b9ba1_75e8_ad0c_71b4_3f5c6d4c0825["RetrieversIntegrationTests"]
  2fe826f8_afb9_94d0_049e_ba8fab6d94f8 -->|defined in| 832b9ba1_75e8_ad0c_71b4_3f5c6d4c0825
  adeb6914_7bba_a87e_a89d_2a30f011db48["retriever_constructor()"]
  2fe826f8_afb9_94d0_049e_ba8fab6d94f8 -->|calls| adeb6914_7bba_a87e_a89d_2a30f011db48
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Source Code

libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/integration_tests/retrievers.py lines 42–44

    def retriever(self) -> BaseRetriever:
        """Return retriever fixture."""
        return self.retriever_constructor(**self.retriever_constructor_params)