MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter

class langchain_text_splitters.markdown.MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter(headers_to_split_on: List[Tuple[str, str]], return_each_line: bool = False, strip_headers: bool = True)

Splitting markdown files based on specified headers.

Create a new MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter.

Parameters:

• headers_to_split_on (List[Tuple[str, str]]) – Headers we want to track

• return_each_line (bool) – Return each line w/ associated headers

• strip_headers (bool) – Strip split headers from the content of the chunk

Methods

__init__(headers_to_split_on[, ...])	Create a new MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter.
aggregate_lines_to_chunks(lines)	Combine lines with common metadata into chunks :param lines: Line of text / associated header metadata
split_text(text)	Split markdown file :param text: Markdown file

__init__(headers_to_split_on: List[Tuple[str, str]], return_each_line: bool = False, strip_headers: bool = True)

Create a new MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter.

Parameters:

• headers_to_split_on (List[Tuple[str, str]]) – Headers we want to track

• return_each_line (bool) – Return each line w/ associated headers

• strip_headers (bool) – Strip split headers from the content of the chunk

aggregate_lines_to_chunks(lines: List[LineType]) → List[Document]

Combine lines with common metadata into chunks :param lines: Line of text / associated header metadata

Parameters:

lines (List[LineType]) –

Return type:

List[Document]

split_text(text: str) → List[Document]

Split markdown file :param text: Markdown file

Parameters:

text (str) –

Return type:

List[Document]

Examples using MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter

• How to split Markdown by Headers