langchain/docs/versioned_docs/version-0.2.x/integrations/document_loaders/epub.ipynb

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    "# EPub \n",
    "\n",
    ">[EPUB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB) is an e-book file format that uses the \".epub\" file extension. The term is short for electronic publication and is sometimes styled ePub. `EPUB` is supported by many e-readers, and compatible software is available for most smartphones, tablets, and computers.\n",
    "\n",
    "This covers how to load `.epub` documents into the Document format that we can use downstream. You'll need to install the [`pandoc`](https://pandoc.org/installing.html) package for this loader to work."
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    "%pip install --upgrade --quiet  pandoc"
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   "source": [
    "from langchain_community.document_loaders import UnstructuredEPubLoader"
   ]
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    "loader = UnstructuredEPubLoader(\"winter-sports.epub\")"
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    "data = loader.load()"
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    "## Retain Elements\n",
    "\n",
    "Under the hood, Unstructured creates different \"elements\" for different chunks of text. By default we combine those together, but you can easily keep that separation by specifying `mode=\"elements\"`."
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    "loader = UnstructuredEPubLoader(\"winter-sports.epub\", mode=\"elements\")"
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       "Document(page_content='The Project Gutenberg eBook of Winter Sports in\\nSwitzerland, by E. F. Benson', lookup_str='', metadata={'source': 'winter-sports.epub', 'page_number': 1, 'category': 'Title'}, lookup_index=0)"
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