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### Description Create a new structure for ingest content in the docs, update with all configs
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Ingest
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The Ingest Library is a powerful tool designed to coordinate the process of
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pulling data from data providers, partitioning the content, and pushing that
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new content to a desired location. This technical documentation will provide
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an in-depth understanding of the Ingest Library, including its features, architecture,
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installation, configuration, usage, API reference, troubleshooting, examples, and more.
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Library Documentation
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:doc:`source_connectors`
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Connect to your favorite data storage platforms for an effortless batch processing of your files.
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:doc:`destination_connectors`
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Connect to your favorite data storage platforms to write you ingest results to.
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:doc:`configs`
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Each configuration used when generating an ingest process.
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Features
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The Ingest Library/CLI offers the following key features:
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* Data Ingestion: Facilitates the ingestion of data from various sources, such as databases, APIs, files, or streaming services.
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* Partitioning: Efficiently partitions data to extract relevant text data.
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* Customization: Allows users to define data sources, ingestion processes, and destination targets.
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* Fault Tolerance: Provides mechanisms for handling errors and retries during data ingestion.
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* Scalability: Scales horizontally to accommodate large volumes of data.
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* Logging: Offers comprehensive logging and monitoring capabilities to track the ingestion process.
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Architecture
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The Ingest Library follows a modular architecture comprising the following components:
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* Source Connectors: These components are responsible for fetching data from external sources, which can include databases, web services, file systems, or data streams.
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* Partitioning Engine: This component optimally partitions the incoming data into dedicated ``Elements`` for processing and distribution.
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* Reformatters: Optional steps supported to manipulate the partitioned content output, such as chunking and adding embeddings.
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* Destination Connectors: These components send the partitioned data to the desired destination, which could be a database, data warehouse, cloud storage, or any other user-defined target.
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* The library's modular architecture provides flexibility and extensibility, allowing users to integrate custom components and adapt the library to their specific needs.
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.. image:: imgs/unstructured_ingest_cli_pipeline_diagram.png
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Installation
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To install the Ingest Library, follow these steps:
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#. Run ``pip install unstructured`` to install the latest version of the unstructured library which include the ingest code and the cli.
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#. For specific connectors, run ``pip install unstructured[CONNECTOR_DEPS]`` where ``CONNECTOR_DEPS`` references the extra dependency label for a particular connector. For example, ``pip install unstructured[s3]`` will install the dependencies to interact with the s3 connectors. If these aren't installed before hand, a convenient error message will be printed for you when you run the ingest CLI for the first time, prompting you with the correct pip command to run.
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#. Once installed, you can run ``unstructured-ingest --help`` to get all the available commands.
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Configuration
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The Ingest Library requires configuration to define data sources, ingestion processes, and destination targets. For the CLI,
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configuration is done through the various cli parameters supported. When the library is run in python, those parameters that are
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exposed in the CLI map to python config classes, which are described in more detail in the configs section.
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.. Hidden TOCs
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.. toctree::
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:caption: Documentation
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:maxdepth: 1
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:hidden:
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source_connectors
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destination_connectors
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configs
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