Document Chunker Utility Library

This library provides utility classes to break down large files, such as PDF, DOCX, and HTML, into smaller text chunks for creating corpora for RAG prototyping.

Purpose

The primary goal of this library is to assist in creating a corpus for prototyping or testing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. However, the use case of this library should not be limited to this specific purpose. It can be utilized for any application that requires splitting large text files into manageable pieces.

Features

• Supports breaking down the following file types:
  • PDF files
  • DOCX (Microsoft Word) files
  • HTML content
• Provides efficient processing for large files.
• Generates precise and context-preserving text chunks.

Licensing

This library is provided under the Apache License. Refer to the repository's NOTICE file for information on the open-source projects leveraged by this library, which are distributed under various permissive open source licenses.

Usage

Installation

You can include this library in your .NET project using your preferred method (e.g., NuGet, project reference, etc.).

Example Code

Here's a basic example of how to use the library:

// Example usage of the Document Chunker Library var config = new ChunkerConfig(maxWordsPerChunk: 11, chunkType: ChunkType.Sentence); var chunker = new PdfDocumentChunker(config); var filePath = "example.pdf"; var chunker = new PdfDocumentChunker(); await foreach (var chunk in chunker.ExtractChunksAsync(testPdfPath)) { Console.WriteLine(chunk); }

Requirements

• .NET Framework/SDK versions:
  • .Net Frameworkd 4.6.2 and above