## GitBook Document Loader
GitBook is a modern documentation platform that helps teams share knowledge. This module provides functionality to load and process content from GitBook documentation sites.
This module provides a sophisticated GitBook document loader that can:
* Load content from specific GitBook pages
* Crawl entire GitBook documentation sites
* Extract structured content
* Process content with text splitters
* Customize metadata extraction
* Handle recursive page loading
### Inputs
#### Required Parameters
* **Web Path**: The URL to the GitBook page or root path
* Single page: e.g.,
* Root path: e.g.,
#### Optional Parameters
* **Should Load All Paths**: Whether to recursively load all pages from the root path
* **Text Splitter**: A text splitter to process the extracted content
* **Additional Metadata**: JSON object with additional metadata
* **Omit Metadata Keys**: Comma-separated list of metadata keys to omit
### Outputs
* **Document**: Array of document objects containing metadata and pageContent
* **Text**: Concatenated string from pageContent of documents
### Features
* Single page loading
* Recursive site crawling
* Content extraction
* Text splitting support
* Metadata customization
* Error handling
* Path management
### Loading Modes
#### Single Page Mode
* Loads content from a specific page
* Extracts page content and metadata
* Preserves page structure
* Faster for single page access
#### All Paths Mode
* Recursively loads all pages from root
* Maintains site hierarchy
* Extracts all available content
* Preserves navigation structure
### Document Structure
Each document contains:
* **pageContent**: Extracted content from the page
* **metadata**:
* title: Page title
* url: Original page URL
* Additional custom metadata
### Notes
* Supports both single page and full site loading
* Handles GitBook's dynamic content
* Preserves document structure
* Supports custom metadata addition
* Error handling for invalid URLs
* Memory-efficient processing
* Flexible output formats
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