self.loader_kwargs = loader_kwargs
        self.silent_errors = silent_errors
        self.recursive = recursive
        self.show_progress = show_progress
        self.use_multithreading = use_multithreading
        self.max_concurrency = max_concurrency
[docs]    def load_file(
        self, item: Path, path: Path, docs: List[Document], pbar: Optional[Any]
    ) -> None:
        if item.is_file():
            if _is_visible(item.relative_to(path)) or self.load_hidden:
                try:
                    sub_docs = self.loader_cls(str(item), **self.loader_kwargs).load()
                    docs.extend(sub_docs)
                except Exception as e:
                    if self.silent_errors:
                        logger.warning(e)
                    else:
                        raise e
                finally:
                    if pbar:
                        pbar.update(1)
[docs]    def load(self) -> List[Document]:
        """Load documents."""
        p = Path(self.path)
        if not p.exists():
            raise FileNotFoundError(f"Directory not found: '{self.path}'")
        if not p.is_dir():
            raise ValueError(f"Expected directory, got file: '{self.path}'")
        docs: List[Document] = []
        items = list(p.rglob(self.glob) if self.recursive else p.glob(self.glob))
        pbar = None
        if self.show_progress:
            try:
                from tqdm import tqdm
                pbar = tqdm(total=len(items))
            except ImportError as e:
                logger.warning(
                    "To log the progress of DirectoryLoader you need to install tqdm, "
                    "`pip install tqdm`"
                )
                if self.silent_errors:
                    logger.warning(e)
                else:
                    raise e
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