diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/__init__.py b/langchain/document_loaders/__init__.py
index 1c2066231b..78c0777646 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from langchain.document_loaders.googledrive import GoogleDriveLoader
from langchain.document_loaders.gutenberg import GutenbergLoader
from langchain.document_loaders.hn import HNLoader
from langchain.document_loaders.html import UnstructuredHTMLLoader
+from langchain.document_loaders.html_bs import BSHTMLLoader
from langchain.document_loaders.ifixit import IFixitLoader
from langchain.document_loaders.image import UnstructuredImageLoader
from langchain.document_loaders.imsdb import IMSDbLoader
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ __all__ = [
"ReadTheDocsLoader",
"GoogleDriveLoader",
"UnstructuredHTMLLoader",
+ "BSHTMLLoader",
"UnstructuredPowerPointLoader",
"UnstructuredWordDocumentLoader",
"UnstructuredPDFLoader",
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/directory.py b/langchain/document_loaders/directory.py
index 7c77daa91b..ecffa85eb5 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/directory.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/directory.py
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ from typing import List, Type, Union
from langchain.docstore.document import Document
from langchain.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
+from langchain.document_loaders.html_bs import BSHTMLLoader
from langchain.document_loaders.text import TextLoader
from langchain.document_loaders.unstructured import UnstructuredFileLoader
-FILE_LOADER_TYPE = Union[Type[UnstructuredFileLoader], Type[TextLoader]]
+FILE_LOADER_TYPE = Union[
+ Type[UnstructuredFileLoader], Type[TextLoader], Type[BSHTMLLoader]
+]
logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/html_bs.py b/langchain/document_loaders/html_bs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92802ccb5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/html_bs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""Loader that uses bs4 to load HTML files, enriching metadata with page title."""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Dict, List, Union
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+from langchain.docstore.document import Document
+from langchain.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
+
+
+class BSHTMLLoader(BaseLoader):
+ """Loader that uses beautiful soup to parse HTML files."""
+
+ def __init__(self, file_path: str) -> None:
+ self.file_path = file_path
+
+ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
+ """Load HTML document into document objects."""
+ with open(self.file_path, "r") as f:
+ soup = BeautifulSoup(f, features="lxml")
+
+ text = soup.get_text()
+
+ if soup.title:
+ title = str(soup.title.string)
+ else:
+ title = ""
+
+ metadata: Dict[str, Union[str, None]] = {
+ "source": self.file_path,
+ "title": title,
+ }
+ return [Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)]
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/document_loaders/test_bshtml.py b/tests/integration_tests/document_loaders/test_bshtml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e67d6211b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/document_loaders/test_bshtml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from langchain.document_loaders.html_bs import BSHTMLLoader
+
+
+def test_bs_html_loader() -> None:
+ """Test unstructured loader."""
+ file_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "examples/example.html"
+ loader = BSHTMLLoader(str(file_path))
+ docs = loader.load()
+
+ assert len(docs) == 1
+
+ metadata = docs[0].metadata
+
+ assert metadata["title"] == "Chew dad's slippers"
+ assert metadata["source"] == str(file_path)
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/examples/example.html b/tests/integration_tests/examples/example.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9318b7a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/examples/example.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+
+ Chew dad's slippers
+
+
+
+ Instead of drinking water from the cat bowl, make sure to steal water from
+ the toilet
+
+ Chase the red dot
+
+ Munch, munch, chomp, chomp hate dogs. Spill litter box, scratch at owner,
+ destroy all furniture, especially couch get scared by sudden appearance of
+ cucumber cat is love, cat is life fat baby cat best buddy little guy for
+ catch eat throw up catch eat throw up bad birds jump on fridge. Purr like
+ a car engine oh yes, there is my human woman she does best pats ever that
+ all i like about her hiss meow .
+
+
+ Dead stare with ears cocked when owners are asleep, cry for no apparent
+ reason meow all night. Plop down in the middle where everybody walks favor
+ packaging over toy. Sit on the laptop kitty pounce, trip, faceplant.
+
+
+