diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/acreom.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/acreom.py
index b6eccfeac0..89aff5d173 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/acreom.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/acreom.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterator
+from typing import Iterator, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ class AcreomLoader(BaseLoader):
     """Regex to match front matter metadata in markdown files."""
 
     def __init__(
-        self, path: str, encoding: str = "UTF-8", collect_metadata: bool = True
+        self,
+        path: Union[str, Path],
+        encoding: str = "UTF-8",
+        collect_metadata: bool = True,
     ):
         """Initialize the loader."""
         self.file_path = path
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/airbyte_json.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/airbyte_json.py
index b3a0e2fc0c..aeb4b43cab 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/airbyte_json.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/airbyte_json.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
-from typing import List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 from langchain_core.utils import stringify_dict
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
 class AirbyteJSONLoader(BaseLoader):
     """Load local `Airbyte` json files."""
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with a file path. This should start with '/tmp/airbyte_local/'."""
         self.file_path = file_path
         """Path to the directory containing the json files."""
@@ -20,5 +21,5 @@ class AirbyteJSONLoader(BaseLoader):
         for line in open(self.file_path, "r"):
             data = json.loads(line)["_airbyte_data"]
             text += stringify_dict(data)
-        metadata = {"source": self.file_path}
+        metadata = {"source": str(self.file_path)}
         return [Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)]
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/assemblyai.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/assemblyai.py
index cc74c552e2..32ec943bdf 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/assemblyai.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/assemblyai.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterator, Optional
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterator, Optional, Union
 
 import requests
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class AssemblyAIAudioTranscriptLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        file_path: str,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
         *,
         transcript_format: TranscriptFormat = TranscriptFormat.TEXT,
         config: Optional[assemblyai.TranscriptionConfig] = None,
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class AssemblyAIAudioTranscriptLoader(BaseLoader):
         if api_key is not None:
             assemblyai.settings.api_key = api_key
 
-        self.file_path = file_path
+        self.file_path = str(file_path)
         self.transcript_format = transcript_format
         self.transcriber = assemblyai.Transcriber(config=config)
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/conllu.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/conllu.py
index 989eec61a5..fa43af653a 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/conllu.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/conllu.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import csv
-from typing import List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
 class CoNLLULoader(BaseLoader):
     """Load `CoNLL-U` files."""
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with a file path."""
         self.file_path = file_path
 
@@ -29,5 +30,5 @@ class CoNLLULoader(BaseLoader):
             else:
                 text += line[1] + " "
 
-        metadata = {"source": self.file_path}
+        metadata = {"source": str(self.file_path)}
         return [Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)]
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
index df207d9dd2..fca2f1f0f9 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import csv
 from io import TextIOWrapper
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Sequence
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class CSVLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        file_path: str,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
         source_column: Optional[str] = None,
         metadata_columns: Sequence[str] = (),
         csv_args: Optional[Dict] = None,
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ class CSVLoader(BaseLoader):
                 source = (
                     row[self.source_column]
                     if self.source_column is not None
-                    else self.file_path
+                    else str(self.file_path)
                 )
             except KeyError:
                 raise ValueError(
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/email.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/email.py
index 66b460e95a..832593839e 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/email.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/email.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
-from typing import Any, Iterator, List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Iterator, List, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ class UnstructuredEmailLoader(UnstructuredFileLoader):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single", **unstructured_kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
+        mode: str = "single",
+        **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
         process_attachments = unstructured_kwargs.get("process_attachments")
         attachment_partitioner = unstructured_kwargs.get("attachment_partitioner")
@@ -79,17 +83,17 @@ class OutlookMessageLoader(BaseLoader):
     https://github.com/TeamMsgExtractor/msg-extractor
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with a file path.
 
         Args:
             file_path: The path to the Outlook Message file.
         """
 
-        self.file_path = file_path
+        self.file_path = str(file_path)
 
         if not os.path.isfile(self.file_path):
-            raise ValueError("File path %s is not a valid file" % self.file_path)
+            raise ValueError(f"File path {self.file_path} is not a valid file")
 
         try:
             import extract_msg  # noqa:F401
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/evernote.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/evernote.py
index 88a3efa8b1..07ade0ce5d 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/evernote.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/evernote.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ https://gist.github.com/foxmask/7b29c43a161e001ff04afdb2f181e31c
 import hashlib
 import logging
 from base64 import b64decode
+from pathlib import Path
 from time import strptime
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -35,9 +36,9 @@ class EverNoteLoader(BaseLoader):
             the 'source' which contains the file name of the export.
     """  # noqa: E501
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str, load_single_document: bool = True):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path], load_single_document: bool = True):
         """Initialize with file path."""
-        self.file_path = file_path
+        self.file_path = str(file_path)
         self.load_single_document = load_single_document
 
     def _lazy_load(self) -> Iterator[Document]:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/excel.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/excel.py
index f1724280d1..3aa31cfe86 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/excel.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/excel.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Loads Microsoft Excel files."""
-from typing import Any, List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.unstructured import (
     UnstructuredFileLoader,
@@ -27,7 +28,10 @@ class UnstructuredExcelLoader(UnstructuredFileLoader):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single", **unstructured_kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
+        mode: str = "single",
+        **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
         """
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/facebook_chat.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/facebook_chat.py
index 1122b460c9..443c9ce07f 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/facebook_chat.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/facebook_chat.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import datetime
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterator
+from typing import Iterator, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def concatenate_rows(row: dict) -> str:
 class FacebookChatLoader(BaseLoader):
     """Load `Facebook Chat` messages directory dump."""
 
-    def __init__(self, path: str):
+    def __init__(self, path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with a path."""
         self.file_path = path
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/helpers.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/helpers.py
index 6e0f8b9bfb..e094db6872 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/helpers.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/helpers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """Document loader helpers."""
 
 import concurrent.futures
-from typing import List, NamedTuple, Optional, cast
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, NamedTuple, Optional, Union, cast
 
 
 class FileEncoding(NamedTuple):
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ class FileEncoding(NamedTuple):
     """The language of the file."""
 
 
-def detect_file_encodings(file_path: str, timeout: int = 5) -> List[FileEncoding]:
+def detect_file_encodings(
+    file_path: Union[str, Path], timeout: int = 5
+) -> List[FileEncoding]:
     """Try to detect the file encoding.
 
     Returns a list of `FileEncoding` tuples with the detected encodings ordered
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ def detect_file_encodings(file_path: str, timeout: int = 5) -> List[FileEncoding
     """
     import chardet
 
+    file_path = str(file_path)
+
     def read_and_detect(file_path: str) -> List[dict]:
         with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
             rawdata = f.read()
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/html_bs.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/html_bs.py
index 09b7489dda..3ab1820cc3 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/html_bs.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/html_bs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Iterator, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ class BSHTMLLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        file_path: str,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
         open_encoding: Union[str, None] = None,
         bs_kwargs: Union[dict, None] = None,
         get_text_separator: str = "",
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class BSHTMLLoader(BaseLoader):
             title = ""
 
         metadata: Dict[str, Union[str, None]] = {
-            "source": self.file_path,
+            "source": str(self.file_path),
             "title": title,
         }
         yield Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/image_captions.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/image_captions.py
index 93dce16432..568fa0a25a 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/image_captions.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/image_captions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from io import BytesIO
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, List, Tuple, Union
 
 import requests
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ class ImageCaptionLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        images: Union[str, bytes, List[Union[str, bytes]]],
+        images: Union[str, Path, bytes, List[Union[str, bytes, Path]]],
         blip_processor: str = "Salesforce/blip-image-captioning-base",
         blip_model: str = "Salesforce/blip-image-captioning-base",
     ):
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ class ImageCaptionLoader(BaseLoader):
             blip_processor: The name of the pre-trained BLIP processor.
             blip_model: The name of the pre-trained BLIP model.
         """
-        if isinstance(images, (str, bytes)):
+        if isinstance(images, (str, Path, bytes)):
             self.images = [images]
         else:
             self.images = images
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class ImageCaptionLoader(BaseLoader):
         return results
 
     def _get_captions_and_metadata(
-        self, model: Any, processor: Any, image: Union[str, bytes]
+        self, model: Any, processor: Any, image: Union[str, Path, bytes]
     ) -> Tuple[str, dict]:
         """Helper function for getting the captions and metadata of an image."""
         try:
@@ -76,7 +77,9 @@ class ImageCaptionLoader(BaseLoader):
         try:
             if isinstance(image, bytes):
                 image = Image.open(BytesIO(image)).convert("RGB")
-            elif image.startswith("http://") or image.startswith("https://"):
+            elif isinstance(image, str) and (
+                image.startswith("http://") or image.startswith("https://")
+            ):
                 image = Image.open(requests.get(image, stream=True).raw).convert("RGB")
             else:
                 image = Image.open(image).convert("RGB")
@@ -94,6 +97,6 @@ class ImageCaptionLoader(BaseLoader):
         if isinstance(image_source, bytes):
             metadata: dict = {"image_source": "Image bytes provided"}
         else:
-            metadata = {"image_path": image_source}
+            metadata = {"image_path": str(image_source)}
 
         return caption, metadata
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/mhtml.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/mhtml.py
index 8652ed9e14..95edc76d32 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/mhtml.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/mhtml.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import email
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Iterator, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ class MHTMLLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        file_path: str,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
         open_encoding: Union[str, None] = None,
         bs_kwargs: Union[dict, None] = None,
         get_text_separator: str = "",
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ class MHTMLLoader(BaseLoader):
                         title = ""
 
                     metadata: Dict[str, Union[str, None]] = {
-                        "source": self.file_path,
+                        "source": str(self.file_path),
                         "title": title,
                     }
                     yield Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/notebook.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/notebook.py
index 51eec597a5..aa3e1c38a3 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/notebook.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/notebook.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Loads .ipynb notebook files."""
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, List
+from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class NotebookLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        path: str,
+        path: Union[str, Path],
         include_outputs: bool = False,
         max_output_length: int = 10,
         remove_newline: bool = False,
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/notion.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/notion.py
index c42bf568f3..ed01891c44 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/notion.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/notion.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
 class NotionDirectoryLoader(BaseLoader):
     """Load `Notion directory` dump."""
 
-    def __init__(self, path: str, *, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> None:
+    def __init__(self, path: Union[str, Path], *, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> None:
         """Initialize with a file path."""
         self.file_path = path
         self.encoding = encoding
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/obsidian.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/obsidian.py
index bcd2659d65..ed5ce974cb 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/obsidian.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/obsidian.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import functools
 import logging
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, Union
 
 import yaml
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ class ObsidianLoader(BaseLoader):
     DATAVIEW_INLINE_PAREN_REGEX = re.compile(r"\((\w+)::\s*(.*)\)", re.MULTILINE)
 
     def __init__(
-        self, path: str, encoding: str = "UTF-8", collect_metadata: bool = True
+        self,
+        path: Union[str, Path],
+        encoding: str = "UTF-8",
+        collect_metadata: bool = True,
     ):
         """Initialize with a path.
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/odt.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/odt.py
index 6d2cc3474e..171cede5ca 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/odt.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/odt.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Any, List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.unstructured import (
     UnstructuredFileLoader,
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ class UnstructuredODTLoader(UnstructuredFileLoader):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single", **unstructured_kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
+        mode: str = "single",
+        **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
         """
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/org_mode.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/org_mode.py
index e926e6f628..56331e2db0 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/org_mode.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/org_mode.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Any, List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.unstructured import (
     UnstructuredFileLoader,
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ class UnstructuredOrgModeLoader(UnstructuredFileLoader):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single", **unstructured_kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
+        mode: str = "single",
+        **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
         """
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/pdf.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/pdf.py
index 8522f491a1..d4a636c69b 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/pdf.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/pdf.py
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ class BasePDFLoader(BaseLoader, ABC):
         clean up the temporary file after completion.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str, *, headers: Optional[Dict] = None):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path], *, headers: Optional[Dict] = None):
         """Initialize with a file path.
 
         Args:
             file_path: Either a local, S3 or web path to a PDF file.
             headers: Headers to use for GET request to download a file from a web path.
         """
-        self.file_path = file_path
+        self.file_path = str(file_path)
         self.web_path = None
         self.headers = headers
         if "~" in self.file_path:
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class PyPDFDirectoryLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        path: str,
+        path: Union[str, Path],
         glob: str = "**/[!.]*.pdf",
         silent_errors: bool = False,
         load_hidden: bool = False,
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/python.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/python.py
index 9afbbd30f7..74c6ecbcf4 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/python.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/python.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import tokenize
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Union
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.text import TextLoader
 
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders.text import TextLoader
 class PythonLoader(TextLoader):
     """Load `Python` files, respecting any non-default encoding if specified."""
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with a file path.
 
         Args:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/roam.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/roam.py
index a21b827a1d..cfd431b187 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/roam.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/roam.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
 class RoamLoader(BaseLoader):
     """Load `Roam` files from a directory."""
 
-    def __init__(self, path: str):
+    def __init__(self, path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with a path."""
         self.file_path = path
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/rst.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/rst.py
index 103b24414e..ffac8f645e 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/rst.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/rst.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Loads RST files."""
-from typing import Any, List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.unstructured import (
     UnstructuredFileLoader,
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ class UnstructuredRSTLoader(UnstructuredFileLoader):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single", **unstructured_kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
+        mode: str = "single",
+        **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
         """
         Initialize with a file path.
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/rtf.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/rtf.py
index 3fe2731684..a018f43a6a 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/rtf.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/rtf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Loads rich text files."""
-from typing import Any, List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.unstructured import (
     UnstructuredFileLoader,
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ class UnstructuredRTFLoader(UnstructuredFileLoader):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single", **unstructured_kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
+        mode: str = "single",
+        **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
         """
         Initialize with a file path.
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/slack_directory.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/slack_directory.py
index cbd0173ea4..1fdce62033 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/slack_directory.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/slack_directory.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, Iterator, List, Optional
+from typing import Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
 class SlackDirectoryLoader(BaseLoader):
     """Load from a `Slack` directory dump."""
 
-    def __init__(self, zip_path: str, workspace_url: Optional[str] = None):
+    def __init__(self, zip_path: Union[str, Path], workspace_url: Optional[str] = None):
         """Initialize the SlackDirectoryLoader.
 
         Args:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/srt.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/srt.py
index 32acecc41c..4a6f499370 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/srt.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/srt.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
 class SRTLoader(BaseLoader):
     """Load `.srt` (subtitle) files."""
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with a file path."""
         try:
             import pysrt  # noqa:F401
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ class SRTLoader(BaseLoader):
             raise ImportError(
                 "package `pysrt` not found, please install it with `pip install pysrt`"
             )
-        self.file_path = file_path
+        self.file_path = str(file_path)
 
     def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         """Load using pysrt file."""
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/telegram.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/telegram.py
index 50955b73fc..f955b491c2 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/telegram.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/telegram.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def concatenate_rows(row: dict) -> str:
 class TelegramChatFileLoader(BaseLoader):
     """Load from `Telegram chat` dump."""
 
-    def __init__(self, path: str):
+    def __init__(self, path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with a path."""
         self.file_path = path
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/text.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/text.py
index 9409e86b44..a17216dfff 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/text.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/text.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
-from typing import Iterator, Optional
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterator, Optional, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class TextLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        file_path: str,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
         encoding: Optional[str] = None,
         autodetect_encoding: bool = False,
     ):
@@ -56,5 +57,5 @@ class TextLoader(BaseLoader):
         except Exception as e:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Error loading {self.file_path}") from e
 
-        metadata = {"source": self.file_path}
+        metadata = {"source": str(self.file_path)}
         yield Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/tsv.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/tsv.py
index 9bd4b4c2ed..7a06b67282 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/tsv.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/tsv.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Any, List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.unstructured import (
     UnstructuredFileLoader,
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ class UnstructuredTSVLoader(UnstructuredFileLoader):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single", **unstructured_kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
+        mode: str = "single",
+        **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
         validate_unstructured_version(min_unstructured_version="0.7.6")
         super().__init__(file_path=file_path, mode=mode, **unstructured_kwargs)
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/unstructured.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/unstructured.py
index 2878be2575..22df465589 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/unstructured.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/unstructured.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Loader that uses unstructured to load files."""
 import collections
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import IO, Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ class UnstructuredFileLoader(UnstructuredBaseLoader):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        file_path: Union[str, List[str]],
+        file_path: Union[str, List[str], Path, List[Path]],
         mode: str = "single",
         **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
@@ -169,9 +170,13 @@ class UnstructuredFileLoader(UnstructuredBaseLoader):
         if isinstance(self.file_path, list):
             elements = []
             for file in self.file_path:
+                if isinstance(file, Path):
+                    file = str(file)
                 elements.extend(partition(filename=file, **self.unstructured_kwargs))
             return elements
         else:
+            if isinstance(self.file_path, Path):
+                self.file_path = str(self.file_path)
             return partition(filename=self.file_path, **self.unstructured_kwargs)
 
     def _get_metadata(self) -> dict:
@@ -179,14 +184,16 @@ class UnstructuredFileLoader(UnstructuredBaseLoader):
 
 
 def get_elements_from_api(
-    file_path: Union[str, List[str], None] = None,
+    file_path: Union[str, List[str], Path, List[Path], None] = None,
     file: Union[IO, Sequence[IO], None] = None,
     api_url: str = "https://api.unstructured.io/general/v0/general",
     api_key: str = "",
     **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
 ) -> List:
     """Retrieve a list of elements from the `Unstructured API`."""
-    if isinstance(file, collections.abc.Sequence) or isinstance(file_path, list):
+    if is_list := isinstance(file_path, list):
+        file_path = [str(path) for path in file_path]
+    if isinstance(file, collections.abc.Sequence) or is_list:
         from unstructured.partition.api import partition_multiple_via_api
 
         _doc_elements = partition_multiple_via_api(
@@ -206,7 +213,7 @@ def get_elements_from_api(
         from unstructured.partition.api import partition_via_api
 
         return partition_via_api(
-            filename=file_path,
+            filename=str(file_path),
             file=file,
             api_key=api_key,
             api_url=api_url,
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/vsdx.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/vsdx.py
index e0929e4019..5546d5db4d 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/vsdx.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/vsdx.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 from abc import ABC
-from typing import List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import requests
@@ -13,9 +14,9 @@ from langchain_community.document_loaders.parsers import VsdxParser
 
 
 class VsdxLoader(BaseLoader, ABC):
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with file path."""
-        self.file_path = file_path
+        self.file_path = str(file_path)
         if "~" in self.file_path:
             self.file_path = os.path.expanduser(self.file_path)
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/word_document.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/word_document.py
index efbd12559e..c5e0dc1a9c 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/word_document.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/word_document.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 from abc import ABC
-from typing import List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import requests
@@ -19,9 +20,9 @@ class Docx2txtLoader(BaseLoader, ABC):
     to a temporary file, and use that, then clean up the temporary file after completion
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str):
+    def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with file path."""
-        self.file_path = file_path
+        self.file_path = str(file_path)
         if "~" in self.file_path:
             self.file_path = os.path.expanduser(self.file_path)
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/xml.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/xml.py
index 1e1262de03..d57d6582e9 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/xml.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/xml.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Loads Microsoft Excel files."""
-from typing import Any, List
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.unstructured import (
     UnstructuredFileLoader,
@@ -32,8 +33,12 @@ class UnstructuredXMLLoader(UnstructuredFileLoader):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single", **unstructured_kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        file_path: Union[str, Path],
+        mode: str = "single",
+        **unstructured_kwargs: Any,
     ):
+        file_path = str(file_path)
         validate_unstructured_version(min_unstructured_version="0.6.7")
         super().__init__(file_path=file_path, mode=mode, **unstructured_kwargs)