diff --git a/docs/modules/indexes/chain_examples/chat_vector_db.ipynb b/docs/modules/indexes/chain_examples/chat_vector_db.ipynb
index 9f2158eb..2df1bc9e 100644
--- a/docs/modules/indexes/chain_examples/chat_vector_db.ipynb
+++ b/docs/modules/indexes/chain_examples/chat_vector_db.ipynb
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 14,
+   "execution_count": 5,
    "id": "562769c6",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/__init__.py b/langchain/document_loaders/__init__.py
index c54838ec..2ca0f1a9 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/__init__.py
@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ from langchain.document_loaders.s3_file import S3FileLoader
 from langchain.document_loaders.srt import SRTLoader
 from langchain.document_loaders.telegram import TelegramChatLoader
 from langchain.document_loaders.text import TextLoader
-from langchain.document_loaders.unstructured import UnstructuredFileLoader
+from langchain.document_loaders.unstructured import (
+    UnstructuredFileIOLoader,
+    UnstructuredFileLoader,
+)
 from langchain.document_loaders.url import UnstructuredURLLoader
 from langchain.document_loaders.web_base import WebBaseLoader
 from langchain.document_loaders.youtube import YoutubeLoader
 
 __all__ = [
     "UnstructuredFileLoader",
+    "UnstructuredFileIOLoader",
     "UnstructuredURLLoader",
     "DirectoryLoader",
     "NotionDirectoryLoader",
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/unstructured.py b/langchain/document_loaders/unstructured.py
index 97137e08..614ff849 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/unstructured.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/unstructured.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 """Loader that uses unstructured to load files."""
-from typing import List
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import IO, List
 
 from langchain.docstore.document import Document
 from langchain.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
 
 
-class UnstructuredFileLoader(BaseLoader):
+class UnstructuredBaseLoader(BaseLoader, ABC):
     """Loader that uses unstructured to load files."""
 
-    def __init__(self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single"):
+    def __init__(self, mode: str = "single"):
         """Initialize with file path."""
         try:
             import unstructured  # noqa:F401
@@ -22,13 +23,15 @@ class UnstructuredFileLoader(BaseLoader):
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Got {mode} for `mode`, but should be one of `{_valid_modes}`"
             )
-        self.file_path = file_path
         self.mode = mode
 
+    @abstractmethod
     def _get_elements(self) -> List:
-        from unstructured.partition.auto import partition
+        """Get elements."""
 
-        return partition(filename=self.file_path)
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _get_metadata(self) -> dict:
+        """Get metadata."""
 
     def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         """Load file."""
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ class UnstructuredFileLoader(BaseLoader):
         if self.mode == "elements":
             docs: List[Document] = list()
             for element in elements:
-                metadata = {"source": self.file_path}
+                metadata = self._get_metadata()
                 # NOTE(MthwRobinson) - the attribute check is for backward compatibility
                 # with unstructured<0.4.9. The metadata attributed was added in 0.4.9.
                 if hasattr(element, "metadata"):
@@ -45,9 +48,43 @@ class UnstructuredFileLoader(BaseLoader):
                     metadata["category"] = element.category
                 docs.append(Document(page_content=str(element), metadata=metadata))
         elif self.mode == "single":
-            metadata = {"source": self.file_path}
+            metadata = self._get_metadata()
             text = "\n\n".join([str(el) for el in elements])
             docs = [Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)]
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"mode of {self.mode} not supported.")
         return docs
+
+
+class UnstructuredFileLoader(UnstructuredBaseLoader):
+    """Loader that uses unstructured to load files."""
+
+    def __init__(self, file_path: str, mode: str = "single"):
+        """Initialize with file path."""
+        self.file_path = file_path
+        super().__init__(mode=mode)
+
+    def _get_elements(self) -> List:
+        from unstructured.partition.auto import partition
+
+        return partition(filename=self.file_path)
+
+    def _get_metadata(self) -> dict:
+        return {"source": self.file_path}
+
+
+class UnstructuredFileIOLoader(UnstructuredBaseLoader):
+    """Loader that uses unstructured to load file IO objects."""
+
+    def __init__(self, file: IO, mode: str = "single"):
+        """Initialize with file path."""
+        self.file = file
+        super().__init__(mode=mode)
+
+    def _get_elements(self) -> List:
+        from unstructured.partition.auto import partition
+
+        return partition(file=self.file)
+
+    def _get_metadata(self) -> dict:
+        return {}