ValueError: No files found in /workspace/llama_docs_bot/data/paul_graham. #3

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2026-02-15T18:17:03-05:00

yindo commented

2026-02-15 18:17:03 -05:00

Originally created by @andysingal on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023).

i tried

def load_markdown_docs(filepath):
    """Load markdown docs from a directory, excluding all other file types."""
    loader = SimpleDirectoryReader(
        input_dir=filepath, 
        exclude=["*.rst", "*.ipynb", "*.py", "*.bat", "*.txt", "*.png", "*.jpg", "*.jpeg", "*.csv", "*.html", "*.js", "*.css", "*.pdf", "*.json"],
        file_extractor={".md": MarkdownDocsReader()},
        recursive=True
    )

    return loader.load_data()

!mkdir -p 'data/paul_graham/'
!wget 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/run-llama/llama_index/main/docs/examples/data/paul_graham/paul_graham_essay.txt' -O 'data/paul_graham/paul_graham_essay.txt'

documents = load_markdown_docs("/workspace/llama_docs_bot/data/paul_graham")

gives error:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[32], line 1
----> 1 documents = load_markdown_docs("/workspace/llama_docs_bot/data/paul_graham")

Cell In[17], line 3, in load_markdown_docs(filepath)
      1 def load_markdown_docs(filepath):
      2     """Load markdown docs from a directory, excluding all other file types."""
----> 3     loader = SimpleDirectoryReader(
      4         input_dir=filepath, 
      5         exclude=["*.rst", "*.ipynb", "*.py", "*.bat", "*.txt", "*.png", "*.jpg", "*.jpeg", "*.csv", "*.html", "*.js", "*.css", "*.pdf", "*.json"],
      6         file_extractor={".md": MarkdownDocsReader()},
      7         recursive=True
      8     )
     10     return loader.load_data()

File /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/llama_index/readers/file/base.py:135, in SimpleDirectoryReader.__init__(self, input_dir, input_files, exclude, exclude_hidden, errors, recursive, encoding, filename_as_id, required_exts, file_extractor, num_files_limit, file_metadata)
    133     self.input_dir = Path(input_dir)
    134     self.exclude = exclude
--> 135     self.input_files = self._add_files(self.input_dir)
    137 if file_extractor is not None:
    138     self.file_extractor = file_extractor

File /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/llama_index/readers/file/base.py:191, in SimpleDirectoryReader._add_files(self, input_dir)
    188 new_input_files = sorted(all_files)
    190 if len(new_input_files) == 0:
--> 191     raise ValueError(f"No files found in {input_dir}.")
    193 if self.num_files_limit is not None and self.num_files_limit > 0:
    194     new_input_files = new_input_files[0 : self.num_files_limit]

ValueError: No files found in /workspace/llama_docs_bot/data/paul_graham.

Originally created by @andysingal on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023). i tried ``` def load_markdown_docs(filepath): """Load markdown docs from a directory, excluding all other file types.""" loader = SimpleDirectoryReader( input_dir=filepath, exclude=["*.rst", "*.ipynb", "*.py", "*.bat", "*.txt", "*.png", "*.jpg", "*.jpeg", "*.csv", "*.html", "*.js", "*.css", "*.pdf", "*.json"], file_extractor={".md": MarkdownDocsReader()}, recursive=True ) return loader.load_data() !mkdir -p 'data/paul_graham/' !wget 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/run-llama/llama_index/main/docs/examples/data/paul_graham/paul_graham_essay.txt' -O 'data/paul_graham/paul_graham_essay.txt' documents = load_markdown_docs("/workspace/llama_docs_bot/data/paul_graham") ``` gives error: ``` --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ValueError Traceback (most recent call last) Cell In[32], line 1 ----> 1 documents = load_markdown_docs("/workspace/llama_docs_bot/data/paul_graham") Cell In[17], line 3, in load_markdown_docs(filepath) 1 def load_markdown_docs(filepath): 2 """Load markdown docs from a directory, excluding all other file types.""" ----> 3 loader = SimpleDirectoryReader( 4 input_dir=filepath, 5 exclude=["*.rst", "*.ipynb", "*.py", "*.bat", "*.txt", "*.png", "*.jpg", "*.jpeg", "*.csv", "*.html", "*.js", "*.css", "*.pdf", "*.json"], 6 file_extractor={".md": MarkdownDocsReader()}, 7 recursive=True 8 ) 10 return loader.load_data() File /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/llama_index/readers/file/base.py:135, in SimpleDirectoryReader.__init__(self, input_dir, input_files, exclude, exclude_hidden, errors, recursive, encoding, filename_as_id, required_exts, file_extractor, num_files_limit, file_metadata) 133 self.input_dir = Path(input_dir) 134 self.exclude = exclude --> 135 self.input_files = self._add_files(self.input_dir) 137 if file_extractor is not None: 138 self.file_extractor = file_extractor File /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/llama_index/readers/file/base.py:191, in SimpleDirectoryReader._add_files(self, input_dir) 188 new_input_files = sorted(all_files) 190 if len(new_input_files) == 0: --> 191 raise ValueError(f"No files found in {input_dir}.") 193 if self.num_files_limit is not None and self.num_files_limit > 0: 194 new_input_files = new_input_files[0 : self.num_files_limit] ValueError: No files found in /workspace/llama_docs_bot/data/paul_graham. ```

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