langextract

A Python library for extracting structured information from unstructured text using LLMs with precise source grounding and interactive visualization.

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25 articles
How to Create Custom Provider Plugins for LangExtract: A Complete Developer's Guide

Learn how to create custom provider plugins for LangExtract. Follow this developer's guide to extend LangExtract functionality with your own language model providers.

how-to-guide
Feb 19, 2026
How to Debug LangExtract Extraction Issues Using Debug Mode

Debug LangExtract extraction issues efficiently using debug mode. Enable debug=True in langextract.extraction.extract() for detailed pipeline logging and insight into tokenization, resolution, and LLM calls.

how-to-guide
Feb 19, 2026
How LangExtract Handles Rate Limits and Quota Management: A Complete Guide

Learn how LangExtract helps manage LLM provider quotas with batching, caching, and concurrency controls. Understand its client-side approach to staying within limits.

how-to-guide
Feb 16, 2026
How LangExtract Handles Overlapping Extractions Across Multiple Passes

LangExtract resolves overlapping extractions across passes with a first-pass wins policy. Discover how earlier extractions take precedence and later ones are discarded.

internals
Feb 16, 2026
How to Use LangExtract with Google Vertex AI Authentication: Enterprise Deployment Guide

Securely deploy LangExtract with Google Vertex AI authentication. Set vertexai=True for IAM security, managed quotas, and VPC networking. Learn how to integrate now.

how-to-guide
Feb 16, 2026
How to Handle Extraction Errors and Parse Failures in LangExtract

Learn to handle LangExtract errors and parse failures. Use suppress_parse_errors or catch ResolverParsingError for robust LLM output processing.

how-to-guide
Feb 16, 2026
LangExtract Factory Pattern: How to Create Language Models Programmatically

Discover how LangExtract uses the factory pattern to programmatically create language models via the create_model function. Learn about ModelConfig and dynamic provider resolution.

how-to-guide
Feb 16, 2026
How to Optimize LangExtract Performance for Large-Scale Extraction

Boost LangExtract performance for large-scale extraction by tuning max char buffer, batch length, and using the fast RegexTokenizer. Learn optimization techniques for efficient text analysis.

performance
Feb 16, 2026
How to Configure LangExtract's Format Handler for JSON vs YAML

Configure LangExtract's format handler for JSON or YAML. Learn to control output parsing with flags like use_fences and use_wrapper for efficient data extraction.

how-to-guide
Feb 16, 2026
How context_window_chars Improves Coreference Resolution in LangExtract

Learn how context_window_chars enhances coreference resolution in LangExtract by providing crucial context across text chunks. Improve pronoun and reference accuracy.

deep-dive
Feb 16, 2026
How to Use LangExtract's Visualization for Extracted Entities: A Complete Guide

Learn to use LangExtract's visualization tool to highlight extracted entities in text with interactive HTML pages color-coded spans and playback controls. A complete guide for google/langextract.

how-to-guide
Feb 16, 2026
How LangExtract Handles Fuzzy Text Alignment: A Deep Dive into the Algorithm

Learn how the google/langextract tool handles fuzzy text alignment. It uses a two-stage pipeline with difflib and a sliding-window approach for robust matching.

deep-dive
Feb 16, 2026

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