Using ds4sd/docling-models from local path

[FBR65]

Hi,

for me it's not possible to use the normal snapshot_download modus wehre the models are downloaded during execution.

The models have to be downloaded in front of the execution to a specific directory.

Is there a parameter which can be used to use local models instead of huggingface download?

[dolfim-ibm]

Yes, it is possible. We will shortly add a concrete example in the documentation (#224) and an explicit option in the CLI (#203).

[vagenas]

@FBR65 you can check how to pass local (i.e. pre-fetched) models in the docs here:
https://ds4sd.github.io/docling/usage/#provide-specific-artifacts-path