# SquirroItemLoader **`class SquirroItemLoader(config)`** Bases: [`Loader`](squirro.lib.nlp.steps.loaders.Loader.md#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.loaders.Loader) Loads in a list of items (with the data structure of a Squirro Item) and transforms them to [`Document`](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document) items. The transformation is done using [`squirro.lib.nlp.utils.squirro_utils.squirro_item_to_nlp_doc()`](../technical/libnlp/utils/standard.md#squirro.lib.nlp.utils.squirro_utils.squirro_item_to_nlp_doc). Parameters `type` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)) – squirro_item **Example** ```json { "step": "loader", "type": "squirro_item", "fields": [ "text", "label" ] } ``` Methods SummaryMethods Documentation **`process(data)`** Convert Items (with data structure of a Squirro Item) to nlp Documents and yield Parameters `data` ([`dict`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#dict)) – dictionary with items and parameters Returns Document generator Return type generator(Documents)