diff --git a/pywb/warc/archiveindexer.py b/pywb/warc/archiveindexer.py
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+from gzip2 import GzipFile
+
+from pywb.utils.timeutils import iso_date_to_timestamp
+from recordloader import ArcWarcRecordLoader
+
+import surt
+
+import hashlib
+import base64
+import re
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+
+#=================================================================
+class ArchiveIndexer(object):
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.loader = ArcWarcRecordLoader()
+
+    def make_index(self):
+        self.fh = open(self.filename, 'r')
+        gf = GzipFile(fileobj=self.fh)
+
+        member = gf.read_member()
+        offset = self.fh.tell()
+
+        print ' CDX N b a m s k r M S V g'
+
+        while member:
+            offset = self._process_member(member, offset)
+            member = gf.read_member()
+
+    def _parse_warc_record(self, record):
+        if record.rec_type not in ('response', 'revisit',
+                                    'metadata', 'resource'):
+            return None
+
+        url = record.rec_headers.get_header('WARC-Target-Uri')
+
+        timestamp = record.rec_headers.get_header('WARC-Date')
+        timestamp = iso_date_to_timestamp(timestamp)
+
+        digest = record.rec_headers.get_header('WARC-Payload-Digest')
+
+        status = record.status_headers.statusline.split(' ')[0]
+
+        if record.rec_type == 'revisit':
+            mime = 'warc/revisit'
+            status = '-'
+        else:
+            mime = record.status_headers.get_header('Content-Type')
+            mime = self._extract_mime(mime)
+
+        if digest and digest.startswith('sha1:'):
+            digest = digest[len('sha1:'):]
+
+        if not digest:
+            digest = '-'
+
+        result = OrderedDict()
+        result['urlkey'] = surt.surt(url)
+        result['timestamp'] = timestamp
+        result['url'] = url
+        result['mimetype'] = mime
+        result['statuscode'] = status
+        result['digest'] = digest
+        return result
+
+    def _parse_arc_record(self, record):
+        if record.rec_type == 'arc_header':
+            return None
+
+        url = record.rec_headers.get_header('uri')
+        status = record.status_headers.statusline.split(' ')[0]
+        mime = record.rec_headers.get_header('content-type')
+        mime = self._extract_mime(mime)
+
+        result = OrderedDict()
+        result['urlkey'] = surt.surt(url)
+        result['timestamp'] = record.rec_headers.get_header('archive-date')
+        result['url'] = url
+        result['mimetype'] = mime
+        result['statuscode'] = status
+        result['digest'] = '-'
+        return result
+
+    MIME_RE = re.compile('[; ]')
+
+    def _extract_mime(self, mime):
+        if mime:
+            mime = self.MIME_RE.split(mime, 1)[0]
+        if not mime:
+            mime = 'unk'
+        return mime
+
+    def _process_member(self, member, offset):
+        record = self.loader.parse_record_stream(member)
+
+        if record.format == 'warc':
+            result = self._parse_warc_record(record)
+        elif record.format == 'arc':
+            result = self._parse_arc_record(record)
+
+        if not result:
+            self.read_rest(member)
+            new_offset = self.fh.tell()
+            return new_offset
+
+        result['redirect'] = '-'
+        result['metaflags'] = '-'
+
+        #if result['mimetype'] != 'warc/revisit':
+        #    result['digest'] = '-'
+
+        if result['digest'] == '-':
+            digester = hashlib.sha1()
+            self.read_rest(record.stream, digester)
+            result['digest'] = base64.b32encode(digester.digest())
+
+        self.read_rest(member)
+
+        new_offset = self.fh.tell()
+        length = new_offset - offset
+
+        result['length'] = str(length)
+        result['offset'] = str(offset)
+        result['filename'] = self.filename
+
+        print ' '.join(v for k, v in result.iteritems())
+
+        return new_offset
+
+    def read_rest(self, member, digester=None):
+        while True:
+            b = member.read(8192)
+            if not b:
+                break
+            if digester:
+                digester.update(b)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        index = ArchiveIndexer(sys.argv[1])
+        index.make_index()