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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Simple script showing how to read a mitmproxy dump file
+#
+
+from libmproxy import flow
+import json, sys
+
+with open("logfile", "rb") as f:
+    freader = flow.FlowReader(f)
+    try:
+       for i in freader.stream():
+            print i.request.host
+            json.dump(i._get_state(), sys.stdout, indent=4)
+            print ""
+    except flow.FlowReadError, v:
+        print "Flow file corrupted. Stopped loading."
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