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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Simple script showing how to read a mitmproxy dump file
+#
+
+from mitmproxy import flow
+import pprint
+import sys
+
+with open(sys.argv[1], "rb") as logfile:
+    freader = flow.FlowReader(logfile)
+    pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
+    try:
+        for f in freader.stream():
+            print(f)
+            print(f.request.host)
+            pp.pprint(f.get_state())
+            print("")
+    except flow.FlowReadError as v:
+        print "Flow file corrupted. Stopped loading."