WARC File Indexer Script Outline
Blueprint for Python Script using warcio/tika
File: warc_indexer.py
Python Script Outline (Primary Logic)
Command Line Interface Usage
$
python warc_indexer.py --input /path/to/archive.warc.gz --output index.jsonl
Dependencies
pip install warcio tika jsonlines
Process Overview
The script iterates over records in the WARC file, filters for relevant HTTP responses, extracts metadata, and exports structured JSON lines.
Output Data Structure (JSONL Schema)
WARC Header Keys: WARC-Target-URI, WARC-Record-ID, WARC-Date
Extracted Metadata: Content-Type, Status-Code, Content-Length
Final JSON Object Structure:
{
"uri": "...",
"date": "...",
"status_code": 200,
"file_size": 12345,
"text_content": "...",
"title": "..."
}
Script Configuration
Filtering Options
e.g., response, resource, conversion