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+import argparse
+import asyncio
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+import apsw
+from elasticsearch import AsyncElasticsearch
+from elasticsearch.helpers import async_bulk
+
+from lbry.wallet.server.db.elastic_search import extract_doc, SearchIndex
+
+es = AsyncElasticsearch()
+INDEX = 'claims'
+
+
+async def get_all(db):
+    def exec_factory(cursor, statement, bindings):
+        tpl = namedtuple('row', (d[0] for d in cursor.getdescription()))
+        cursor.setrowtrace(lambda cursor, row: tpl(*row))
+        return True
+
+    db.setexectrace(exec_factory)
+    total = db.execute("select count(*) as total from claim;").fetchone()[0]
+    for num, claim in enumerate(db.execute(f"""
+SELECT claimtrie.claim_hash as is_controlling,
+       claimtrie.last_take_over_height,
+       (select group_concat(tag, ' ') from tag where tag.claim_hash in (claim.claim_hash, claim.reposted_claim_hash)) as tags,
+       (select group_concat(language, ' ') from language where language.claim_hash in (claim.claim_hash, claim.reposted_claim_hash)) as languages,
+       claim.*
+FROM claim LEFT JOIN claimtrie USING (claim_hash)
+""")):
+        claim = dict(claim._asdict())
+        claim['censor_type'] = 0
+        claim['censoring_channel_hash'] = None
+        claim['tags'] = claim['tags'].split(' ') if claim['tags'] else []
+        claim['languages'] = claim['languages'].split(' ') if claim['languages'] else []
+        print(num, total)
+        yield extract_doc(claim, INDEX)
+
+
+async def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("db_path", type=str)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    db = apsw.Connection(args.db_path, flags=apsw.SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY | apsw.SQLITE_OPEN_URI)
+    index = SearchIndex('')
+    await index.start()
+    await index.stop()
+    await async_bulk(es, get_all(db.cursor()))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    asyncio.run(main())