diff --git a/tools/parsebuildpack.py b/tools/parsebuildpack.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d253c02fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/parsebuildpack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from app import userfiles as user_files
+
+import workers.dockerfilebuild
+import requests
+
+w = workers.dockerfilebuild.DockerfileBuildWorker(100, None)
+
+resource_key = '5c0a985c-405d-4161-b0ac-603c3757b5f9'
+resource_url = user_files.get_file_url(resource_key, requires_cors=False)
+print resource_url
+
+docker_resource = requests.get(resource_url, stream=True)
+c_type = docker_resource.headers['content-type']
+
+if ';' in c_type:
+  c_type = c_type.split(';')[0]
+
+build_dir = w._mime_processors[c_type](docker_resource)
+print build_dir
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diff --git a/tools/reparsedockerfile.py b/tools/reparsedockerfile.py
index 09ac3955f..69c6251a0 100644
--- a/tools/reparsedockerfile.py
+++ b/tools/reparsedockerfile.py
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ if image_and_tag_tuple is None or image_and_tag_tuple[0] is None:
   raise Exception('Missing FROM command in Dockerfile')
 
 print serialize_dockerfile(parsed_dockerfile)
+
+with open('Dockerfile.test.out', 'w') as dockerfileobj:
+  dockerfileobj.write(serialize_dockerfile(parsed_dockerfile))