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+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.8-slim
+
+## System dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get upgrade -y && \
+    apt-get install git -y
+
+# install requirements
+COPY requirements.txt /
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Set the working directory to the component folder
+WORKDIR /component/src
+
+# Copy over src-files
+COPY src/ .
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python", "main.py"]
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diff --git a/examples/pipelines/commoncrawl/components/load_from_commoncrawl/fondant_component.yaml b/examples/pipelines/commoncrawl/components/load_from_commoncrawl/fondant_component.yaml
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+name: Load index file from commoncrawl
+description: Component that loads a given index file from commoncrawl
+image: ghcr.io/ml6team/load_from_commoncrawl:latest
+
+produces:
+  segment:
+    fields:
+      path:
+        type: string
+
+args:
+  index_name:
+    description: Name of index file on commoncrawl
+    type: str
+  n_segments_to_load:
+    description: Number of segments to load from the commoncrawl index file
+    type: int
+    default: None
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diff --git a/examples/pipelines/commoncrawl/components/load_from_commoncrawl/requirements.txt b/examples/pipelines/commoncrawl/components/load_from_commoncrawl/requirements.txt
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+boto3==1.26.158
+git+https://github.com/ml6team/fondant@main
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diff --git a/examples/pipelines/commoncrawl/components/load_from_commoncrawl/src/main.py b/examples/pipelines/commoncrawl/components/load_from_commoncrawl/src/main.py
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+"""This component loads a dataset from CommonCrawl based on a given index."""
+import logging
+import typing as t
+
+import io
+import boto3
+import gzip
+
+import dask.dataframe as dd
+import pandas as pd
+
+from fondant.component import LoadComponent
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+S3_COMMONCRAWL_BUCKET = "commoncrawl"
+
+
+def fetch_warc_file_from_s3(s3_bucket: str, s3_key: str) -> bytes:
+    """Fetches a WARC file from S3 and returns its content as a Dask DataFrame.
+    Args:
+        s3_bucket: The name of the S3 bucket.
+        s3_key: The key of the S3 object to be downloaded.
+    Returns:
+        File object containing the WARC file content.
+    """
+    logger.info(f"Fetching WARC file from S3: {s3_bucket}/{s3_key}...")
+
+    s3 = boto3.client("s3")
+    file_obj = io.BytesIO()
+    s3.download_fileobj(s3_bucket, s3_key, file_obj)
+    file_obj.seek(0)
+
+    return file_obj
+
+
+def read_warc_paths_file(
+    warc_file: bytes, n_segments_to_load: t.Optional[int] = None
+) -> dd.DataFrame:
+    """Reads a WARC file containing a list of segment file paths and returns a Dask DataFrame.
+    Args:
+        warc_file: The WARC file to read.
+        n_segments_to_load: The number of segments to load from the WARC file.
+    Returns:
+        A Dask DataFrame containing the segment file paths.
+    """
+    logger.info(f"Reading WARC file...")
+    warc_paths = []
+    with gzip.open(warc_file, mode="rt") as f:
+        warc_paths = [line.strip() for line in f]
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(warc_paths, columns=["warc_paths"])
+    dask_df = dd.from_pandas(df, npartitions=1)
+    dask_df = dask_df.rename(columns={"warc_paths": "segment_path"})
+
+    if n_segments_to_load:
+        dask_df = dask_df.head(n_segments_to_load)
+        dask_df = dd.from_pandas(dask_df, npartitions=1)
+
+    return dask_df
+
+
+class LoadFromCommonCrawl(LoadComponent):
+    def load(
+        self, index_name: str, n_segments_to_load: t.Optional[int] = None
+    ) -> dd.DataFrame:
+        """Loads a dataset of segment file paths from CommonCrawl based on a given index.
+        Args:
+            index_name: The name of the CommonCrawl index to load.
+            n_segments_to_load: The number of segments to load from the index.
+        Returns:
+            A Dask DataFrame containing the segment file paths.
+        """
+        logger.info(f"Loading CommonCrawl index {index_name}...")
+        warc_paths_file_key = f"crawl-data/{index_name}/warc.paths.gz"
+        warc_paths_file_content = fetch_warc_file_from_s3(
+            S3_COMMONCRAWL_BUCKET, warc_paths_file_key
+        )
+
+        warc_paths_df = read_warc_paths_file(
+            warc_paths_file_content, n_segments_to_load
+        )
+
+        return warc_paths_df
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    component = LoadFromCommonCrawl.from_args()
+    component.run()