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+import datetime as dt
+
+from database_backends.postgres_backend import PostgresBackend
+import sys
+import json
+
+import stix2
+from stix2.datastore.relational_db.relational_db import RelationalDBStore
+import stix2.properties
+
+# needed so the relational db code knows to create tables for this
+from incident import incident, event, task, impact
+from identity_contact_information import identity_contact_information
+from observed_string import observed_string
+
+
+def main():
+    with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as f:
+        bundle = stix2.parse(json.load(f), allow_custom=True)
+    store = RelationalDBStore(
+        PostgresBackend("postgresql://localhost/stix-data-sink", force_recreate=True),
+        True,
+        None,
+        True,
+        print_sql=True,
+    )
+
+    if store.sink.db_backend.database_exists:
+        for obj in bundle.objects:
+            store.add(obj)
+    else:
+        print("database does not exist")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()