diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/Dockerfile b/code_search/indexing_server/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.6
+
+ADD . /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN pip install .
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["sh"]
diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/build_image.sh b/code_search/indexing_server/build_image.sh
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+++ b/code_search/indexing_server/build_image.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+PROJECT=${PROJECT:-}
+BUILD_IMAGE_TAG=${BUILD_IMAGE_TAG:-nmslib:devel}
+
+# Directory of this script used as docker context
+_SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+pushd "$_SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+docker build -t ${BUILD_IMAGE_TAG} .
+
+# Push image to GCR if PROJECT available
+if [[ ! -z "${PROJECT}" ]]; then
+    docker tag ${BUILD_IMAGE_TAG} gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${BUILD_IMAGE_TAG}
+    docker push gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${BUILD_IMAGE_TAG}
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/__init__.py b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/__init__.py
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diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/cli.py b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/cli.py
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+++ b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/cli.py
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+import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import numpy as np
+from nmslib_flask.gcs import maybe_download_gcs_file, maybe_upload_gcs_file
+from nmslib_flask.search_engine import CodeSearchEngine
+from nmslib_flask.search_server import CodeSearchServer
+
+def parse_server_args(args):
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='nmslib Flask Server')
+
+  parser.add_argument('--index-file', type=str, required=True,
+                     help='Path to index file created by nmslib')
+  parser.add_argument('--data-file', type=str, required=True,
+                     help='Path to csv file for human-readable data')
+  parser.add_argument('--data-dir', type=str, metavar='', default='/tmp',
+                     help='Path to working data directory')
+  parser.add_argument('--host', type=str, metavar='', default='0.0.0.0',
+                     help='Host to start server on')
+  parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, metavar='', default=8008,
+                     help='Port to bind server to')
+
+  return parser.parse_args(args)
+
+
+def parse_creator_args(args):
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='nmslib Index Creator')
+
+  parser.add_argument('--data-file', type=str, required=True,
+                     help='Path to csv data file for human-readable data')
+  parser.add_argument('--output-file', type=str, metavar='', default='/tmp/index.nmslib',
+                     help='Path to output index file')
+  parser.add_argument('--data-dir', type=str, metavar='', default='/tmp',
+                     help='Path to working data directory')
+
+  return parser.parse_args(args)
+
+def server():
+  args = parse_server_args(sys.argv[1:])
+
+  if not os.path.isdir(args.data_dir):
+    os.makedirs(args.data_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+  # Download relevant files if needed
+  index_file = maybe_download_gcs_file(args.index_file, args.data_dir)
+  data_file = maybe_download_gcs_file(args.data_file, args.data_dir)
+
+  search_engine = CodeSearchEngine(index_file, data_file)
+
+  search_server = CodeSearchServer(engine=search_engine,
+                                   host=args.host, port=args.port)
+  search_server.run()
+
+
+def creator():
+  args = parse_creator_args(sys.argv[1:])
+
+  if not os.path.isdir(args.data_dir):
+    os.makedirs(args.data_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+  data_file = maybe_download_gcs_file(args.data_file, args.data_dir)
+
+  # TODO(sanyamkapoor): parse data file into a numpy array
+
+  data = np.load(data_file)
+
+  tmp_output_file = os.path.join(args.data_dir, os.path.basename(args.output_file))
+
+  CodeSearchEngine.create_index(data, tmp_output_file)
+
+  maybe_upload_gcs_file(tmp_output_file, args.output_file)
diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/gcs.py b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/gcs.py
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+++ b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/gcs.py
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+import re
+import os
+from google.cloud import storage
+
+
+def is_gcs_path(gcs_path_string):
+  """
+  Checks if strings are of the format
+  "gs://bucket_name" or "gs://bucket_name/file/path"
+  """
+  return bool(re.match(r'gs://([^/]+)(/.+)?', gcs_path_string))
+
+def parse_gcs_path(gcs_path_string):
+  """
+  Get the bucket name and file path from a valid GCS path
+  string (see `is_gcs_path`)
+  """
+  if not is_gcs_path(gcs_path_string):
+    raise ValueError("{} is not a valid GCS path".format(gcs_path_string))
+
+  _, full_path = gcs_path_string.split('//')
+  bucket_name, bucket_path = full_path.split('/', 1)
+  return bucket_name, bucket_path
+
+
+def download_gcs_file(src_file, target_file):
+  """
+  Download a source file to the target file from GCS
+  and return the target file path
+  """
+  storage_client = storage.Client()
+  bucket_name, bucket_path = parse_gcs_path(src_file)
+  bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)
+  blob = bucket.blob(bucket_path)
+  blob.download_to_filename(target_file)
+  return target_file
+
+
+def maybe_download_gcs_file(src_file, target_dir):
+  """Wraps `download_gcs_file` with checks"""
+  if not is_gcs_path(src_file):
+    return src_file
+
+  target_file = os.path.join(target_dir, os.path.basename(src_file))
+
+  return download_gcs_file(src_file, target_file)
+
+
+def upload_gcs_file(src_file, target_file):
+  """
+  Upload a source file to the target file in GCS
+  and return the target file path
+  """
+  storage_client = storage.Client()
+  bucket_name, bucket_path = parse_gcs_path(target_file)
+  bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)
+  blob = bucket.blob(bucket_path)
+  blob.upload_from_filename(src_file)
+  return target_file
+
+
+def maybe_upload_gcs_file(src_file, target_file):
+  """Wraps `upload_gcs_file` with checks"""
+  if not is_gcs_path(target_file):
+    return target_file
+
+  return upload_gcs_file(src_file, target_file)
diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/search_engine.py b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/search_engine.py
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+++ b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/search_engine.py
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+import nmslib
+import numpy as np
+
+
+class CodeSearchEngine:
+  """This is a utility class which takes an nmslib
+  index file and a data file to return data from"""
+  def __init__(self, index_file: str, data_file: str):
+    self._index_file = index_file
+    self._data_file = data_file
+
+    self.index = CodeSearchEngine.nmslib_init()
+    self.index.loadIndex(index_file)
+
+    # TODO: load the reverse-index map for actual code data
+    # self.data_map =
+
+  def embed(self, query_str):
+    # TODO load trained model and embed input strings
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def query(self, query_str: str, k=2):
+    embedding = self.embed(query_str)
+    idxs, dists = self.index.knnQuery(embedding, k=k)
+
+    # TODO(sanyamkapoor): initialize data map and return
+    # list of dicts
+    # [
+    #     {'src': self.data_map[idx], 'dist': dist}
+    #     for idx, dist in zip(idxs, dists)
+    # ]
+    return idxs, dists
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def nmslib_init():
+    """Initializes an nmslib index object"""
+    index = nmslib.init(method='hnsw', space='cosinesimil')
+    return index
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def create_index(data: np.array, save_path: str):
+    """Add numpy data to the index and save to path"""
+    index = CodeSearchEngine.nmslib_init()
+    index.addDataPointBatch(data)
+    index.createIndex({'post': 2}, print_progress=True)
+    index.saveIndex(save_path)
diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/search_server.py b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/search_server.py
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+++ b/code_search/indexing_server/nmslib_flask/search_server.py
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+from flask import Flask, request, abort, jsonify, make_response
+
+
+class CodeSearchServer:
+  """This utility class wraps the search engine into
+  an HTTP server based on Flask"""
+  def __init__(self, engine, host='0.0.0.0', port=8008):
+    self.app = Flask(__name__)
+    self.host = host
+    self.port = port
+    self.engine = engine
+
+  def init_routes(self):
+    # pylint: disable=unused-variable
+
+    @self.app.route('/ping')
+    def ping():
+      return make_response(jsonify(status=200), 200)
+
+    @self.app.route('/query')
+    def query():
+      query_str = request.args.get('query')
+      if not query_str:
+        abort(make_response(
+          jsonify(status=400, error="empty query"), 400))
+
+      result = self.engine.search(query_str)
+      return make_response(jsonify(result=result))
+
+  def run(self):
+    self.app.run(host=self.host, port=self.port)
diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/requirements.txt b/code_search/indexing_server/requirements.txt
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+Flask~=1.0.0
+nmslib~=1.7.0
+numpy~=1.14.0
+google-cloud-storage~=1.10.0
diff --git a/code_search/indexing_server/setup.py b/code_search/indexing_server/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+with open('requirements.txt', 'r') as f:
+  install_requires = f.readlines()
+
+VERSION = '0.1.0'
+
+setup(name='code-search-index-server',
+      description='Kubeflow Code Search Demo - Index Server',
+      url='https://www.github.com/kubeflow/examples',
+      author='Sanyam Kapoor',
+      author_email='sanyamkapoor@google.com',
+      version=VERSION,
+      license='MIT',
+      packages=find_packages(),
+      install_requires=install_requires,
+      extras_require={},
+      entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+          'nmslib-serve=nmslib_flask.cli:server',
+          'nmslib-create=nmslib_flask.cli:creator',
+        ]
+      })