diff --git a/packages/import-handler/src/matterHistory.ts b/packages/import-handler/src/matterHistory.ts
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+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument */
+
+import { parse } from '@fast-csv/parse'
+import { Stream } from 'stream'
+
+export type UrlHandler = (url: URL) => Promise<void>
+
+export const importMatterHistory = async (
+  stream: Stream,
+  handler: UrlHandler
+): Promise<number> => {
+  const parser = parse({
+    headers: true,
+    strictColumnHandling: false,
+  })
+  stream.pipe(parser)
+
+  let count = 0
+  for await (const row of parser) {
+    try {
+      const url = new URL(row['URL'])
+      await handler(url)
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.log('invalid url', row, error)
+    }
+    count++
+  }
+  return count
+}
diff --git a/packages/import-handler/test/matter/data/_matter_history.csv b/packages/import-handler/test/matter/data/_matter_history.csv
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+Title,Author,Publisher,URL,Word Count,Saved,Read,Highlight Count,Last Interaction Date,File Id
+"The Only Crypto Story You Need, by Matt Levine",Matt Levine,Bloomberg,https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-the-crypto-story/,39138,TRUE,TRUE,2,2022-12-18 14:49:11,content_15530945.html
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diff --git a/packages/import-handler/test/matter/matter_importer.test.ts b/packages/import-handler/test/matter/matter_importer.test.ts
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+import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import chaiString from 'chai-string'
+import * as fs from 'fs'
+import { importMatterHistory } from '../../src/matterHistory'
+
+chai.use(chaiString)
+
+describe('Load a simple _matter_history file', () => {
+  it('should find the URL of each row', async () => {
+    const urls: URL[] = []
+    const stream = fs.createReadStream('./test/matter/data/_matter_history.csv')
+    const count = await importMatterHistory(stream, (url): Promise<void> => {
+      urls.push(url)
+      return Promise.resolve()
+    })
+    expect(count).to.equal(1)
+    expect(urls).to.eql([
+      new URL('https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-the-crypto-story/'),
+    ])
+  })
+})