diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5d0be16a..fd186669 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -49,4 +49,7 @@ gem 'stanford-geo', '0.2.0'
 # traject brings in httpclient, and we'll need this for ruby 3.4 support:
 gem 'mutex_m'
 
+gem 'faraday', '~> 2.9'
+gem 'faraday-net_http_persistent', '~> 2.1'
 gem 'match_map', '~> 3.0'
+gem 'progress_bar'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 97c6ebe6..a79c6434 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ GEM
     erubi (1.13.0)
     factory_bot (6.4.6)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
+    faraday (2.9.1)
+      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.2)
+    faraday-net_http (3.1.0)
+      net-http
+    faraday-net_http_persistent (2.1.0)
+      faraday (~> 2.5)
+      net-http-persistent (~> 4.0)
     ffi (1.17.0-arm64-darwin)
     ffi (1.17.0-x86_64-darwin)
     ffi (1.17.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
@@ -154,6 +161,8 @@ GEM
       rake
     hashdiff (1.1.1)
     hashie (5.0.0)
+    highline (3.1.0)
+      reline
     honeybadger (5.15.6)
     http (5.2.0)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
@@ -205,6 +214,10 @@ GEM
       view_component
     multi_json (1.15.0)
     mutex_m (0.2.0)
+    net-http (0.4.1)
+      uri
+    net-http-persistent (4.0.2)
+      connection_pool (~> 2.2)
     net-scp (4.0.0)
       net-ssh (>= 2.6.5, < 8.0.0)
     net-sftp (4.0.0)
@@ -223,6 +236,7 @@ GEM
       commonmarker (>= 1.0)
     openapi_parser (1.0.0)
     optimist (3.1.0)
+    options (2.3.2)
     parallel (1.26.3)
     parser (3.3.4.2)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
@@ -230,6 +244,9 @@ GEM
     patience_diff (1.2.0)
       optimist (~> 3.0)
     pg (1.5.7)
+    progress_bar (1.3.4)
+      highline (>= 1.6)
+      options (~> 2.3.0)
     psych (5.1.2)
       stringio
     public_suffix (6.0.1)
@@ -345,6 +362,7 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     unf (0.2.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
+    uri (0.13.0)
     useragent (0.16.10)
     view_component (3.14.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.2.0, < 8.0)
@@ -381,6 +399,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dor-event-client
   dor-rights-auth
   factory_bot (~> 6.2)
+  faraday (~> 2.9)
+  faraday-net_http_persistent (~> 2.1)
   honeybadger
   http
   i18n
@@ -390,6 +410,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mutex_m
   parallel
   pg
+  progress_bar
   rake
   retriable
   rspec
diff --git a/lib/public_cocina_record.rb b/lib/public_cocina_record.rb
index 6ee77d47..eba65a20 100644
--- a/lib/public_cocina_record.rb
+++ b/lib/public_cocina_record.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'http'
-
 class PublicCocinaRecord
   attr_reader :public_cocina_doc, :druid, :purl_url
 
-  def self.fetch(druid, purl_url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu')
-    response = HTTP.get("#{purl_url}/#{druid}.json")
-    new(druid, response.body, purl_url:) if response.status.ok?
+  def self.fetch(druid, purl_url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu', client: Faraday.new)
+    response = client.get("#{purl_url}/#{druid}.json")
+    new(druid, response.body, purl_url:) if response.success?
   end
 
   def initialize(druid, public_cocina, purl_url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu')
     @druid = druid
     @purl_url = purl_url
-    @public_cocina_doc = JSON.parse(public_cocina)
+    @public_cocina_doc = public_cocina
   end
 
   def cocina_access
diff --git a/lib/public_xml_record.rb b/lib/public_xml_record.rb
index e364a80f..ad316086 100644
--- a/lib/public_xml_record.rb
+++ b/lib/public_xml_record.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'http'
 require 'mods_display'
 require 'dor/rights_auth'
 
 class PublicXmlRecord
   attr_reader :public_xml_doc, :druid, :purl_url
 
-  def self.fetch(druid, purl_url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu')
-    response = HTTP.get("#{purl_url}/#{druid}.xml")
-    new(druid, response.body, purl_url:) if response.status.ok?
+  def self.fetch(druid, purl_url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu', client: Faraday.new)
+    response = client.get("#{purl_url}/#{druid}.xml")
+    new(druid, response.body, purl_url:) if response.success?
   end
 
   def initialize(druid, public_xml, purl_url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu')
diff --git a/lib/purl_record.rb b/lib/purl_record.rb
index 752b0fef..f83836e3 100644
--- a/lib/purl_record.rb
+++ b/lib/purl_record.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
 
 class PurlRecord
-  attr_reader :druid, :purl_url
+  attr_reader :druid, :purl_url, :client
 
-  def initialize(druid, purl_url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu')
+  def initialize(druid, purl_url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu', client: nil)
     @druid = druid
     @purl_url = purl_url
+    @client = client
   end
 
   def searchworks_id
@@ -21,11 +22,11 @@ def druid_tree
   end
 
   def public_xml
-    @public_xml ||= PublicXmlRecord.fetch(druid, purl_url:)
+    @public_xml ||= PublicXmlRecord.fetch(druid, purl_url:, client:)
   end
 
   def public_cocina
-    @public_cocina ||= PublicCocinaRecord.fetch(druid, purl_url:)
+    @public_cocina ||= PublicCocinaRecord.fetch(druid, purl_url:, client:)
   end
 
   def public_meta_json
diff --git a/lib/traject/readers/purl_fetcher_reader.rb b/lib/traject/readers/purl_fetcher_reader.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2e1f38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/traject/readers/purl_fetcher_reader.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'faraday'
+require 'progress_bar'
+
+module Traject
+  # A reader that fetches all items released to a target from purl-fetcher
+  class PurlFetcherReader
+    attr_reader :input_stream, :settings
+
+    def initialize(input_stream, settings)
+      @settings = Traject::Indexer::Settings.new settings
+      @input_stream = input_stream
+    end
+
+    def each
+      return to_enum(:each) unless block_given?
+
+      response = client.get("/released/#{target}.json")
+      bar = ProgressBar.new(response.body.length)
+      response.body.each do |obj|
+        yield PurlRecord.new(obj['druid'].gsub('druid:', ''), purl_url: @settings['purl.url'], client:)
+        bar.increment!
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def target
+      @settings['purl_fetcher.target'] || 'Searchworks'
+    end
+
+    def host
+      @settings['purl_fetcher.url'] || 'https://purl-fetcher.stanford.edu'
+    end
+
+    def client
+      @client ||= Faraday.new(url: host) do |builder|
+        builder.response :json, content_type: /\bjson$/
+        builder.adapter(:net_http_persistent, pool_size: @settings['processing_thread_pool'])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end