--- a/labs/openlayers/tools/shrinksafe.py
+++ b/labs/openlayers/tools/shrinksafe.py
@@ -1,1 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Script to provide a wrapper around the ShrinkSafe "web service"
+# <http://shrinksafe.dojotoolkit.org/>
+#
 
+#
+# We use this script for two reasons:
+#
+#  * This avoids having to install and configure Java and the standalone
+#    ShrinkSafe utility.
+#
+#  * The current ShrinkSafe standalone utility was broken when we last
+#    used it.
+#
+
+import sys
+
+import urllib
+import urllib2
+
+URL_SHRINK_SAFE = "http://shrinksafe.dojotoolkit.org/shrinksafe.php"
+
+# This would normally be dynamically generated:
+BOUNDARY_MARKER = "---------------------------72288400411964641492083565382"
+                   
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ## Grab the source code
+    try:
+        sourceFilename = sys.argv[1]
+    except:
+        print "Usage: %s (<source filename>|-)" % sys.argv[0]
+        raise SystemExit
+
+    if sourceFilename == "-":
+        sourceCode = sys.stdin.read()
+        sourceFilename = "stdin.js"
+    else:
+        sourceCode = open(sourceFilename).read()
+        
+    ## Create the request replicating posting of the form from the web page
+    request = urllib2.Request(url=URL_SHRINK_SAFE)
+    request.add_header("Content-Type",
+                       "multipart/form-data; boundary=%s" % BOUNDARY_MARKER)
+    request.add_data("""
+--%s
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name="shrinkfile[]"; filename="%s"
+Content-Type: application/x-javascript
+
+%s
+""" % (BOUNDARY_MARKER, sourceFilename, sourceCode))
+
+    ## Deliver the result
+    print urllib2.urlopen(request).read(),
+