diff --git a/tools/ubuntu_package_puller/ubuntu_launchpad_distro_archive_lookup.py b/tools/ubuntu_package_puller/ubuntu_launchpad_distro_archive_lookup.py
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+from launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad
+from collections import defaultdict
+import httplib2
+
+class UbuntuDistroLaunchpad:
+    """
+    Use launchpadlib api to query for the package history tree
+    of a target source_package_name + distro_series
+    """
+    def __init__(self, source_package_name=None, distro_series=None,
+            version=None, debug=False):
+
+        self.source_package_name = source_package_name
+        self.distro_series = distro_series
+        self.version = version
+        self.debug = debug
+
+        self.launchpad = self.login()
+        self.ubuntu = self.set_ubuntu()
+        self.distro = self.set_distro()
+
+        self.set_debug()
+
+    def login(self):
+        return Launchpad.login_anonymously('package_version_history_lookup', 'production')
+
+    def set_debug(self):
+        if self.debug is False:
+            httplib2.debuglevel = 0
+        else:
+            if self.debug is True:
+                print('HTTP Debugging Enabled')
+                httplib.debuglevel = 1
+
+    def set_ubuntu(self):
+        return self.launchpad.distributions['ubuntu']
+
+    def set_distro_series(self):
+        return self.ubuntu.getSeries(name_or_version=self.distro_series)
+
+    def set_version(self):
+        return self.ubuntu.getSeries(name_or_version=self.version)
+
+    def set_distro(self):
+        if self.distro_series and self.version is None:
+            return self.set_distro_series()
+        elif self.version and self.distro_series is None:
+            return self.set_version()
+
+class DistroArchive
+    """
+    TODO:
+        Make this on handle setting the archive
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, archive_name='main'):
+        self.archive_name = archive_name
+
+
+class UbuntuPackageArchive
+    """
+    NOTE: Separating the package archive and lookup process from setting the distro
+    i think is better for organization
+    """
+
+
+    def __init__(self, ):
+        # test if this works or not
+        self.distro_launchpad = UbuntuDistroLaunchpad() 
+        # set archive_name to main for now
+        self.archive = DistroArchive(archive_name='main')
+        self.source_package_name = source_package_name
+
+
+    def set_main_archive(self):
+        """
+        TODO:
+        Can we make a function that uses the launchpadlib to set the archive to
+        main, multiverse, restricted, universe 
+        """
+        print('Setting archive to main archive')
+        return self.ubuntu.main_archive
+
+    def get_published_sources(self):
+        """ 
+        this function needs self.source_package_name to be set
+        TODO: investigate to see if this api call works with a version or if there is a version instead of distro_series param with getPublishedSources so we can use the self.distro instead of what we are setting for series = now
+        """ 
+        if self.source_package_name is None:
+            print('Please instantiate a source_package_name with the UbuntuDistroLaunchpad() class if you wish to use this method')
+        else:
+            # this code here can/should be archive aware so we can get from the
+            # others. see the comment in the set_main_archive() function.
+            archive = self.set_main_archive()
+            #series = self.set_distro_series()
+            series = self.distro
+            return archive.getPublishedSources(source_name=self.source_package_name, distro_series=series)
+
+    def package_name_and_version_history(self):
+        sources = self.get_published_sources()
+        results = []
+        for source in sources:
+            name = source.source_package_name
+            version = source.source_package_version
+            results.append((name, version))
+
+        d = defaultdict(list)
+        for k, v in results:
+            d[k].append(v)
+
+        return sorted(d.items())