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+#pragma once
+
+// Transport includes
+#include "transport/config.h"
+#include "transport/networkplugin.h"
+#include "transport/logging.h"
+
+// Swiften
+#include "Swiften/Swiften.h"
+#include "Swiften/TLS/OpenSSL/OpenSSLContextFactory.h"
+
+// for signal handler
+#include "unistd.h"
+#include "signal.h"
+#include "sys/wait.h"
+#include "sys/signal.h"
+
+// Boost
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+
+using namespace boost::filesystem;
+using namespace boost::program_options;
+using namespace Transport;
+
+class HTTPFetch {
+	public:
+		HTTPFetch(Swift::BoostIOServiceThread *ioSerice, Swift::ConnectionFactory *factory);
+		virtual ~HTTPFetch();
+
+		bool fetchURL(const std::string &url);
+
+		boost::signal<void (const std::string &data)> onURLFetched;
+
+	private:
+		void _connected(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Connection> conn, const std::string url, bool error);
+		void _disconnected(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Connection> conn);
+		void _read(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Connection> conn, boost::shared_ptr<Swift::SafeByteArray> data);
+
+		Swift::BoostIOServiceThread *m_ioService;
+		Swift::ConnectionFactory *m_factory;
+		std::string m_buffer;
+		bool m_afterHeader;
+};