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+#ifndef HTTPREQ_H
+#define HTTPREQ_H
+
+#include "libtwitcurl/curl/curl.h"
+#include "transport/logging.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string.h>
+
+class HTTPRequest
+{
+	CURL *curlhandle;
+	char curl_errorbuffer[1024];
+	std::string error;
+	std::string callbackdata;
+
+    static int curlCallBack(char* data, size_t size, size_t nmemb, HTTPRequest *obj);
+
+	public:
+	HTTPRequest() {
+		curlhandle = NULL;
+	}
+
+	~HTTPRequest() {
+		if(curlhandle) {
+			curl_easy_cleanup(curlhandle);
+			curlhandle = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	bool init();
+	void setProxy(std::string, std::string, std::string, std::string);
+	bool GET(std::string, std::string &);
+	std::string getCurlError() {return std::string(curl_errorbuffer);}
+};
+
+#endif