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+#ifndef PROFILEIMAGE_H
+#define PROFILEIMAGE_H
+
+#include "../ThreadPool.h"
+#include "../libtwitcurl/curl/curl.h"
+#include "../TwitterResponseParser.h"
+#include "transport/logging.h"
+#include "transport/config.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <boost/signals.hpp>
+#include <boost/function.hpp>
+#include <boost/bind.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+using namespace Transport;
+using namespace boost::program_options;
+
+class ProfileImageRequest : public Thread
+{
+	std::string user;
+	std::string buddy;
+	std::string url;
+	std::string img;
+	unsigned int reqID;
+	boost::function< void (std::string&, std::string&, std::string&, int, std::string&) > callBack;
+
+
+	bool success;
+	CURL *curlhandle;
+	
+	std::string error;
+	std::string callbackdata;
+	char curl_errorbuffer[1024];
+	bool fetchImage();
+    static int curlCallback( char* data, size_t size, size_t nmemb, ProfileImageRequest *obj);
+
+	public:
+	ProfileImageRequest(Config *config, const std::string &_user, const std::string &_buddy, const std::string &_url, unsigned int _reqID,
+			     boost::function< void (std::string&, std::string&, std::string&, int, std::string&) >  cb) {
+		
+		curlhandle = curl_easy_init();
+		curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROXY, NULL);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, NULL);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH, (long)CURLAUTH_ANY);
+
+		/************ Set proxy if available *****************************************/
+		if(CONFIG_HAS_KEY(config,"proxy.server")) {
+			std::string ip = CONFIG_STRING(config,"proxy.server");
+
+			std::ostringstream out; 
+			out << CONFIG_INT(config,"proxy.port");
+			std::string port = out.str();
+
+			std::string puser = CONFIG_STRING(config,"proxy.user");
+			std::string ppasswd = CONFIG_STRING(config,"proxy.password");
+	
+			if(ip != "localhost" && port != "0") {
+				/* Set proxy details in cURL */
+				std::string proxyIpPort = ip + ":" + port;
+				curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROXY, proxyIpPort.c_str());
+
+				/* Prepare username and password for proxy server */
+				if(puser.length() && ppasswd.length()) {
+					std::string proxyUserPass = puser + ":" + ppasswd;
+					curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, proxyUserPass.c_str());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		/*****************************************************************************/
+
+		user = _user;
+		buddy = _buddy;
+		url = _url;
+		reqID = _reqID;
+		callBack = cb;
+	}
+
+	~ProfileImageRequest() {
+		if(curlhandle) {
+			curl_easy_cleanup(curlhandle);
+			curlhandle = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	void run();
+	void finalize();
+};
+#endif