diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp
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+#include "TwitterResponseParser.h"
+
+User getUser(const Swift::ParserElement::ref &element, const std::string xmlns) 
+{
+	User user;
+	if(element->getName() != "user") {
+		std::cerr << "Not a user element!" << std::endl;
+		return user;
+	}
+
+	user.setUserID( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::id, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	user.setScreenName( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::screen_name, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	user.setUserName( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::name, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	user.setNumberOfTweets( atoi(element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::statuses_count, xmlns)->getText().c_str()) );
+	return user;
+}
+
+Status getStatus(const Swift::ParserElement::ref &element, const std::string xmlns) 
+{
+	Status status;
+	if(element->getName() != "status") {
+		std::cerr << "Not a status element!" << std::endl;
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	status.setCreationTime( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::created_at, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	status.setID( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::id, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	status.setTweet( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::text, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	status.setTruncated( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::truncated, xmlns)->getText() )=="true" );
+	status.setReplyToStatusID( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::in_reply_to_status_id, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	status.setReplyToUserID( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::in_reply_to_user_id, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	status.setReplyToScreenName( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::in_reply_to_screen_name, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	status.setUserData( getUser(element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::user, xmlns), xmlns) );
+	status.setRetweetCount( atoi( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweet_count, xmlns)->getText().c_str() ) );
+	status.setFavorited( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::favorited, xmlns)->getText() )=="true" );
+	status.setRetweeted( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweeted, xmlns)->getText() )=="true" );
+	return status;
+}
+
+std::vector<Status> getTimeline(std::string &xml)
+{
+	std::vector<Status> statuses;
+	Swift::ParserElement::ref rootElement = Swift::StringTreeParser::parse(xml);
+	
+	if(rootElement->getName() != "statuses") {
+		std::cerr << "XML doesnt correspond to timline\n";
+		return statuses;
+	}
+
+	const std::string xmlns = rootElement->getNamespace();
+	const std::vector<Swift::ParserElement::ref> children = rootElement->getChildren(TwitterReponseTypes::status, xmlns);
+//	const std::vector<Swift::ParserElement::ref>::iterator it;
+
+	for(int i = 0; i <  children.size() ; i++) {
+		const Swift::ParserElement::ref status = children[i];
+		statuses.push_back(getStatus(status, xmlns));
+	}
+	return statuses;
+}