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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2010-2011 Romain Bignon, Christophe Benz, Noé Rubinstein
+# Copyright(C) 2013 Pierre Mazière
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from .base import NotLoaded, Field, BytesField
+from .file import ICapFile, BaseFile
+
+__all__ = ['BaseImage', 'ICapImage']
+
+class _BaseImage(BaseFile):
+    """
+    Fake class to allow the inclusion of a BaseImage property within
+    the real BaseImage class
+    """
+    pass
+
+class BaseImage(_BaseImage):
+    """
+    Represents an image file.
+    """
+    nsfw =      Field('Is this Not Safe For Work', bool, default=False)
+    thumbnail = Field('Thumbnail of the image', _BaseImage)
+    data =      BytesField('Data of image')
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.url
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<Image url="%s">' % self.url
+
+    def __iscomplete__(self):
+        return self.data is not NotLoaded
+
+class ICapImage(ICapFile):
+    """
+    Image file provider
+    """
+    def search_image(self, pattern, sortby=ICapFile.SEARCH_RELEVANCE, nsfw=False):
+        """
+        search for an image file
+
+        :param pattern: pattern to search on
+        :type pattern: str
+        :param sortby: sort by ...(use SEARCH_* constants)
+        :param nsfw: include non-suitable for work images if True
+        :type nsfw: bool
+        :rtype: iter[:class:`BaseImage`]
+        """
+        return self.search_file(pattern, sortby)
+
+    def get_image(self, id):
+        """
+        Get an image file from an ID.
+
+        :param id: image file ID
+        :type id: str
+        :rtype: :class:`BaseImage`]
+        """
+        return self.get_file(id)
+