diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/cloud_storage_downloader.py b/python_apps/pypo/cloud_storage_downloader.py
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+import os
+import logging
+import ConfigParser
+import urllib2
+
+from libcloud.storage.types import Provider, ContainerDoesNotExistError, ObjectDoesNotExistError
+from libcloud.storage.providers import get_driver
+
+CONFIG_PATH = '/etc/airtime/airtime.conf'
+
+class CloudStorageDownloader:
+    def __init__(self):
+        config = self.read_config_file(CONFIG_PATH)
+        
+        S3_CONFIG_SECTION = "s3"
+        self._s3_bucket = config.get(S3_CONFIG_SECTION, 'bucket')
+        self._s3_api_key = config.get(S3_CONFIG_SECTION, 'api_key')
+        self._s3_api_key_secret = config.get(S3_CONFIG_SECTION, 'api_key_secret')
+    
+    def download_obj(self, dst, obj_name):
+        cls = get_driver(Provider.S3)
+        driver = cls(self._s3_api_key, self._s3_api_key_secret)
+        #object_name = os.path.basename(urllib2.unquote(obj_url).decode('utf8'))
+        try:
+            cloud_obj = driver.get_object(container_name=self._s3_bucket,
+                                    object_name=obj_name)
+        except ObjectDoesNotExistError:
+            logging.info("Could not find object: %s" % obj_name)
+            exit(-1)
+        logging.info('Downloading: %s to %s' % (cloud_obj.name, dst))
+        cloud_obj.download(destination_path=dst)
+
+    def read_config_file(self, config_path):
+        """Parse the application's config file located at config_path."""
+        config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+        try:
+            config.readfp(open(config_path))
+        except IOError as e:
+            print "Failed to open config file at " + config_path + ": " + e.strerror 
+            exit(-1)
+        except Exception:
+            print e.strerror 
+            exit(-1)
+
+        return config
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