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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def configure_proxy(self, curl_object):
 """configure pycurl proxy settings"""

        curl_object.setopt(curl_object.PROXY, self._proxy_hostname)
        curl_object.setopt(curl_object.PROXYPORT, self._proxy_port)
        curl_object.setopt(curl_object.PROXYTYPE, curl_object.PROXYTYPE_SOCKS5)
        if self._proxy_user and self._proxy_passwd:
            curl_object.setopt(curl_object.PROXYUSERPWD, '%s:%s' % (self._proxy_user, self._proxy_port))