-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(
-            'http://smotri.com/video/view/url/bot/', compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(video_form))
-        request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
-
-        video = self._download_json(request, video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
+        video = self._download_json(
+            'http://smotri.com/video/view/url/bot/',
+            video_id, 'Downloading video JSON',
+            data=urlencode_postdata(video_form),
+            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})