import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-    compat_urllib_request,
     int_or_none,
+    sanitized_Request,
 )
 
 
                 'height': 296,
                 'duration': 6027,
                 'filesize': 588257923,
-            }
+            },
+            'skip': 'Video has been removed',
         },
     ]
 
         ]
         r_json = json.dumps(r)
         post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'r': r_json})
-        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._API_URL, post)
+        req = sanitized_Request(self._API_URL, post)
         req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 
         response = self._download_json(req, video_id)