-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('https://www.nfb.ca/film/%s/player_config' % video_id,
-                                                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'getConfig': 'true'}).encode('ascii'))
+        request = sanitized_Request(
+            'https://www.nfb.ca/film/%s/player_config' % video_id,
+            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'getConfig': 'true'}).encode('ascii'))