from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    compat_urllib_request,
     int_or_none,
+    ExtractorError,
+    sanitized_Request,
 )
 
 
 class VeohIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:www\.)?veoh\.com/(?:watch|iphone/#_Watch)/(?P<id>(?:v|yapi-)[\da-zA-Z]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?veoh\.com/(?:watch|iphone/#_Watch)/(?P<id>(?:v|yapi-)[\da-zA-Z]+)'
 
     _TESTS = [
         {
                 'uploader': 'afp-news',
                 'duration': 123,
             },
+            'skip': 'This video has been deleted.',
         },
         {
             'url': 'http://www.veoh.com/watch/v69525809F6Nc4frX',
                 'description': 'md5:f5a11c51f8fb51d2315bca0937526891',
                 'uploader': 'newsy-videos',
             },
+            'skip': 'This video has been deleted.',
         },
     ]
 
         if video_id.startswith('v'):
             rsp = self._download_xml(
                 r'http://www.veoh.com/api/findByPermalink?permalink=%s' % video_id, video_id, 'Downloading video XML')
-            if rsp.get('stat') == 'ok':
+            stat = rsp.get('stat')
+            if stat == 'ok':
                 return self._extract_video(rsp.find('./videoList/video'))
+            elif stat == 'fail':
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    '%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, rsp.find('./errorList/error').get('errorMessage')), expected=True)
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
         age_limit = 0
         if 'class="adultwarning-container"' in webpage:
             self.report_age_confirmation()
             age_limit = 18
-            request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
+            request = sanitized_Request(url)
             request.add_header('Cookie', 'confirmedAdult=true')
             webpage = self._download_webpage(request, video_id)