diff --git a/torrentSearch/http_utils.py b/torrentSearch/http_utils.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3.6
+
+from urllib import parse, request
+from urllib.error import URLError
+import logging
+
+def build_url(ssl, baseUrl, path, args_dict=[]):
+	url_parts = list(parse.urlparse(baseUrl))
+	url_parts[0] = 'https' if ssl else 'http'
+	if type(path) is list:
+		url_parts[2] = '/'.join(path)
+	else:
+		url_parts[2] = path
+	url_parts[4] = parse.urlencode(args_dict)
+	return parse.urlunparse(url_parts)
+
+# Converts a input string or list to percent-encoded string,
+# this is for encoding information in a Uniform Resource
+# Identifier (URI) using urllib
+def convert_query_to_percent_encoded_octets(input_query):
+	if type(input_query) is list:
+		input_query = ' '.join(input_query)
+
+	return parse.quote(input_query)
+
+def fetch_url(url):
+	req = request.Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
+	try:
+	    response = request.urlopen(req)
+	except URLError as e:
+	    if hasattr(e, 'reason'):
+	        logging.error('We failed to reach a server with request: %s' % req.full_url)
+	        logging.error('Reason: %s' % e.reason)
+	    elif hasattr(e, 'code'):
+	        logging.error('The server couldn\'t fulfill the request.')
+	        logging.error('Error code: ', e.code)
+	else:
+	    return response
diff --git a/torrentSearch/utils.py b/torrentSearch/utils.py
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--- a/torrentSearch/utils.py
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@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3.6
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# @Author: KevinMidboe
-# @Date:   2017-11-01 15:57:23
-# @Last Modified by:   KevinMidboe
-# @Last Modified time: 2017-11-01 16:11:32
-
-def sanitize(string, ignore_characters=None, replace_characters=None):
-	"""Sanitize a string to strip special characters.
-
-	:param str string: the string to sanitize.
-	:param set ignore_characters: characters to ignore.
-	:return: the sanitized string.
-	:rtype: str
-
-	"""
-	# only deal with strings
-	if string is None:
-		return
-	
-	replace_characters = replace_characters or ''
-
-	ignore_characters = ignore_characters or set()
-
-	characters = ignore_characters
-	if characters:
-		string = re.sub(r'[%s]' % re.escape(''.join(characters)), replace_characters, string)
-
-	return string
-
-def return_re_match(string, re_statement):
-	if string is None:
-		return
-
-	m = re.search(re_statement, string)
-	if 'Y-day' in m.group():
-		return datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%m-%d %Y')
-	return sanitize(m.group(), '\xa0', ' ')
-
-
-# Can maybe be moved away from this class
-# returns a number that is either the value of multiple_pages
-# or if it exceeds total_pages, return total_pages.
-def pagesToCount(multiple, total):
-	if (multiple > total):
-		return total
-	return multiple
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