diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/twilio.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/twilio.py
index ee12d987e9e..58898b0bc73 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/twilio.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/twilio.py
@@ -104,10 +104,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 # =======================================
 # twilio module support methods
 #
-import urllib
-import urllib2
-
 import base64
+import urllib
 
 
 def post_twilio_api(module, account_sid, auth_token, msg, from_number,
@@ -120,14 +118,16 @@ def post_twilio_api(module, account_sid, auth_token, msg, from_number,
     if media_url:
         data['MediaUrl'] = media_url
     encoded_data = urllib.urlencode(data)
-    request = urllib2.Request(URI)
+
     base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % \
         (account_sid, auth_token)).replace('\n', '')
-    request.add_header('User-Agent', AGENT)
-    request.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
-    request.add_header('Accept', 'application/json')
-    request.add_header('Authorization', 'Basic %s' % base64string)
-    return urllib2.urlopen(request, encoded_data)
+
+    headers = {'User-Agent': AGENT,
+            'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+            'Accept': 'application/json',
+            'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % base64string,
+            }
+    return fetch_url(module, URI, data=encoded_data, headers=headers)
 
 
 # =======================================
@@ -159,14 +159,15 @@ def main():
         to_number = [to_number]
 
     for number in to_number:
-        try:
-            post_twilio_api(module, account_sid, auth_token, msg,
+        r, info = post_twilio_api(module, account_sid, auth_token, msg,
                 from_number, number, media_url)
-        except Exception:
+        if info['status'] != 200:
             module.fail_json(msg="unable to send message to %s" % number)
 
     module.exit_json(msg=msg, changed=False)
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()