diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/acortame.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/acortame.py
index 1f095683..4cd274d2 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/acortame.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/acortame.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ class AcortameShortener (URLShortener):
   super(AcortameShortener, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
  def _shorten (self, url):
-
   answer = url
   api = requests.get ("https://acorta.me/api.php?action=shorturl&format=simple&url=" + urllib.quote(url))
   if api.status_code == 200:
diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/clckru.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/clckru.py
index f72f9281..ba1d8bb2 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/clckru.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/clckru.py
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 import urllib
-
+import requests
 from url_shortener import URLShortener
 
 
 class ClckruShortener (URLShortener):
  def __init__ (self, *args, **kwargs):
   self.name = "clck.ru"
-  return super(ClckruShortener, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+  super(ClckruShortener, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
  def _shorten (self, url):
   answer = url
-  api = urllib.urlopen ("http://clck.ru/--?url=" + urllib.quote(url))
-  if api.getcode() == 200:
-   answer = api.read()
-  api.close()
+  api = requests.get ("http://clck.ru/--?url=" + urllib.quote(url))
+  if api.status_code == 200:
+   answer = api.text
   return answer
 
  def created_url (self, url):
diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/hkcim.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/hkcim.py
index 3a47e16f..4c27ec82 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/hkcim.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/hkcim.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import urllib
-
+import requests
 from url_shortener import URLShortener
 
 class HKCShortener (URLShortener):
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ class HKCShortener (URLShortener):
 
  def _shorten (self, url):
   answer = url
-  api = urllib.urlopen ("http://hkc.im/yourls-api.php?action=shorturl&format=simple&url=" + urllib.quote(url))
-  if api.getcode() == 200:
-   answer = api.read()
-  api.close()
+  api = requests.get ("http://hkc.im/yourls-api.php?action=shorturl&format=simple&url=" + urllib.quote(url))
+  if api.status_code == 200:
+   answer = api.text
   return answer
 
  def created_url (self, url):
diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/isgd.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/isgd.py
index d2d25b33..ce46890f 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/isgd.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/isgd.py
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 import urllib
-
+import requests
 from url_shortener import URLShortener
 
 
 class IsgdShortener (URLShortener):
  def __init__ (self, *args, **kwargs):
   self.name = "Is.gd"
-  return super(IsgdShortener, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+  super(IsgdShortener, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
  def _shorten (self, url):
   answer = url
-  api = urllib.urlopen ("http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=" + urllib.quote(url))
-  if api.getcode() == 200:
-   answer = api.read()
-  api.close()
+  api = requests.get ("http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=" + urllib.quote(url))
+  if api.status_code == 200:
+   answer = api.text
   return answer
 
  def created_url (self, url):
diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/onjme.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/onjme.py
index 0b0fd5a2..1a2ec992 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/onjme.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/onjme.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import urllib
-
+import requests
 from url_shortener import URLShortener
 
 class OnjmeShortener (URLShortener):
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ class OnjmeShortener (URLShortener):
 
  def _shorten (self, url):
   answer = url
-  api = urllib.urlopen ("http://onj.me/yourls-api.php?action=shorturl&format=simple&url=" + urllib.quote(url))
-  if api.getcode() == 200:
-   answer = api.read()
-  api.close()
+  api = requests.get ("http://onj.me/yourls-api.php?action=shorturl&format=simple&url=" + urllib.quote(url))
+  if api.status_code == 200:
+   answer = api.text
   return answer
 
  def created_url (self, url):
diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/tinyarrows.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/tinyarrows.py
index d9392fb7..cce2847c 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/tinyarrows.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/tinyarrows.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import urllib
-
+import requests
 from url_shortener import URLShortener
 
 class TinyArrowsShortener (URLShortener):
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ class TinyArrowsShortener (URLShortener):
 
  def _shorten (self, url):
   answer = url
-  answer = urllib.urlopen("http://tinyarro.ws/api-create.php?utfpure=1&url=%s" % urllib.quote(url)).read()
+  api = requests.get("http://tinyarro.ws/api-create.php?utfpure=1&url=%s" % urllib.quote(url))
+  if api.status_code == 200:
+   answer = api.text
   return answer.decode('UTF-8')
 
  def created_url(self, url):
-  return False
+  return "tinyarro.ws" in url
diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/tinyurl.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/tinyurl.py
index 6f1b316e..79a7012e 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/tinyurl.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/tinyurl.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from url_shortener import URLShortener
+import requests
 import urllib
 class TinyurlShortener (URLShortener):
  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -6,12 +7,10 @@ class TinyurlShortener (URLShortener):
   super(TinyurlShortener, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
  def _shorten (self, url):
-
   answer = url
-  api = urllib.urlopen ("http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=" + urllib.quote(url))
-  if api.getcode() == 200:
-   answer = api.read()
-  api.close()
+  api = requests.get ("http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=" + urllib.quote(url))
+  if api.status_code == 200:
+   answer = api.text
   return answer
 
  def created_url (self, url):
diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/xedcc.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/xedcc.py
index 8d466306..6741604e 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/xedcc.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/xedcc.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import urllib
-
+import requests
 from url_shortener import URLShortener
 
 class XedccShortener (URLShortener):
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ class XedccShortener (URLShortener):
 
  def _shorten (self, url):
   answer = url
-  api = urllib.urlopen ("http://xed.cc/yourls-api.php?action=shorturl&format=simple&url=" + urllib.quote(url))
-  if api.getcode() == 200:
-   answer = api.read()
-  api.close()
+  api = requests.get ("http://xed.cc/yourls-api.php?action=shorturl&format=simple&url=" + urllib.quote(url))
+  if api.status_code == 200:
+   answer = api.text
   return answer
 
  def created_url (self, url):