diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_adastrafanficcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_adastrafanficcom.py
index 87cc1659..a4a39a17 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_adastrafanficcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_adastrafanficcom.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class AdAstraFanficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class AdAstraFanficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class AdAstraFanficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         # problems with some stories, but only in calibre.  I suspect
         # issues with different SGML parsers in python.  This is a
         # nasty hack, but it works.
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_adultfanfictionorg.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_adultfanfictionorg.py
index ee1433bc..94085c9f 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_adultfanfictionorg.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_adultfanfictionorg.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class AdultFanFictionOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist("Code: 404. {0}".format(url))
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class AdultFanFictionOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
             logger.debug('Getting the author page: {0}'.format(author_Url))
             try:
-                adata = self._fetchUrl(author_Url)
+                adata = self.get_request(author_Url)
             except HTTPError as e:
                 if e.code in 404:
                     raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist("Author Page: Code: 404. {0}".format(author_Url))
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class AdultFanFictionOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                         author_Url = '{0}&view=story&zone={1}&page={2}'.format(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl'), self.zone, unicode(page))
                         logger.debug('Getting the author page: {0}'.format(author_Url))
                         try:
-                            adata = self._fetchUrl(author_Url)
+                            adata = self.get_request(author_Url)
                         except HTTPError as e:
                             if e.code in 404:
                                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist("Author Page: Code: 404. {0}".format(author_Url))
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class AdultFanFictionOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         #Since each chapter is on 1 page, we don't need to do anything special, just get the content of the page.
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         chaptertag = soup.find('div',{'class' : 'pagination'}).parent.findNext('td')
         if None == chaptertag:
             raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("Error downloading Chapter: {0}!  Missing required element!".format(url))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_andromedawebcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_andromedawebcom.py
index f871f537..6e34f70b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_andromedawebcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_andromedawebcom.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class AndromedaWebComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class AndromedaWebComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # Since the warning text can change by warning level, let's
         # look for the warning pass url.  ksarchive uses
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class AndromedaWebComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class AndromedaWebComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^fiction/viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class AndromedaWebComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'class' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_archiveofourownorg.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_archiveofourownorg.py
index b5c40614..5066cb44 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_archiveofourownorg.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_archiveofourownorg.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         params['utf8'] = u'\x2713' # utf8 *is* required now.  hex code works better than actual character for some reason. u'✓'
 
         # authenticity_token now comes from a completely separate json call.
-        token_json = json.loads(self._fetchUrl('https://' + self.getSiteDomain() + "/token_dispenser.json"))
+        token_json = json.loads(self.get_request('https://' + self.getSiteDomain() + "/token_dispenser.json"))
         params['authenticity_token'] = token_json['token']
 
         loginUrl = 'https://' + self.getSiteDomain() + '/users/login'
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.info("metaurl: "+metaurl)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
-            meta = self._fetchUrl(metaurl)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
+            meta = self.get_request(metaurl)
 
             if "This work could have adult content. If you proceed you have agreed that you are willing to see such content." in meta:
                 if self.addurl:
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                     metasoup = self.make_soup(meta)
                     a = metasoup.find('a',text='Proceed')
                     metaurl = 'https://'+self.host+a['href']
-                    meta = self._fetchUrl(metaurl)
+                    meta = self.get_request(metaurl)
                 else:
                     raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
 
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data) or \
                 ( self.getConfig("always_login") and 'href="/users/logout"' not in data ):
             self.performLogin(url,data)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
-            meta = self._fetchUrl(metaurl,usecache=False)
+            data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
+            meta = self.get_request(metaurl,usecache=False)
 
         # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             logger.debug("USE view_full_work")
             ## Assumed view_adult=true was cookied during metadata
             if not self.full_work_soup:
-                self.full_work_soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.url+"?view_full_work=true"+self.addurl.replace('?','&')))
+                self.full_work_soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.url+"?view_full_work=true"+self.addurl.replace('?','&')))
                 ## AO3 has had several cases now where chapter numbers
                 ## are missing, breaking the link between
                 ## <div id=chapter-##> and Chapter ##.
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if whole_dl_soup:
             chapter_dl_soup = self.full_work_chapters[index]
         else:
-            whole_dl_soup = chapter_dl_soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url+self.addurl))
+            whole_dl_soup = chapter_dl_soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url+self.addurl))
             if None == chapter_dl_soup:
                 raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("Error downloading Chapter: %s!  Missing required element!" % url)
 
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             else:
                 addurl=""
             # just to get an authenticity_token.
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url+addurl)
+            data = self.get_request(url+addurl)
             # login the session.
             self.performLogin(url,data)
             # get the list page with logged in session.
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_archiveskyehawkecom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_archiveskyehawkecom.py
index 459a0416..2517ff2a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_archiveskyehawkecom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_archiveskyehawkecom.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ArchiveSkyeHawkeComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class ArchiveSkyeHawkeComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','http://'+self.host+'/'+author['href'])
         self.story.setMetadata('author',author.string)
 
-        authorSoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        authorSoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         chapter=soup.find('select',{'name':'chapter'}).findAll('option')
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class ArchiveSkyeHawkeComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div',{'class':"chapter bordersolid"}).findNext('div').findNext('div')
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_asexstoriescom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_asexstoriescom.py
index 1699913e..eb414499 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_asexstoriescom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_asexstoriescom.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class ASexStoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
 
         try:
-            data1 = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data1 = self.get_request(self.url)
             soup1 = self.make_soup(data1)
             #strip comments from soup
             [comment.extract() for comment in soup1.find_all(text=lambda text:isinstance(text, Comment))]
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class ASexStoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from <%s>' % url)
         #logger.info('Getting chapter text from <%s>' % url)
 
-        data1 = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data1 = self.get_request(url)
         soup1 = self.make_soup(data1)
 
         # get story text
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ashwindersycophanthexcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ashwindersycophanthexcom.py
index 7565bf32..c9c2c1a3 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ashwindersycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ashwindersycophanthexcom.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class AshwinderSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class AshwinderSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         if "Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site." in data:
             raise exceptions.AccessDenied(self.getSiteDomain() +" says: Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site.")
@@ -141,14 +141,14 @@ class AshwinderSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('authorId',a['href'].split('=')[1])
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href'])
         self.story.setMetadata('author',a.string)
-        asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         try:
             # in case link points somewhere other than the first chapter
             a = soup.findAll('option')[1]['value']
             self.story.setMetadata('storyId',a.split('=',)[1])
             url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a
-            soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+            soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         except:
             pass
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class AshwinderSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
 
         soup = self.make_soup(data) # some chapters seem to be hanging up on those tags, so it is safer to close them
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_asianfanficscom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_asianfanficscom.py
index d8386272..e2c498fa 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_asianfanficscom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_asianfanficscom.py
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class AsianFanFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if subHref:
             #does not work when using https - 403
             subUrl = 'http://' + self.getSiteDomain() + subHref['href']
-            self._fetchUrl(subUrl)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+            self.get_request(subUrl)
+            data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
             check = soup.find('div',{'class':'click-to-read-full'})
             if check:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class AsianFanFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         url = self.url
         logger.info("url: "+url)
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class AsianFanFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             # always login if not already to avoid lots of headaches
             self.performLogin(url,data)
             # refresh website after logging in
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+            data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         # subscription check
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class AsianFanFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         # story description
         try:
             jsonlink = soup.find('script',string=re.compile(r'/api/forewords/[0-9]+/foreword_[0-9a-z]+.json')).get_text().split('"')[1] # grabs url from quotation marks
-            fore_json = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(jsonlink))
+            fore_json = json.loads(self.get_request(jsonlink))
             content = self.make_soup(fore_json['post']).find('body') # BS4 adds <html><body> if not present.
             a = content.find('div', {'id':'story-description'})
         except:
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ class AsianFanFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         try:
             # <script>var postApi = "https://www.asianfanfics.com/api/chapters/4791923/chapter_46d32e413d1a702a26f7637eabbfb6f3.json";</script>
             jsonlink = soup.find('script',string=re.compile(r'/api/chapters/[0-9]+/chapter_[0-9a-z]+.json')).get_text().split('"')[1] # grabs url from quotation marks
-            chap_json = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(jsonlink))
+            chap_json = json.loads(self.get_request(jsonlink))
             content = self.make_soup(chap_json['post']).find('body') # BS4 adds <html><body> if not present.
             content.name='div' # change body to a div.
             if self.getConfig('inject_chapter_title'):
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bdsmlibrarycom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bdsmlibrarycom.py
index b2cd0beb..ea3cdbfa 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bdsmlibrarycom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bdsmlibrarycom.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class BDSMLibraryComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data = self.get_request(self.url)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class BDSMLibraryComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             time.sleep(1)
             logger.warning('A problem retrieving the author information. Trying Again')
             try:
-                data = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+                data = self.get_request(self.url)
                 soup = self.make_soup(data)
             except HTTPError as e:
                 if e.code == 404:
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class BDSMLibraryComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         #Since each chapter is on 1 page, we don't need to do anything special, just get the content of the page.
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         chaptertag = soup.find('div',{'class' : 'storyblock'})
 
         # Some of the stories have the chapters in <pre> sections, so have to check for that
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bloodshedversecom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bloodshedversecom.py
index 6d8ae098..306fc952 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bloodshedversecom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bloodshedversecom.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class BloodshedverseComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
         logger.debug("URL: "+self.url)
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.url))
 
         # Since no 404 error code we have to raise the exception ourselves.
         # A title that is just 'by' indicates that there is no author name
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class BloodshedverseComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         # Get the URL to the author's page and find the correct story entry to
         # scrape the metadata
         author_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.url, soup.find('a', {'class': 'headline'})['href'])
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(author_url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(author_url))
 
         # Ignore first list_box div, it only contains the author information
         for list_box in soup('div', {'class': 'list_box'})[1:]:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class BloodshedverseComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         storytext_div = soup.find('div', {'class': 'tl'})
         storytext_div = storytext_div.find('div', {'class': ''})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bloodtiesfancom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bloodtiesfancom.py
index c378c65a..8c98ca2b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bloodtiesfancom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_bloodtiesfancom.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class BloodTiesFansComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class BloodTiesFansComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class BloodTiesFansComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/fiction/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class BloodTiesFansComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_buffygilescom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_buffygilescom.py
index 6bf004e6..89e3bb1f 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_buffygilescom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_buffygilescom.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class BuffyGilesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class BuffyGilesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # Since the warning text can change by warning level, let's
         # look for the warning pass url.  ksarchive uses
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class BuffyGilesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class BuffyGilesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^efiction/viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class BuffyGilesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chaossycophanthexcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chaossycophanthexcom.py
index a13f456a..752be20e 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chaossycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chaossycophanthexcom.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class ChaosSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class ChaosSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class ChaosSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chireadscom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chireadscom.py
index 1cb92cbe..bd74f9d7 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chireadscom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chireadscom.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ChireadsComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
         logger.debug('URL: %s', self.url)
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data = self.get_request(self.url)
         except HTTPError as exception:
             if exception.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(self.url))
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class ChireadsComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         content = soup.select_one('#content')
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chosentwofanficcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chosentwofanficcom.py
index 7a4927b6..8c7434a3 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chosentwofanficcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_chosentwofanficcom.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ChosenTwoFanFicArchiveAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class ChosenTwoFanFicArchiveAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class ChosenTwoFanFicArchiveAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_csiforensicscom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_csiforensicscom.py
index 9e90bd85..ab466f7e 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_csiforensicscom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_csiforensicscom.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class CSIForensicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class CSIForensicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class CSIForensicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_deepinmysoulnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_deepinmysoulnet.py
index 93202403..d06101f3 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_deepinmysoulnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_deepinmysoulnet.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class DeepInMySoulNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class DeepInMySoulNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # Since the warning text can change by warning level, let's
         # look for the warning pass url.  ksarchive uses
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class DeepInMySoulNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class DeepInMySoulNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^fiction/viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class DeepInMySoulNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):  # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_destinysgatewaycom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_destinysgatewaycom.py
index e8e1eeed..72f744a8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_destinysgatewaycom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_destinysgatewaycom.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class DestinysGatewayComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class DestinysGatewayComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class DestinysGatewayComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class DestinysGatewayComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_dokugacom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_dokugacom.py
index e7da63f5..3bab8224 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_dokugacom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_dokugacom.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class DokugaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class DokugaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url,soup)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         if "Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site." in data:
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class DokugaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 self.add_chapter(chapter,'http://'+self.host+'/'+self.section+'/story/'+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+'/'+chapter['value'])
 
 
-        asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(alink))
+        asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(alink))
 
         if 'fanfiction' in self.section:
             asoup=asoup.find('div', {'id' : 'cb_tabid_52'}).find('div')
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class DokugaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'chtext'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_dracoandginnycom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_dracoandginnycom.py
index 81485304..be4cacae 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_dracoandginnycom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_dracoandginnycom.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class DracoAndGinnyComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class DracoAndGinnyComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         m = re.search(r"'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+((?:&amp;ageconsent=ok)?&amp;warning=\d+)'",data)
         if m != None:
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class DracoAndGinnyComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class DracoAndGinnyComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class DracoAndGinnyComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'class' : 'listbox'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_efpfanficnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_efpfanficnet.py
index 82764764..a225c5c6 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_efpfanficnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_efpfanficnet.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class EFPFanFicNet(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class EFPFanFicNet(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # if "Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site." in data:
         #     raise exceptions.AccessDenied(self.getSiteDomain() +" says: Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site.")
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class EFPFanFicNet(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
             # Need author page for most of the metadata.
             logger.debug("fetching author page: (%s)"%authurl)
-            authsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(authurl))
+            authsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(authurl))
             #print("authsoup:%s"%authsoup)
 
             storyas = authsoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+r'&i=1$'))
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class EFPFanFicNet(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+&i=1'))
             i=1
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class EFPFanFicNet(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'class' : 'storia'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_erosnsapphosycophanthexcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_erosnsapphosycophanthexcom.py
index 0b68b6a8..d16f09c5 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_erosnsapphosycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_erosnsapphosycophanthexcom.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class ErosnSapphoSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class ErosnSapphoSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class ErosnSapphoSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class ErosnSapphoSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_faeriearchivecom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_faeriearchivecom.py
index f96b3704..c6b06181 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_faeriearchivecom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_faeriearchivecom.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class FaerieArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class FaerieArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                     # Find Series name from series URL.
                     series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+series['href']
                     # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-                    seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+                    seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
                     storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
                     i=1
                     for a in storyas:
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class FaerieArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficauthorsnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficauthorsnet.py
index d61a20fe..9786d61c 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficauthorsnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficauthorsnet.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class FanficAuthorsNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','https://{0}/'.format(self.parsedUrl.netloc))
 
         loginUrl = self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')+'account/'
-        loginsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(loginUrl))
+        loginsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(loginUrl))
         if True:
 #        if self.performLogin(loginUrl, loginsoup):
             # Now go hunting for all the meta data and the chapter list.
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class FanficAuthorsNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         story = soup.find('div',{'class':'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficcastletvnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficcastletvnet.py
index d3ae2d1f..adb374f8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficcastletvnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficcastletvnet.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class FanficCastleTVNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class FanficCastleTVNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         m = re.search(r"'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+((?:&amp;ageconsent=ok)?&amp;warning=\d+)'",data)
         if m != None:
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class FanficCastleTVNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class FanficCastleTVNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class FanficCastleTVNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfichu.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfichu.py
index 4b6bdc27..6bad7c93 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfichu.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfichu.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class FanficHuAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         return re.escape(self.VIEW_STORY_URL_TEMPLATE[:-2]).replace('https','https?') + r'\d+$'
 
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.url + '&i=1'))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.url + '&i=1'))
 
         if ensure_text(soup.title.string).strip(u' :') == u'írta':
             raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class FanficHuAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             self.add_chapter(option.string, url)
 
         author_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.BASE_URL, soup.find('a', href=lambda href: href and href.startswith('viewuser.php?uid='))['href'])
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(author_url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(author_url))
 
         story_id = self.story.getMetadata('storyId')
         for table in soup('table', {'class': 'mainnav'}):
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class FanficHuAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         story_cell = soup.find('form', action='viewstory.php').parent.parent
 
         for div in story_cell('div'):
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficsme.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficsme.py
index 4f06cbd3..10b873ea 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficsme.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanficsme.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class FanFicsMeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.info("Will now login to URL (%s) as (%s)" % (loginUrl,
                                                             params['name']))
         ## must need a cookie or something.
-        self._fetchUrl(loginUrl, usecache=False)
+        self.get_request(loginUrl, usecache=False)
         d = self.post_request(loginUrl, params, usecache=False)
 
         if self.needToLoginCheck(d):
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class FanFicsMeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.info("url: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class FanFicsMeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.story.getMetadata('rating') != 'General' and self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             self.performLogin(url)
             # reload after login.
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+            data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
             fichead = soup.find('div',class_='FicHead')
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class FanFicsMeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             logger.debug("USE view_full_work")
             ## Assumed view_adult=true was cookied during metadata
             if not self.full_work_soup:
-                self.full_work_soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(
+                self.full_work_soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(
                         'https://' + self.getSiteDomain() + '/read.php?id='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')))
 
             whole_dl_soup = self.full_work_soup
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class FanFicsMeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 self.use_full_work_soup = False
                 logger.warning("c%s not found in view_full_work--ending use_view_full_work"%(index))
         if chapter_div == None:
-            whole_dl_soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+            whole_dl_soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
             chapter_div = whole_dl_soup.find('div',{'id':'c%s'%(index)})
             if None == chapter_div:
                 raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("Error downloading Chapter: %s!  Missing required element!" % url)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictalkcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictalkcom.py
index e04d222e..928c890a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictalkcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictalkcom.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class FanfictalkComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class FanfictalkComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 series_name = stripHTML(seriesa)
                 series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/archive/'+seriesa['href']
 
-                seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+                seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
                 storyas = seriessoup.find_all('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
                 # logger.debug(storyas)
                 j=1
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class FanfictalkComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionjunkiesde.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionjunkiesde.py
index c51b8101..f2cb1e00 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionjunkiesde.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionjunkiesde.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class FanfictionJunkiesDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class FanfictionJunkiesDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # The actual text that is used to announce you need to be an
         # adult varies from site to site.  Again, print data before
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class FanfictionJunkiesDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/efiction/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class FanfictionJunkiesDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
index 4c750f1e..8327a14f 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def getSiteURLPattern(self):
         return r"https?://(www|m)?\.fanfiction\.net/s/\d+(/\d+)?(/|/[^/]+)?/?$"
 
-    def _fetchUrl(self,url,extrasleep=1.0,usecache=True):
+    def get_request(self,url,extrasleep=1.0,usecache=True):
         ## ffnet(and, I assume, fpcom) tends to fail more if hit too
         ## fast.  This is in additional to what ever the
         ## slow_down_sleep_time setting is.
-        return BaseSiteAdapter._fetchUrl(self,url,
+        return BaseSiteAdapter.get_request(self,url,
                                          extrasleep=extrasleep,
                                          usecache=usecache)
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
             #logger.debug("\n===================\n%s\n===================\n"%data)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
         except HTTPError as e:
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                                                   chapcount+1,
                                                   self.urltitle)
                 logger.debug('=Trying newer chapter: %s' % tryurl)
-                newdata = self._fetchUrl(tryurl)
+                newdata = self.get_request(tryurl)
                 if "not found. Please check to see you are not using an outdated url." not in newdata \
                         and "This request takes too long to process, it is timed out by the server." not in newdata:
                     logger.debug('=======Found newer chapter: %s' % tryurl)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             self.story.addToList('category',stripHTML(categories[1]))
         elif 'Crossover' in categories[0]['href']:
             caturl = "https://%s%s"%(self.getSiteDomain(),categories[0]['href'])
-            catsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(caturl))
+            catsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(caturl))
             found = False
             for a in catsoup.findAll('a',href=re.compile(r"^/crossovers/.+?/\d+/")):
                 self.story.addToList('category',stripHTML(a))
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
             authimg_url = ""
             if cover_url and self.getConfig('skip_author_cover'):
-                authsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+                authsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
                 try:
                     img = authsoup.select_one('img.lazy.cimage')
                     authimg_url=img['data-original']
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         ## AND explicitly put title URL back on chapter URL for fetch
         ## *only*--normalized chapter URL does NOT have urltitle
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url+self.urltitle,
+        data = self.get_request(url+self.urltitle,
                               extrasleep=4.0)
 
         if "Please email this error message in full to <a href='mailto:support@fanfiction.com'>support@fanfiction.com</a>" in data:
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfiktionde.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfiktionde.py
index 3507e3ea..5ca18df4 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfiktionde.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfiktionde.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class FanFiktionDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class FanFiktionDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+            data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
 
         if "Uhr ist diese Geschichte nur nach einer" in data:
             raise exceptions.FailedToDownload(self.getSiteDomain() +" says: Auserhalb der Zeit von 23:00 Uhr bis 04:00 Uhr ist diese Geschichte nur nach einer erfolgreichen Altersverifikation zuganglich.")
@@ -192,11 +192,11 @@ class FanFiktionDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         ## Get description from own URL:
         ## /?a=v&storyid=46ccbef30000616306614050&s=1
-        descsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl("https://"+self.getSiteDomain()+"/?a=v&storyid="+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"&s=1"))
+        descsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request("https://"+self.getSiteDomain()+"/?a=v&storyid="+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"&s=1"))
         self.setDescription(url,stripHTML(descsoup))
 
         # #find metadata on the author's page
-        # asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl("https://"+self.getSiteDomain()+"?a=q&a1=v&t=nickdetailsstories&lbi=stories&ar=0&nick="+self.story.getMetadata('authorId')))
+        # asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request("https://"+self.getSiteDomain()+"?a=q&a1=v&t=nickdetailsstories&lbi=stories&ar=0&nick="+self.story.getMetadata('authorId')))
         # tr=asoup.findAll('tr')
         # for i in range(1,len(tr)):
         #     a = tr[i].find('a')
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class FanFiktionDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
         time.sleep(0.5) ## ffde has "floodlock" protection
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'storytext'})
         for a in div.findAll('script'):
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fastnovelnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fastnovelnet.py
index cd2813f3..4d608f71 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fastnovelnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fastnovelnet.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class FastNovelNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug('URL: %s', self.url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data = self.get_request(self.url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(self.url))
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class FastNovelNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 self.add_chapter(title, 'https://' + self.host + a["href"])
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         story = soup.select_one('#chapter-body')
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ficbooknet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ficbooknet.py
index 48d029bf..51b22af8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ficbooknet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ficbooknet.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class FicBookNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         url=self.url
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class FicBookNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## after site change, I don't see word count anywhere.
         # pr=soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'/printfic/\w+'))
         # pr='https://'+self.host+pr['href']
-        # pr = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(pr))
+        # pr = self.make_soup(self.get_request(pr))
         # pr=pr.findAll('div', {'class' : 'part_text'})
         # i=0
         # for part in pr:
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class FicBookNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         chapter = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'content'})
         if chapter == None: ## still needed?
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionalleyorg.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionalleyorg.py
index 2c7ae4bd..9f01f881 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionalleyorg.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionalleyorg.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class FictionAlleyOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             ## posting on list doesn't work, but doesn't hurt, either.
             data = self.post_request(url,params)
         else:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         return data
 
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class FictionAlleyOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             logger.debug("Normalizing to URL: "+url)
             ## title's right there...
             self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(storya))
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
             chapterlinklist = soup.findAll('a',{'class':'chapterlink'})
         else:
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class FictionAlleyOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
 
         ## Go scrape the rest of the metadata from the author's page.
-        data = self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl'))
+        data = self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl'))
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         # <dl><dt><a class = "Rid story" href = "http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/aafro_man_ziegod/TMH.html">
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class FictionAlleyOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         # find <!-- headerend --> & <!-- footerstart --> and
         # replaced with matching div pair for easier parsing.
         # Yes, it's an evil kludge, but what can ya do?  Using
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionhuntcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionhuntcom.py
index f9989606..90f527ed 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionhuntcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionhuntcom.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class FictionHuntComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## need to pull empty login page first to get authenticity_token
         logger.debug("Will now login to URL (%s) as (%s)" % (loginUrl,
                                                               params['identifier']))
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(loginUrl,usecache=False))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(loginUrl,usecache=False))
         params['_token']=soup.find('input', {'name':'_token'})['value']
 
         d = self.post_request(loginUrl, params, usecache=False)
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ class FictionHuntComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         url = self.url
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
             if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
                 self.performLogin(url)
-                data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+                data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
 
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
             ## detect old storyUrl, switch to new storyUrl:
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class FictionHuntComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 # logger.debug(canonlink)
                 self._setURL(canonlink)
                 url = self.url
-                data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                data = self.get_request(url)
                 soup = self.make_soup(data)
             else:
                 # in case title changed
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class FictionHuntComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## find story url, might need to spin through author's pages.
         while authpagea and not authstorya:
             logger.debug(authpagea)
-            authsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(authpagea['href']))
+            authsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(authpagea['href']))
             authpagea = authsoup.find('a',{'class':'page-link','rel':'next'})
             # CSS selectors don't allow : or / unquoted, which
             # BS4(and dependencies) didn't used to enforce.
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class FictionHuntComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
 
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionlive.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionlive.py
index 13412546..1034e43a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionlive.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionlive.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class FictionLiveAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def doExtractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self, get_cover=True):
 
         metadata_url = "https://fiction.live/api/node/{s_id}/"
-        response = self._fetchUrl(metadata_url.format(s_id = self.story_id))
+        response = self.get_request(metadata_url.format(s_id = self.story_id))
 
         if not response: # this is how fiction.live responds to nonsense urls -- HTTP200 with empty response
             raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist("Empty response for " + self.url)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class FictionLiveAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## get metadata for multi route chapters
         if 'multiRoute' in data and data['multiRoute'] == True:
             route_metadata_url = "https://fiction.live/api/anonkun/routes/{s_id}/"
-            response = self._fetchUrl(route_metadata_url.format(s_id = self.story_id))
+            response = self.get_request(route_metadata_url.format(s_id = self.story_id))
 
             if not response: # this is how fiction.live responds to nonsense urls -- HTTP200 with empty response
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist("Empty response for " + self.url)
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class FictionLiveAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             "chapter"    : self.format_chapter
         }
 
-        response = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        response = self.get_request(url)
         data = json.loads(response)
 
         if data == []:
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionmaniatv.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionmaniatv.py
index 9083a198..811f937f 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionmaniatv.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionmaniatv.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class FictionManiaTVAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
         url = self.DETAILS_URL_TEMPLATE % self.story.getMetadata('storyId')
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         keep_summary_html = self.getConfig('keep_summary_html')
         for row in soup.find('table')('tr'):
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class FictionManiaTVAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         if self.getConfig("download_text_version",False):
-            soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+            soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
             element = soup.find('pre')
             element.name = 'div'
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class FictionManiaTVAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             # <div style="margin-left:10ex;margin-right:10ex">
             ## fetching SWI version now instead of text.
             htmlurl = url.replace('readtextstory','readhtmlstory')
-            soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(htmlurl))
+            soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(htmlurl))
             div = soup.find('div',style="margin-left:10ex;margin-right:10ex")
             if div:
                 return self.utf8FromSoup(htmlurl,div)
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class FictionManiaTVAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("Story With Images(SWI) not found, falling back to HTML.")
 
             ## fetching html version now instead of text.
-            soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url.replace('readtextstory','readxstory')))
+            soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url.replace('readtextstory','readxstory')))
 
             # remove first hr and everything before
             remove = soup.find('hr')
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionpadcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionpadcom.py
index b2318cc7..d20680f0 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionpadcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fictionpadcom.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class FictionPadSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                                                               params['login']))
 
         ## need to pull empty login page first to get authenticity_token
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(loginUrl))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(loginUrl))
         params['authenticity_token']=soup.find('input', {'name':'authenticity_token'})['value']
 
         data = self.post_request(loginUrl, params)
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ class FictionPadSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
             if "This is a mature story.  Please sign in to read it." in data:
                 self.performLogin()
-                data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                data = self.get_request(url)
 
             find = "wordyarn.config.page = "
             data = data[data.index(find)+len(find):]
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class FictionPadSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if not url:
             data = u"<em>This chapter has no text.</em>"
         else:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(u"<div id='story'>"+data+u"</div>")
         return self.utf8FromSoup(url,soup)
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ficwadcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ficwadcom.py
index 4b7b3add..af27d3c3 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ficwadcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ficwadcom.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class FicwadComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
             # non-existent/removed story urls get thrown to the front page.
             if "<h4>Featured Story</h4>" in data:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class FicwadComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if soup.find("div",{"class":"blocked"}) or soup.find("li",{"class":"blocked"}):
             if self.performLogin(url): # performLogin raises
                                        # FailedToLogin if it fails.
-                soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False))
+                soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url,usecache=False))
 
         divstory = soup.find('div',id='story')
         storya = divstory.find('a',href=re.compile(r"^/story/\d+$"))
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class FicwadComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             logger.debug("Normalizing to URL: "+url)
             self._setURL(url)
             try:
-                soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+                soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
             except HTTPError as e:
                 if e.code == 404:
                     raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class FicwadComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if soup.find("div",{"class":"blocked"}) or soup.find("li",{"class":"blocked"}):
             if self.performLogin(url): # performLogin raises
                                        # FailedToLogin if it fails.
-                soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False))
+                soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url,usecache=False))
 
         # title - first h4 tag will be title.
         titleh4 = soup.find('div',{'class':'storylist'}).find('h4')
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class FicwadComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         span = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'storytext'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
index 11a99d09..96c3baaa 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class FimFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         try:
             # don't use cache if manual is_adult--should only happen
             # if it's an adult story and they don't have is_adult in ini.
-            data = self.do_fix_blockquotes(self._fetchUrl(self.url,
+            data = self.do_fix_blockquotes(self.get_request(self.url,
                                                           usecache=(not self.is_adult)))
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
         except HTTPError as e:
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class FimFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         #groups
         groupButton = soup.find('button', {'data-click':'showAll'})
         if groupButton != None and groupButton.find('i', {'class':'fa-search-plus'}):
-            groupResponse = self._fetchUrl("https://www.fimfiction.net/ajax/stories/%s/groups" % (self.story.getMetadata("storyId")))
+            groupResponse = self.get_request("https://www.fimfiction.net/ajax/stories/%s/groups" % (self.story.getMetadata("storyId")))
             groupData = json.loads(groupResponse)
             groupList = self.make_soup(groupData["content"])
         else:
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class FimFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
 
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
@@ -395,6 +395,6 @@ class FimFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def before_get_urls_from_page(self,url,normalize):
         ## Unlike most that show the links to 'adult' stories, but protect
         ## them, FimF doesn't even show them if not logged in.
-        # data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        # data = self.get_request(url)
         if self.getConfig("is_adult"):
             self.set_adult_cookie()
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fireflyfansnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fireflyfansnet.py
index 160815d7..5f1e0c95 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fireflyfansnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fireflyfansnet.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class FireFlyFansNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: " + url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_harrypotterfanfictioncom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_harrypotterfanfictioncom.py
index 36717ab9..54e65f32 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_harrypotterfanfictioncom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_harrypotterfanfictioncom.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class HarryPotterFanFictionComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class HarryPotterFanFictionComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 ## used below if total words from site not found
 
         # fetch author page to get story description.
-        authorsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        authorsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         for story in authorsoup.find_all('article',class_='story-summary'):
             storya = story.find('h3').find('a',href=re.compile(r"^/viewstory.php\?psid="+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')))
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class HarryPotterFanFictionComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
         div = soup.find('div', {'class' : 'storytext-container'})
         if None == div:
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hentaifoundrycom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hentaifoundrycom.py
index dbce2964..c82a192a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hentaifoundrycom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hentaifoundrycom.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class HentaiFoundryComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             url = url+"?enterAgree=1"
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class HentaiFoundryComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
         div = soup.select_one("section#viewChapter div.boxbody")
         if None == div:
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hlfictionnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hlfictionnet.py
index 0292fb8a..db8c8f7b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hlfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hlfictionnet.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class HLFictionNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class HLFictionNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             self.add_chapter(self.story.getMetadata('title'),url)
 
 
-        asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         for list in asoup.findAll('div', {'class' : re.compile('listbox')}):
             a = list.find('a')
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class HLFictionNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class HLFictionNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hpfanficarchivecom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hpfanficarchivecom.py
index e7aaef1f..50723784 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hpfanficarchivecom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_hpfanficarchivecom.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class HPFanficArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class HPFanficArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = self.getProtocol()+self.host+'/stories/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class HPFanficArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_iketernalnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_iketernalnet.py
index e0fb4ba8..8996bd11 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_iketernalnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_iketernalnet.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class IkEternalNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class IkEternalNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # The actual text that is used to announce you need to be an
         # adult varies from site to site.  Again, print data before
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class IkEternalNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class IkEternalNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_imagineeficcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_imagineeficcom.py
index c519eec4..9abe55f8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_imagineeficcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_imagineeficcom.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ImagineEFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ImagineEFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         m = re.search(r"'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+((?:&amp;ageconsent=ok)?&amp;warning=\d+)'",data)
         if m != None:
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class ImagineEFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class ImagineEFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class ImagineEFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_inkbunnynet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_inkbunnynet.py
index b2f8ecb1..2ec5e206 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_inkbunnynet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_inkbunnynet.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class InkBunnyNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         url = self.url
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('Error 404: {0}'.format(self.url))
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class InkBunnyNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if 'Submission blocked' in data:
             if self.performLogin(url,soup): # performLogin raises
                                        # FailedToLogin if it fails.
-                soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False))
+                soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url,usecache=False))
 
         # removing all of the scripts
         for tag in soup.findAll('script'):
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ksarchivecom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ksarchivecom.py
index 3925036d..b13f98a9 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ksarchivecom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ksarchivecom.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class KSArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class KSArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class KSArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class KSArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lcfanficcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lcfanficcom.py
index 6faadd8b..4ab769da 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lcfanficcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lcfanficcom.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class LCFanFicComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         url = self.url
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('Error 404: {0}'.format(self.url))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_literotica.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_literotica.py
index dc8f2f34..1e0a52bb 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_literotica.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_literotica.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class LiteroticaSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         # get the author page
         try:
-            dataAuth = self._fetchUrl(authorurl)
+            dataAuth = self.get_request(authorurl)
             soupAuth = self.make_soup(dataAuth)
             #strip comments from soup
             [comment.extract() for comment in soupAuth.findAll(text=lambda text:isinstance(text, Comment))]
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class LiteroticaSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        raw_page = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        raw_page = self.get_request(url)
         page_soup = self.make_soup(raw_page)
         pages = page_soup.find('select', {'name' : 'page'})
         page_nums = [page.text for page in pages.findAll('option')] if pages else 0
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class LiteroticaSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             for page_no in range(2, len(page_nums) + 1):
                 page_url = url +  "?page=%s" % page_no
                 # logger.debug("page_url= %s" % page_url)
-                raw_page = self._fetchUrl(page_url)
+                raw_page = self.get_request(page_url)
                 fullhtml += self.getPageText(raw_page, url)
 
 #         logger.debug(fullhtml)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lotrgficcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lotrgficcom.py
index d7bc09c2..d1ebbda9 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lotrgficcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lotrgficcom.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class LOTRgficComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class LOTRgficComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class LOTRgficComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         # problems with some stories, but only in calibre.  I suspect
         # issues with different SGML parsers in python.  This is a
         # nasty hack, but it works.
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lumossycophanthexcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lumossycophanthexcom.py
index 83e1caf8..35f302d7 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lumossycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_lumossycophanthexcom.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class LumosSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class LumosSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class LumosSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_masseffect2in.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_masseffect2in.py
index 70f48556..4536524b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_masseffect2in.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_masseffect2in.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class MassEffect2InAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def _makeChapter(self, url):
         """Creates a chapter object given a URL."""
-        document = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        document = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         chapter = Chapter(self._getParsingConfiguration(), url, document)
         return chapter
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_mcstoriescom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_mcstoriescom.py
index a523e57a..ea02df83 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_mcstoriescom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_mcstoriescom.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class MCStoriesComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
 
         try:
-            data1 = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data1 = self.get_request(self.url)
             soup1 = self.make_soup(data1)
             #strip comments from soup
             [comment.extract() for comment in soup1.find_all(text=lambda text:isinstance(text, Comment))]
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class MCStoriesComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         All content is in article#mcstories, with chapter headers in h3
         """
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from <%s>' % url)
-        data1 = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data1 = self.get_request(url)
         soup1 = self.make_soup(data1)
 
         #strip comments from soup
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_mediaminerorg.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_mediaminerorg.py
index d361836c..d95a1093 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_mediaminerorg.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_mediaminerorg.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class MediaMinerOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url) # w/o trailing / gets 'chapter list' page even for one-shots.
+            data = self.get_request(url) # w/o trailing / gets 'chapter list' page even for one-shots.
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 logger.error("404 on %s"%url)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class MediaMinerOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         # print("data:%s"%data)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_merlinficdtwinscouk.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_merlinficdtwinscouk.py
index 4a5fc403..1250fca7 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_merlinficdtwinscouk.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_merlinficdtwinscouk.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class MerlinFicDtwinsCoUk(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class MerlinFicDtwinsCoUk(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         m = re.search(r"'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+((?:&amp;ageconsent=ok)?&amp;warning=\d+)'",data)
         if m != None:
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class MerlinFicDtwinsCoUk(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class MerlinFicDtwinsCoUk(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class MerlinFicDtwinsCoUk(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_midnightwhispers.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_midnightwhispers.py
index 81bc9e04..1d31169f 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_midnightwhispers.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_midnightwhispers.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class MidnightwhispersAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class MidnightwhispersAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class MidnightwhispersAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class MidnightwhispersAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_novelonlinefullcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_novelonlinefullcom.py
index ad6502c7..f7a5e0e0 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_novelonlinefullcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_novelonlinefullcom.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class LightNovelGateSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(url))
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class LightNovelGateSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.setDescription(url, cdata)
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
 
         if self.getConfig('fix_excess_space', True):
             data = fix_excess_space(data)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_noveltrovecom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_noveltrovecom.py
index ff9e70d6..e5583e13 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_noveltrovecom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_noveltrovecom.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class NovelTroveComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         url = self.url
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('Error 404: {0}'.format(self.url))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_occlumencysycophanthexcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_occlumencysycophanthexcom.py
index cab2b357..6b587f4a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_occlumencysycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_occlumencysycophanthexcom.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class OcclumencySycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class OcclumencySycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         if "Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site." in data:
             raise exceptions.AccessDenied(self.getSiteDomain() +" says: Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site.")
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ class OcclumencySycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('authorId',a['href'].split('=')[1])
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href'])
         self.story.setMetadata('author',a.string)
-        asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         try:
             # in case link points somewhere other than the first chapter
             a = soup.findAll('option')[1]['value']
             self.story.setMetadata('storyId',a.split('=',)[1])
             url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a
-            soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+            soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         except:
             pass
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class OcclumencySycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         data = data.replace('<div align="left"', '<div align="left">')
 
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_phoenixsongnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_phoenixsongnet.py
index 58143d29..c9931b31 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_phoenixsongnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_phoenixsongnet.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class PhoenixSongNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         try:
             if self.getConfig('force_login'):
                 self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class PhoenixSongNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ class PhoenixSongNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 self.add_chapter(chapter,'https://'+self.host+chapter['value'])
                 if i == 0:
                     self.story.setMetadata('storyId',chapter['value'].split('/')[3])
-                    head = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl('https://'+self.host+chapter['value'])).findAll('b')
+                    head = self.make_soup(self.get_request('https://'+self.host+chapter['value'])).findAll('b')
                     for b in head:
                         if b.text == "Updated":
                             date = b.nextSibling.string.split(': ')[1].split(',')
                             self.story.setMetadata('datePublished', makeDate(date[0]+date[1], self.dateformat))
 
                 if  i == (len(chapters)-1):
-                    head = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl('https://'+self.host+chapter['value'])).findAll('b')
+                    head = self.make_soup(self.get_request('https://'+self.host+chapter['value'])).findAll('b')
                     for b in head:
                         if b.text == "Updated":
                             date = b.nextSibling.string.split(': ')[1].split(',')
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class PhoenixSongNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
 
 
-        asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         info = asoup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'fanfiction/story/'+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"/$"))
         while info != None:
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class PhoenixSongNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         chapter=self.make_soup('<div class="story"></div>')
         for p in soup.findAll(['p','blockquote']):
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ponyfictionarchivenet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ponyfictionarchivenet.py
index 867cc24d..7867b5a5 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ponyfictionarchivenet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_ponyfictionarchivenet.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class PonyFictionArchiveNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class PonyFictionArchiveNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class PonyFictionArchiveNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class PonyFictionArchiveNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potionsandsnitches.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potionsandsnitches.py
index 73d04f19..e30f6766 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potionsandsnitches.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potionsandsnitches.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class PotionsAndSnitchesOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class PotionsAndSnitchesOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/fanfiction/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class PotionsAndSnitchesOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potterficscom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potterficscom.py
index 4745158a..ddae2f97 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potterficscom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potterficscom.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class PotterFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class PotterFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+            data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
 
         #set constant meta for this site:
         #Set Language = Spanish
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class PotterFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'cuerpoHistoria'})
         if None == div:
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potterheadsanonymouscom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potterheadsanonymouscom.py
index 6015a5f5..f424970a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potterheadsanonymouscom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_potterheadsanonymouscom.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class PotterHeadsAnonymousComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class PotterHeadsAnonymousComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # Since the warning text can change by warning level, let's
         # look for the warning pass url.  ksarchive uses
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class PotterHeadsAnonymousComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class PotterHeadsAnonymousComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class PotterHeadsAnonymousComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_pretendercentrecom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_pretendercentrecom.py
index e6d3c81a..fec68386 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_pretendercentrecom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_pretendercentrecom.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class PretenderCenterComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class PretenderCenterComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class PretenderCenterComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/missingpieces/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class PretenderCenterComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story1'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_qafficcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_qafficcom.py
index 7fa6df5f..f7d46de2 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_qafficcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_qafficcom.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class QafFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class QafFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class QafFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             self.add_chapter(self.story.getMetadata('title'),url)
 
 
-        asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
         for list in asoup.findAll('div', {'class' : re.compile('listbox')}):
             a = list.find('a')
             if ('viewstory.php?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')) in a['href']:
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class QafFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                     # Find Series name from series URL.
                     series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/atp/'+series['href']
                     # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-                    seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+                    seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
                     storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
                     i=1
                     for a in storyas:
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class QafFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_quotevcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_quotevcom.py
index d2aad3ed..4f3f2064 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_quotevcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_quotevcom.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class QuotevComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data = self.get_request(self.url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist("Code: %s: %s"%(e.code,self.url))
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class QuotevComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         rescontent = soup.find('div', id='rescontent')
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_royalroadcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_royalroadcom.py
index 5931a05c..282ce4f2 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_royalroadcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_royalroadcom.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class RoyalRoadAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class RoyalRoadAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         # misconfigured and sends more than 100 headers for some stories (probably Set-Cookie). This simply increases
         # the maximum header limit to 1000 temporarily. Also see: https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare/pull/174
         with httplib_max_headers(1000):
-            soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+            soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div',{'class':"chapter-inner chapter-content"})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_samandjacknet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_samandjacknet.py
index ba4d7f58..54707bbc 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_samandjacknet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_samandjacknet.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class SamAndJackNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class SamAndJackNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class SamAndJackNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/fanfics/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class SamAndJackNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_scarvesandcoffeenet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_scarvesandcoffeenet.py
index 552ba2d8..ca8c440b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_scarvesandcoffeenet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_scarvesandcoffeenet.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ScarvesAndCoffeeNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class ScarvesAndCoffeeNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class ScarvesAndCoffeeNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class ScarvesAndCoffeeNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class ScarvesAndCoffeeNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def get_urls_from_page(self,url,normalize):
         from ..geturls import get_urls_from_html
         # this way it uses User-Agent or other special settings.
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+        data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
         ## I can't find when or why exactly this was added, but it was
         ## in the old code, so here it remains.
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_scribblehubcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_scribblehubcom.py
index b9af5019..850a8312 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_scribblehubcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_scribblehubcom.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class ScribbleHubComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class ScribbleHubComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         # Extra metadata from URL + /stats/
         # Again we know the storyID is valid from before, so this shouldn't raise an exception, and if it does we might want to know about it..
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url + 'stats/')
+        data = self.get_request(url + 'stats/')
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
         
         def find_stats_data(element, row, metadata):
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class ScribbleHubComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'chp_raw'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_sheppardweircom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_sheppardweircom.py
index d57af295..eb57e99b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_sheppardweircom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_sheppardweircom.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class SheppardWeirComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class SheppardWeirComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # The actual text that is used to announce you need to be an
         # adult varies from site to site.  Again, print data before
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class SheppardWeirComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/fanfics/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class SheppardWeirComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_shriftweborgbfa.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_shriftweborgbfa.py
index f662c4d7..9656176b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_shriftweborgbfa.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_shriftweborgbfa.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class BFAArchiveShriftwebOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         cut down on the size of the file
         '''
         try:
-            page_data = self._fetchUrl(page)
+            page_data = self.get_request(page)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(page))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_silmarillionwritersguildorg.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_silmarillionwritersguildorg.py
index c3a1414d..b7e9ba44 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_silmarillionwritersguildorg.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_silmarillionwritersguildorg.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class SilmarillionWritersGuildOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class SilmarillionWritersGuildOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 #logger.debug("Series Url: "+seriesUrl)
 
                 # Get Series page and convert to soup
-                seriesPageSoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(seriesUrl+"&offset=0"))
+                seriesPageSoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(seriesUrl+"&offset=0"))
                 ## &offset=0 is the same as the first page, by adding
                 ## that, the page cache will save us from fetching it
                 ## twice in the loop below.
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class SilmarillionWritersGuildOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 #get urls from all subpages and append to list
                 i=1
                 for seriesPagePageUrl in seriesPageUrlList:
-                    seriesPagePageSoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl('https://'+self.host+'/archive/home/'+seriesPagePageUrl['href']))
+                    seriesPagePageSoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request('https://'+self.host+'/archive/home/'+seriesPagePageUrl['href']))
                     storyHeaders = seriesPagePageSoup.findAll('h5')
                     ## can't just search for story URLs, some story
                     ## descs also contain story URLs.  Looks like only
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class SilmarillionWritersGuildOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         # No convenient way to get story without the rest of the page, so get whole page and strip unneeded sections
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_siyecouk.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_siyecouk.py
index 3e137a79..c4bafcd8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_siyecouk.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_siyecouk.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class SiyeCoUkAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class SiyeCoUkAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         self.story.setMetadata('author',a.string)
 
         # need(or easier) to pull other metadata from the author's list page.
-        authsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        authsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         # remove author profile incase they've put the story URL in their bio.
         profile = authsoup.find('div',{'id':'profile'})
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class SiyeCoUkAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ class SiyeCoUkAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        # soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        # soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         # BeautifulSoup objects to <p> inside <span>, which
         # technically isn't allowed.
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         # not the most unique thing in the world, but it appears to be
         # the best we can do here.
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_spikeluvercom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_spikeluvercom.py
index e844f865..3a6b73be 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_spikeluvercom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_spikeluvercom.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class SpikeluverComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         return re.escape(self.VIEW_STORY_URL_TEMPLATE[:-2]).replace('http','https?') + r'\d+$'
 
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.url + self.METADATA_URL_SUFFIX))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.url + self.METADATA_URL_SUFFIX))
 
         errortext_div = soup.find('div', {'class': 'errortext'})
         if errortext_div:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class SpikeluverComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
 
         url = ''.join([self.url, self.METADATA_URL_SUFFIX, self.AGE_CONSENT_URL_SUFFIX])
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         pagetitle_div = soup.find('div', id='pagetitle')
         self.story.setMetadata('title', stripHTML(pagetitle_div.a))
@@ -199,5 +199,5 @@ class SpikeluverComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         url += self.AGE_CONSENT_URL_SUFFIX
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         return self.utf8FromSoup(url, soup.find('div', id='story'))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_squidgeorgpeja.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_squidgeorgpeja.py
index 105866ed..5b287150 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_squidgeorgpeja.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_squidgeorgpeja.py
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ class SquidgeOrgPejaAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
             else:
                 raise e
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
 
         if "fatal MySQL error was encountered" in data:
             raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("Site SQL Error--bad story")
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class SquidgeOrgPejaAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','https://'+self.host+'/peja/cgi-bin/'+author['href'])
         self.story.setMetadata('author',author.string)
 
-        authorSoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        authorSoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         # There are scripts within the metadata sections, so we need to
         # take them out [GComyn]
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class SquidgeOrgPejaAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/peja/cgi-bin/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class SquidgeOrgPejaAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         chaptext = soup.find('div',{'id':"story"}).find('span')
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesofardacom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesofardacom.py
index ff421517..2bce9062 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesofardacom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesofardacom.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class StoriesOfArdaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class StoriesOfArdaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('authorId',aut['href'].split('=')[1])
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','http://'+self.host+'/'+aut['href'])
         self.story.setMetadata('author',aut.string)
-        asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
+        asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
 
         a.find('em').extract()
         self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class StoriesOfArdaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             params = {'confirmAge':'1'}
             data = self.post_request(url,params)
         else:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         data = data[data.index('<table width="90%" align="center">'):]
         data.replace("<body","<notbody").replace("<BODY","<NOTBODY")
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesonlinenet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesonlinenet.py
index 0ea2642f..c062a351 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesonlinenet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesonlinenet.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url+":i")
+            data = self.get_request(url+":i")
             # logger.debug(data)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
             try:
-                data = self._fetchUrl(url+":i",usecache=False)
+                data = self.get_request(url+":i",usecache=False)
             except HTTPError as e:
                 if e.code in (404, 410):
                     raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist("Code: %s: %s"%(e.code,self.url))
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         while not story_found:
             page = page + 1
             try:
-                data = self._fetchUrl(self.story.getList('authorUrl')[0] + "/" + unicode(page))
+                data = self.get_request(self.story.getList('authorUrl')[0] + "/" + unicode(page))
             except HTTPError as e:
                 if e.code == 404:
                     raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("Story not found in Author's list--Set Access Level to Full Access and change Listings Theme back to "+self.getTheme())
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 self.story.setMetadata('seriesUrl',seriesUrl)
                 series_name = stripHTML(a)
                 # logger.debug("Series name= %s" % series_name)
-                series_soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(seriesUrl))
+                series_soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(seriesUrl))
                 if series_soup:
                     # logger.debug("Retrieving Series - looking for name")
                     series_name = stripHTML(series_soup.find('h1', {'id' : 'ptitle'}))
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 # Check if series is in a universe
                 if self.has_universes:
                     universe_url = self.story.getList('authorUrl')[0]  + "&type=uni"
-                    universes_soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(universe_url) )
+                    universes_soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(universe_url) )
                     # logger.debug("Universe url='{0}'".format(universe_url))
                     if universes_soup:
                         universes = universes_soup.findAll('div', {'class' : 'ser-box'})
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 universe_name = stripHTML(a)
                 universeUrl = 'https://'+self.host+a['href']
                 # logger.debug("Retrieving Universe - about to get page - universeUrl='{0}".format(universeUrl))
-                universe_soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(universeUrl))
+                universe_soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(universeUrl))
                 # logger.debug("Retrieving Universe - have page")
                 if universe_soup:
                     # logger.debug("Retrieving Universe - looking for name")
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         # The story text is wrapped in article tags. Most of the page header and
         # footer are outside of this.
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             pager.extract()
 
             for ur in urls:
-                soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl("https://"+self.getSiteDomain()+ur['href']))
+                soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request("https://"+self.getSiteDomain()+ur['href']))
 
                 pagetag = soup.find('article')
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_sugarquillnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_sugarquillnet.py
index 0520570e..a9e8865c 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_sugarquillnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_sugarquillnet.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class SugarQuillNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(url)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class SugarQuillNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         author_Url = self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl').replace('&amp;','&')
         logger.debug('Getting the author page: {0}'.format(author_Url))
         try:
-            adata = self._fetchUrl(author_Url)
+            adata = self.get_request(author_Url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code in 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist("Author Page: Code: 404. {0}".format(author_Url))
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class SugarQuillNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         chap = soup.find('td',{'class':'content_pane'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_swiorgru.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_swiorgru.py
index f17eedee..a125ba21 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_swiorgru.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_swiorgru.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class SwiOrgRuAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         url=self.url
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class SwiOrgRuAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     # grab the text for an individual chapter.
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         chapter = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'content'})
 
         chapter_header = chapter.find('h1', id = re.compile("chapter"))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tenhawkpresents.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tenhawkpresents.py
index c295977a..370a44b1 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tenhawkpresents.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tenhawkpresents.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class TenhawkPresentsSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class TenhawkPresentsSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             url = self.url+'&index=1'+addurl
             logger.debug("Changing URL: "+url)
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+            data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
 
         if "This story contains mature content which may include violence, sexual situations, and coarse language" in data:
             raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class TenhawkPresentsSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class TenhawkPresentsSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         span = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_themasquenet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_themasquenet.py
index 7a40e7bf..70bea2e3 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_themasquenet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_themasquenet.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class TheMasqueNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class TheMasqueNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         m = re.search(r"'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+((?:&amp;ageconsent=ok)?&amp;warning=\d+)'",data)
         if m != None:
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class TheMasqueNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class TheMasqueNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_thepetulantpoetesscom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_thepetulantpoetesscom.py
index 6cc1151b..787e07ee 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_thepetulantpoetesscom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_thepetulantpoetesscom.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class ThePetulantPoetessComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ThePetulantPoetessComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         if "Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site." in data:
             raise exceptions.AccessDenied(self.getSiteDomain() +" says: Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site.")
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class ThePetulantPoetessComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         index = 1
         found = 0
         while found == 0:
-            asoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')+"&page="+unicode(index)))
+            asoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')+"&page="+unicode(index)))
 
             for info in asoup.findAll('td', {'class' : 'highlightcolor1'}):
                 a = info.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class ThePetulantPoetessComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.findAll('table')[2].findAll('td')[1]
         for a in div.findAll('div'):
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tomparisdormcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tomparisdormcom.py
index 8fd5d4c5..b8e23ab1 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tomparisdormcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tomparisdormcom.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class TomParisDormComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(url)
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class TomParisDormComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_trekfanfictionnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_trekfanfictionnet.py
index 44b9f2c0..46502f5a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_trekfanfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_trekfanfictionnet.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class TrekFanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         on the size of the file
         '''
         try:
-            page_data = self._fetchUrl(page)
+            page_data = self.get_request(page)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(page))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_trekiverseorg.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_trekiverseorg.py
index 7717d4c8..5f07c436 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_trekiverseorg.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_trekiverseorg.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class TrekiverseOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class TrekiverseOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         m = re.search(r"'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+((?:&amp;ageconsent=ok)?&amp;warning=\d+)'",data)
         if m != None:
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class TrekiverseOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 logger.debug("URL 2nd try: "+url)
 
                 try:
-                    data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                    data = self.get_request(url)
                 except HTTPError as e:
                     if e.code == 404:
                         raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class TrekiverseOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/efiction/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class TrekiverseOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tthfanficorg.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tthfanficorg.py
index 5dc50334..4336166d 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tthfanficorg.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_tthfanficorg.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class TwistingTheHellmouthSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 # <input type='text' id='urealname' name='urealname' value=''/>
 # <input type='password' id='password' name='6bb3fcd148d148629223690bf19733b8'/>
 # <input type='submit' value='Login' name='loginsubmit'/>
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(loginUrl))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(loginUrl))
         ## FYI, this will fail if cookiejar is shared, but
         ## use_pagecache is false.
         params['ctkn']=soup.find('input', {'name':'ctkn'})['value']
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class TwistingTheHellmouthSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def setSiteMaxRating(self,url,data=None,soup=None):
         if not data:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         if self.is_adult or self.getConfig("is_adult"):
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class TwistingTheHellmouthSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 data = self.post_request("https://"+self.getSiteDomain()+'/setmaxrating.php',params)
                 # refetch story page.
                 ## XXX - needs cache invalidate?  Or at least check that it this needs doing...
-                data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=False)
+                data = self.get_request(url,usecache=False)
                 soup = self.make_soup(data)
         return (data,soup)
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class TwistingTheHellmouthSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
             #print("data:%s"%data)
             soup = self.make_soup(data)
         except HTTPError as e:
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class TwistingTheHellmouthSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         try:
             # going to pull part of the meta data from *primary* author list page.
             logger.debug("**AUTHOR** URL: "+authorurl)
-            authordata = self._fetchUrl(authorurl)
+            authordata = self.get_request(authorurl)
             descurl=authorurl
             authorsoup = self.make_soup(authordata)
             # author can have several pages, scan until we find it.
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class TwistingTheHellmouthSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                     # raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
                 nextpage = 'https://'+self.host+nextarrow['href']
                 logger.debug("**AUTHOR** nextpage URL: "+nextpage)
-                authordata = self._fetchUrl(nextpage)
+                authordata = self.get_request(nextpage)
                 #logger.info("authsoup:%s"%authorsoup)
                 descurl=nextpage
                 authorsoup = self.make_soup(authordata)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class TwistingTheHellmouthSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 # going to pull part of the meta data from author list page.
                 infourl = 'https://'+self.host+ainfo['href']
                 logger.debug("**StoryInfo** URL: "+infourl)
-                infodata = self._fetchUrl(infourl)
+                infodata = self.get_request(infourl)
                 infosoup = self.make_soup(infodata)
 
                 # for a in infosoup.findAll('a',href=re.compile(r"^/Author-\d+")):
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class TwistingTheHellmouthSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'storyinnerbody'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_twilightednet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_twilightednet.py
index 5ce7d968..806c5db7 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_twilightednet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_twilightednet.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class TwilightedNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class TwilightedNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
             # need to log in for this one.
             self.performLogin(url)
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         if "Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site." in data:
             raise exceptions.AccessDenied(self.getSiteDomain() +" says: Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site.")
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class TwilightedNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class TwilightedNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         # problems with some stories, but only in calibre.  I suspect
         # issues with different SGML parsers in python.  This is a
         # nasty hack, but it works.
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_voracity2eficcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_voracity2eficcom.py
index 6b2d42a4..9adc8e40 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_voracity2eficcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_voracity2eficcom.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class Voracity2EficComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         return re.escape(self.VIEW_STORY_URL_TEMPLATE[:-2]).replace('https','https?') + r'\d+$'
 
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.url + self.METADATA_URL_SUFFIX))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.url + self.METADATA_URL_SUFFIX))
 
         # Check if the story is for "Registered Users Only", i.e. has adult
         # content. Based on the "is_adult" attributes either login or raise an
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Voracity2EficComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 raise exceptions.FailedToDownload(error_text)
 
         url = ''.join([self.url, self.METADATA_URL_SUFFIX, self.AGE_CONSENT_URL_SUFFIX])
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         # If logged in and the skin doesn't match the required skin throw an
         # error
@@ -227,5 +227,5 @@ class Voracity2EficComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         url += self.AGE_CONSENT_URL_SUFFIX
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         return self.utf8FromSoup(url, soup.find('div', id='story'))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_walkingtheplankorg.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_walkingtheplankorg.py
index 3b4d9a84..4bd0c2f0 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_walkingtheplankorg.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_walkingtheplankorg.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class WalkingThePlankOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class WalkingThePlankOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'http://'+self.host+'/archive/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class WalkingThePlankOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wattpadcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wattpadcom.py
index 96cb4935..2198112c 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wattpadcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wattpadcom.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class WattpadComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         # note: classvar may be useless because of del adapter
         if WattpadComAdapter.CATEGORY_DEFs is None:
             try:
-                WattpadComAdapter.CATEGORY_DEFs = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(WattpadComAdapter.API_GETCATEGORIES))
+                WattpadComAdapter.CATEGORY_DEFs = json.loads(self.get_request(WattpadComAdapter.API_GETCATEGORIES))
             except:
                 logger.warning('API_GETCATEGORIES failed.')
                 WattpadComAdapter.CATEGORY_DEFs = []
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class WattpadComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             ## %in email.
             ## https://www.wattpad.com/et?c=euc&t=uploaded_story&l=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wattpad.com%2F997616013-nuestro-destino-ron-weasley-y-tu-cap-11&emid=uploaded_story.295918124.1608687259%2C544769.4a691b8fc2a4607e1c770aa4ebd48cc3aaf39bd599a738d3747d41fdfa37fcda
             chapterIdInUrl = re.match(r'.*https(://|%3A%2F%2F)www\.wattpad\.com(/|%2F)(?P<chapterId>\d+).*', url)
-            chapterInfo = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(WattpadComAdapter.API_CHAPTERINFO % chapterIdInUrl.group('chapterId')))
+            chapterInfo = json.loads(self.get_request(WattpadComAdapter.API_CHAPTERINFO % chapterIdInUrl.group('chapterId')))
             groupid = chapterInfo.get('groupId', None)
             if groupid is None:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(url)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class WattpadComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def doExtractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self, get_cover=True):
         try:
-            storyInfo = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(WattpadComAdapter.API_STORYINFO % self.storyId))
+            storyInfo = json.loads(self.get_request(WattpadComAdapter.API_STORYINFO % self.storyId))
             # logger.debug('storyInfo: %s' % json.dumps(storyInfo))
         except Exception:
             raise exceptions.InvalidStoryURL(self.url, self.getSiteDomain(), self.getSiteExampleURLs())
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class WattpadComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('%s' % url)
         chapterID = re.search(r'https://www.wattpad.com/(?P<chapterID>\d+).*', url).group('chapterID')
-        return self.utf8FromSoup(url,self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(WattpadComAdapter.API_STORYTEXT % chapterID)))
+        return self.utf8FromSoup(url,self.make_soup(self.get_request(WattpadComAdapter.API_STORYTEXT % chapterID)))
 
 # adapter self-dicovery is not implemented in fanficfare (it existed for the previous project)
 def getClass():
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_webnovelcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_webnovelcom.py
index 41e627ae..c1e78ef9 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_webnovelcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_webnovelcom.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class WWWWebNovelComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         url = self.url
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
             # logger.debug(data)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class WWWWebNovelComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             raise exceptions.FailedToDownload('csrf token could not be found')
 
         ## get chapters from a json API url.
-        jsondata = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(
+        jsondata = json.loads(self.get_request(
             "https://" + self.getSiteDomain() + "/apiajax/chapter/GetChapterList?_csrfToken=" + csrf_token + "&bookId=" + self.story.getMetadata(
                 'storyId')))
         # print json.dumps(jsondata, sort_keys=True,
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class WWWWebNovelComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         chapter_id = url.split('/')[-1]
         content_url = 'https://%s/apiajax/chapter/GetContent?_csrfToken=%s&bookId=%s&chapterId=%s&_=%d' % (
             self.getSiteDomain(), self._csrf_token, book_id, chapter_id, time.time() * 1000)
-        topdata = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(content_url))
+        topdata = json.loads(self.get_request(content_url))
         # logger.debug(json.dumps(topdata, sort_keys=True,
         #                         indent=2, separators=(',', ':')))
         chapter_info = topdata['data']['chapterInfo']
@@ -239,14 +239,14 @@ class WWWWebNovelComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         if chapter_info['isVip'] == 1:
             content_token_url = 'https://%s/apiajax/chapter/GetChapterContentToken?_csrfToken=%s&bookId=%s&chapterId=%s' % (
                 self.getSiteDomain(), self._csrf_token, self.story.getMetadata('storyId'), chapter_id)
-            content_token = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(content_token_url))['data']['token']
+            content_token = json.loads(self.get_request(content_token_url))['data']['token']
 
             content_by_token_url = 'https://%s/apiajax/chapter/GetChapterContentByToken?_csrfToken=%s&token=%s' % (
                 self.getSiteDomain(), self._csrf_token, content_token)
 
             # This is actually required or the data/content field will be empty
             time.sleep(self._GET_VIP_CONTENT_DELAY)
-            contents = json.loads(self._fetchUrl(content_by_token_url))['data']['contents']
+            contents = json.loads(self.get_request(content_by_token_url))['data']['contents']
         else:
             contents = chapter_info['contents']
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_whoficcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_whoficcom.py
index 9e4429a8..15b51965 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_whoficcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_whoficcom.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class WhoficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
         try:
-            soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+            soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class WhoficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## author page to find it.
 
         logger.debug("Author URL: "+self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl'))
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl'))) # normalize <br> tags to <br />
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl'))) # normalize <br> tags to <br />
         # find this story in the list, parse it's metadata based on
         # lots of assumptions about the html, since there's little
         # tagging.
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class WhoficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_name = a.string
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
             try:
-                seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+                seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
                 storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
                 i=1
                 for a in storyas:
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class WhoficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
 
         # hardly a great identifier, I know, but whofic really doesn't
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wolverineandroguecom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wolverineandroguecom.py
index ae436b33..401ae6da 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wolverineandroguecom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wolverineandroguecom.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class WolverineAndRogueComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class WolverineAndRogueComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/wrfa/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             # can't use ^viewstory...$ in case of higher rated stories with javascript href.
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
             i=1
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class WolverineAndRogueComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wraithbaitcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wraithbaitcom.py
index b781aaef..55a81546 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wraithbaitcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wraithbaitcom.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class WraithBaitComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class WraithBaitComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             series_url = 'https://'+self.host+'/'+a['href']
 
             # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
-            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(series_url))
+            seriessoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(series_url))
             storyas = seriessoup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'^viewstory.php\?sid=\d+$'))
             i=1
             for a in storyas:
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class WraithBaitComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
 
-        soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
 
         div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'story'})
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldco.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldco.py
index 0f8add15..55a986b5 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldco.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldco.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class WuxiaWorldCoSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
         logger.debug('URL: %s', self.url)
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data = self.get_request(self.url)
         except HTTPError as exception:
             if exception.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(self.url))
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class WuxiaWorldCoSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s', url)
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
 
         content = soup.select_one('.chapter-entity')
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldcom.py
index 128a5236..6b6b157c 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldcom.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class WuxiaWorldComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
         logger.debug('URL: %s', self.url)
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data = self.get_request(self.url)
         except HTTPError as exception:
             if exception.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(self.url))
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class WuxiaWorldComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             self.add_chapter(title, url)
 
 
-        last_chapter_data = self._fetchUrl(self.get_chapter(-1,'url'))
+        last_chapter_data = self.get_request(self.get_chapter(-1,'url'))
         last_chapter_soup = self.make_soup(last_chapter_data)
         last_chapter_ld = self._parse_linked_data(last_chapter_soup)
         self.story.setMetadata('dateUpdated', self._parse_date(last_chapter_ld['datePublished']))
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class WuxiaWorldComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s', url)
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
         content = soup.select_one('.panel-default .fr-view')
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldsite.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldsite.py
index 9cdcd6a6..346c6a85 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldsite.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wuxiaworldsite.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class WuxiaWorldSiteSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
         logger.debug('URL: %s', self.url)
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data = self.get_request(self.url)
         except HTTPError as exception:
             if exception.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(self.url))
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class WuxiaWorldSiteSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s', url)
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
         soup = self.make_soup(data)
         content = soup.select_one('.reading-content')
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwaneroticstorycom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwaneroticstorycom.py
index 4e6414e7..c84e061b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwaneroticstorycom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwaneroticstorycom.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class WWWAnEroticStoryComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
 
         try:
-            data1 = self._fetchUrl(self.url)
+            data1 = self.get_request(self.url)
             soup1 = self.make_soup(data1)
             #strip comments and scripts from soup
             [comment.extract() for comment in soup1.find_all(text=lambda text:isinstance(text, Comment))]
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwlushstoriescom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwlushstoriescom.py
index d5693f45..c3c4c6ab 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwlushstoriescom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwlushstoriescom.py
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ class WWWLushStoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         return r"http(s)?://www\.lushstories\.com/stories/(?P<category>[^/]+)/(?P<id>.+?)\.aspx"
 
     ################################################################################################
-    def _fetchUrl(self,url,usecache=True):
+    def get_request(self,url,usecache=True):
         ## lushstories.com sets unescaped cookies with cause
         ## httplib.py to fail.
         self.get_configuration().set_cookiejar(self.get_configuration().get_empty_cookiejar())
-        return BaseSiteAdapter._fetchUrl(self,url,
+        return BaseSiteAdapter.get_request(self,url,
                                          usecache=usecache)
     ################################################################################################
     def get_page(self, page):
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class WWWLushStoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         several places below, and this will cut down on the size of the file
         '''
         try:
-            page_data = self._fetchUrl(page)
+            page_data = self.get_request(page)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(page))
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class WWWLushStoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         # the story is, but the UnicodeDecodeError is no longer needed, so was removed
         authorurl = self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')
         try:
-            adata = self._fetchUrl(authorurl)
+            adata = self.get_request(authorurl)
         except (HTTPError) as e:
             ## Can't get the author's page, so we use what is on the story page
             tags = soup.find('div',{'id':'storytags'}).find('a')
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwnovelallcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwnovelallcom.py
index ec4bde12..32105d0f 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwnovelallcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwnovelallcom.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class WWWNovelAllComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
 
         try:
-            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            data = self.get_request(url)
 
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class WWWNovelAllComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             url = self.url+addurl
             logger.debug("URL2: "+url)
             try:
-                data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+                data = self.get_request(url)
             except HTTPError as e:
                 if e.code == 404:
                     raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(url))
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class WWWNovelAllComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
 
     def getChapterText(self, url):
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        data = self.get_request(url)
 
         # remove unnecessary <br> created to add space between advert
         data = re.sub(r"<br><script", "<script", data)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwutopiastoriescom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwutopiastoriescom.py
index a12419ab..dd65a086 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwutopiastoriescom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wwwutopiastoriescom.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class WWWUtopiastoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         several places below, and this will cut down on the size of the file
         '''
         try:
-            page_data = self._fetchUrl(page)
+            page_data = self.get_request(page)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist('404 error: {}'.format(page))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
index 81a64146..528753e3 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ class BaseSiteAdapter(Configurable):
         self.before_get_urls_from_page(url,normalize)
 
         # this way it uses User-Agent or other special settings.
-        data = self._fetchUrl(url,usecache=True)
+        data = self.get_request(url,usecache=True)
         series = self.get_series_from_page(url,data,normalize)
         if series:
             # just to make it easier for adapters.
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
index b19dd1d9..d37e2619 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class BaseEfictionAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         Makes image links absolute so they can be downloaded
         """
         try:
-            html = self._fetchUrl(url)
+            html = self.get_request(url)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class BaseEfictionAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             # In many eFiction sites, the Rating is not included in
             # print page, but is on the TOC page.
             toc = self.url + "&index=1"
-            soup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(toc))
+            soup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(toc))
             for label in soup.find_all('span', {'class':'label'}):
                 if 'Rated:' in label or 'Rating:' in label:
                     self.story.setMetadata('rating',stripHTML(label.next_sibling))
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforo2forum_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforo2forum_adapter.py
index 2dceec95..cbe1b3e3 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforo2forum_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforo2forum_adapter.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class BaseXenForo2ForumAdapter(BaseXenForoForumAdapter):
             raise exceptions.FailedToLogin(self.url,"No username given.  Set in personal.ini or enter when prompted.")
 
         ## need a login token.
-        data = self._fetchUrl(self.getURLPrefix() + 'login',usecache=False)
+        data = self.get_request(self.getURLPrefix() + 'login',usecache=False)
         # logger.debug(data)
         # <input type="hidden" name="_xfToken" value="1556822458,710e5bf6fc87c67ea04ab56a910ac3ff" />
         find_token='<input type="hidden" name="_xfToken" value="'
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforoforum_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforoforum_adapter.py
index a02fe271..cf62cee8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforoforum_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforoforum_adapter.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class BaseXenForoForumAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             # logger.debug("fetch_threadmarks(%s,tmcat_num=%s,passed_tmcat_index:%s,url=%s,dedup=%s)\nDuplicate threadmark URL, skipping"%(tmcat_name,tmcat_num, passed_tmcat_index, url, dedup))
             return threadmarks
         dedup = dedup + [url]
-        soupmarks = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(url))
+        soupmarks = self.make_soup(self.get_request(url))
         tm_list = self.get_threadmarks_list(soupmarks)
         if not tm_list: # load-range don't match
             tm_list = soupmarks
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ class BaseXenForoForumAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.parse_author(souptag)
 
         if self.getConfig('author_avatar_cover'):
-            authorcard = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(authorUrl+"?card=1"))
+            authorcard = self.make_soup(self.get_request(authorUrl+"?card=1"))
             coverurl = '/'+authorcard.find('div',{'class':'avatarCropper'}).find('img')['src']
             self.setCoverImage(self.url,coverurl)
             ## https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/mp3-1415player.322925/?card=1
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ class BaseXenForoForumAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                     # logger.debug('Reader page offset:%s tmcat_num:%s tmcat_index:%s'%(offset,tmcat_num,tmcat_index))
                     reader_url=self.make_reader_url(tmcat_num,reader_page_num)
                     # logger.debug("Fetch reader URL to: %s"%reader_url)
-                    topsoup = self.make_soup(self._fetchUrl(reader_url))
+                    topsoup = self.make_soup(self.get_request(reader_url))
                     # make_soup() loads cache with posts from that reader
                     # page.  looking for it in cache reuses code in
                     # cache_posts that finds post tags.
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index 38095e67..17aff2c8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ class Configuration(ConfigParser):
             val = ''
             for v in val_files:
                 try:
-                    val = val + self.fetcher._fetchUrl(v)
+                    val = val + self.fetcher.get_request(v)
                     file_val = True
                 except:
                     pass
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ class Configurable(object):
                                            usecache=usecache,
                                            extrasleep=extrasleep)
 
-    def _fetchUrl(self, url,
+    def get_request(self, url,
                   usecache=True,
                   extrasleep=None):
         return self.get_request_redirected(url,
diff --git a/fanficfare/fetcher.py b/fanficfare/fetcher.py
index 43bb4cb9..e5e08399 100644
--- a/fanficfare/fetcher.py
+++ b/fanficfare/fetcher.py
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ class Fetcher(object):
         self._set_to_pagecache(cachekey,data,url)
         return data
 
-    def _fetchUrl(self, url,
-                  usecache=True,
-                  extrasleep=None):
+    def get_request(self, url,
+                    usecache=True,
+                    extrasleep=None):
         return self.get_request_redirected(url,
                                            parameters,
                                            usecache,