diff --git a/modules/adecco/browser.py b/modules/adecco/browser.py
index 68f1dd2b39d3855739978c7f070a8db85949aa9c..3f160e5b783873d49f8c414edeedd4e155b89933 100644
--- a/modules/adecco/browser.py
+++ b/modules/adecco/browser.py
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .pages import SearchPage, AdvertPage, AdvertsJsonPage
 
-import urllib
 from datetime import date, timedelta
 
 __all__ = ['AdeccoBrowser']
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def search_job(self, pattern=None):
     def advanced_search_job(self, publication_date=0, contract_type=None, conty=None, activity_domain=None,
                             job='', town=''):
 
-        params = self.search_page.go(job=urllib.quote_plus(job.encode('utf-8')),
-                                     town=urllib.quote_plus(town.encode('utf-8'))).get_post_params()
+        params = self.search_page.go(job=quote_plus(job.encode('utf-8')),
+                                     town=quote_plus(town.encode('utf-8'))).get_post_params()
 
         if contract_type:
             self.page.url += '&employmenttype=%s' % contract_type
diff --git a/modules/agendaculturel/browser.py b/modules/agendaculturel/browser.py
index cbfe5f6bd4c14e3c1122764ed27563ef737fb28a..c70dfb7e6cc02449b8ce718216a431b1d8fbd88b 100644
--- a/modules/agendaculturel/browser.py
+++ b/modules/agendaculturel/browser.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
 
 from .pages import BasePage
-from urlparse import urlparse
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlparse
 
 import re
 
diff --git a/modules/allocine/browser.py b/modules/allocine/browser.py
index b3561f556014692527fa3b94c5210973afa105be..70ccd6e75c5705ac35e36bfb8b205d9a5731f983 100644
--- a/modules/allocine/browser.py
+++ b/modules/allocine/browser.py
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.cinema import Movie, Person
 from weboob.browser.browsers import APIBrowser
 from weboob.browser.profiles import Android
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 import base64
 import hashlib
 from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta
 import time
-import urllib
 
 __all__ = ['AllocineBrowser']
 
@@ -41,14 +41,18 @@ class AllocineBrowser(APIBrowser):
     SECRET_KEY = '29d185d98c984a359e6e6f26a0474269'
 
     def __do_request(self, method, params):
-        params_encode = urllib.urlencode(params)
-
-        sed = time.strftime('%Y%m%d', time.localtime())
-        sig = base64.b64encode(hashlib.sha1(self.SECRET_KEY + params_encode + '&sed=' + sed).digest())
-
-        query_url = 'http://api.allocine.fr/rest/v3/' + method + '?' + params_encode + '&sed=' + sed + '&sig=' + sig
-
-        return self.request(query_url)
+        params["sed"] = time.strftime('%Y%m%d', time.localtime())
+        params["sig"] = base64.b64encode(
+            hashlib.sha1(
+                self.SECRET_KEY +
+                urlencode(params)
+            ).digest()
+        )
+
+        return self.request(
+            'http://api.allocine.fr/rest/v3/{}'.format(method),
+            params=params
+        )
 
     def iter_movies(self, pattern):
         params = [('partner', self.PARTNER_KEY),
diff --git a/modules/allrecipes/browser.py b/modules/allrecipes/browser.py
index cd5ede063c3541c369e26dfc593691aa5e5c49fa..92f070c88855f490088544aa14e41ecba5aa8386 100644
--- a/modules/allrecipes/browser.py
+++ b/modules/allrecipes/browser.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
 from .pages import ResultsPage, RecipePage, HomePage
 
-import urllib
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 __all__ = ['AllrecipesBrowser']
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def iter_recipes(self, pattern):
         if not self.TOKEN:
             self.fill_token()
 
-        return self.results.go(query=urllib.urlencode(query)).iter_recipes()
+        return self.results.go(query=urlencode(query)).iter_recipes()
 
     def get_recipe(self, _id, obj=None):
         if not self.TOKEN:
diff --git a/modules/allrecipes/module.py b/modules/allrecipes/module.py
index 94faae165752e27b6876eaa14a90909f9a123556..c8238caf43b3f979f8a93292dbc6cdf204d23e07 100644
--- a/modules/allrecipes/module.py
+++ b/modules/allrecipes/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.recipe import CapRecipe, Recipe
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import AllrecipesBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['AllrecipesModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/amazonstorecard/browser.py b/modules/amazonstorecard/browser.py
index d6ba66b00502a5f3cc656145cbbda7f867834e2a..3367e87e1fa66be795645c1f4697a9a696a70bd3 100644
--- a/modules/amazonstorecard/browser.py
+++ b/modules/amazonstorecard/browser.py
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.bank import AccountNotFound
 from weboob.browser import LoginBrowser, URL, need_login
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword
+from weboob.tools.compat import unquote
 import json
 import os
 from tempfile import mkstemp
 from subprocess import check_output, STDOUT, CalledProcessError
-from urllib import unquote
 
 from .pages import SomePage, StatementsPage, StatementPage, SummaryPage, \
                    ActivityPage
diff --git a/modules/ameli/pages.py b/modules/ameli/pages.py
index b90aaaded2459508944a8c36fd09f6a23cb920e4..6bfaf72db06f2f087a1603c3290fc603b2f2df11 100644
--- a/modules/ameli/pages.py
+++ b/modules/ameli/pages.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 import re
-import urllib
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 from weboob.browser.pages import HTMLPage, RawPage, LoggedPage
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ def iter_documents(self, sub):
             yield bil
 
     def get_document(self, bill):
-        self.location(bill.url, urllib.urlencode(bill._args))
+        self.location(bill.url, params=bill._args)
 
 
 class PaymentDetailsPage(AmeliBasePage):
diff --git a/modules/amelipro/browser.py b/modules/amelipro/browser.py
index b2e70414d74f91816463aeee8756165c3e74423e..ece70f8927c6c8ca992fd08715049deeaec0b60c 100644
--- a/modules/amelipro/browser.py
+++ b/modules/amelipro/browser.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import urllib
 from weboob.browser import LoginBrowser, URL, need_login
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword
 from weboob.capabilities.bill import Detail
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 from decimal import Decimal
 from .pages import LoginPage, HomePage, AccountPage, HistoryPage, BillsPage, SearchPage
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def iter_history(self, subscription):
                }
 
         self.session.headers.update({'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})
-        self.historyp.go(data=urllib.urlencode(data))
+        self.historyp.go(data=urlencode(data))
         if self.historyp.is_here():
             return self.page.iter_history()
 
diff --git a/modules/arte/pages.py b/modules/arte/pages.py
index 417e3a797cbcd2a31a711a4805d2715a6fbd3584..0ccd2dd9eec56ede0f6f8911aced1981be590881 100644
--- a/modules/arte/pages.py
+++ b/modules/arte/pages.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from datetime import timedelta
-import urllib
 
 from weboob.capabilities.image import Thumbnail
 from weboob.capabilities.base import BaseObject, NotAvailable
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@
 from weboob.browser.filters.standard import Date, Format, Env, CleanText, Field, Regexp, Join, Eval
 from weboob.browser.filters.json import Dict
 from weboob.browser.filters.html import XPath
-from weboob.tools.compat import basestring
-
+from weboob.tools.compat import basestring, unquote
 
 from .video import ArteVideo, ArteSiteVideo, SITE
 
@@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ def get_json_url(self):
             return self.doc.xpath('//div[@class="video-container"]')[0].attrib['arte_vp_url']
         elif self.doc.xpath('//iframe'):
             url = Regexp(CleanText('./@src'), '.*json_url=(.*)', default='')(self.doc.xpath('//iframe')[0])
-            return urllib.unquote(url)
+            return unquote(url)
         return ''
 
 
diff --git a/modules/attilasub/module.py b/modules/attilasub/module.py
index d2bbe1289df7b6127c36ce1244f1253a31ad73ed..2cc138616747f6af0aae5675aa4c474a18f9fd76 100644
--- a/modules/attilasub/module.py
+++ b/modules/attilasub/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.subtitle import CapSubtitle, LanguageNotSupported
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import AttilasubBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['AttilasubModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/aum/browser.py b/modules/aum/browser.py
index 7052d21681aed96a3533748fc5d78aba46afade8..d29f5d80301a027199e5a83cc849caa55bbafbbb 100644
--- a/modules/aum/browser.py
+++ b/modules/aum/browser.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 import math
 import re
-import urllib
 import urllib2
 
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword, BrowserHTTPNotFound, BrowserUnavailable
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@
 from weboob.browser.browsers import LoginBrowser
 from weboob.browser.pages import HTMLPage
 from weboob.browser.filters.standard import CleanText
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 from weboob.tools.json import json
 from weboob.tools.date import local2utc
 from weboob.tools.misc import to_unicode
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def login(self):
                 'remember': 'on',
                }
         self.open('/auth/login', data=data)
-        #self.readurl('https://www.adopteunmec.com/auth/login', urllib.urlencode(data))
+        #self.readurl('https://www.adopteunmec.com/auth/login', urlencode(data))
 
     def get_profile(self, id):
         profile = {}
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def api0_request(self, command, action, parameter='', data=None, nologin=False):
             # Always do POST requests.
             data = ''
         elif isinstance(data, (list,tuple,dict)):
-            data = urllib.urlencode(data)
+            data = urlencode(data)
         elif isinstance(data, unicode):
             data = data.encode('utf-8')
 
diff --git a/modules/blablacar/browser.py b/modules/blablacar/browser.py
index 0c520628b5eda45df2fa76465cdc553233b69a30..4e03ca94824b7781bcedf4749732a38cfd289463 100644
--- a/modules/blablacar/browser.py
+++ b/modules/blablacar/browser.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
 
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 from .pages import DeparturesPage
 
 from datetime import datetime
-import urllib
 
 
 class BlablacarBrowser(PagesBrowser):
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ def get_station_departures(self, station_id, arrival_id, date):
                 query['hb'] = _heure
                 query['he'] = '24'
 
-        return self.departures.open(qry=urllib.urlencode(query)).get_station_departures()
+        return self.departures.open(qry=urlencode(query)).get_station_departures()
diff --git a/modules/bp/browser.py b/modules/bp/browser.py
index 010db77601d43dc4d3ff1c30bc7d186e5980d0de..068a7b1cea7ae71e952d1be3290ebce889997ef1 100644
--- a/modules/bp/browser.py
+++ b/modules/bp/browser.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from weboob.tools.compat import urlsplit, parse_qsl
 
 from weboob.browser import LoginBrowser, URL, need_login
 from weboob.browser.browsers import StatesMixin
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword, BrowserBanned, NoAccountsException, BrowserUnavailable
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlsplit, parse_qsl
 
 from .pages import (
     LoginPage, Initident, CheckPassword, repositionnerCheminCourant, BadLoginPage, AccountDesactivate,
diff --git a/modules/btmon/module.py b/modules/btmon/module.py
index c8a9eb5abfaa9516a72b86c6021be31812b69316..6d834f37cb752ce407ac28a22115022fab827784 100644
--- a/modules/btmon/module.py
+++ b/modules/btmon/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.torrent import CapTorrent, Torrent
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import BtmonBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['BtmonModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/canalplus/browser.py b/modules/canalplus/browser.py
index e4e2e419be4f4220ecea683009f982857158e8a6..5f636c72136d2b5511dbaa717c9314a993d95fab 100644
--- a/modules/canalplus/browser.py
+++ b/modules/canalplus/browser.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import urllib
 
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .pages import ChannelsPage, VideoPage
 from .video import CanalplusVideo
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def home(self):
         self.location('http://service.canal-plus.com/video/rest/initPlayer/cplus/')
 
     def search_videos(self, pattern):
-        self.location('http://service.canal-plus.com/video/rest/search/cplus/' + urllib.quote_plus(pattern.replace('/', '').encode('utf-8')))
+        self.location('http://service.canal-plus.com/video/rest/search/cplus/' + quote_plus(pattern.replace('/', '').encode('utf-8')))
         return self.page.iter_results()
 
     def get_video(self, url, video=None):
diff --git a/modules/cappedtv/browser.py b/modules/cappedtv/browser.py
index bf6df30ee94effe4b4c241295c795b4d9b0b8d7d..3afe837d4650f13474d06a4565b5cd39a99b93e4 100644
--- a/modules/cappedtv/browser.py
+++ b/modules/cappedtv/browser.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
-import urllib
 import datetime
 
 from weboob.capabilities.base import NotAvailable
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
 from weboob.deprecated.browser.decorators import id2url
 from weboob.capabilities.image import Thumbnail
 from weboob.capabilities.video import BaseVideo
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 
 __all__ = ['CappedBrowser']
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def get_video(self, url, video=None):
         return self.page.get_video(video)
 
     def search_videos(self, pattern):
-        self.location('/search?s=%s' % (urllib.quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8'))))
+        self.location('/search?s=%s' % (quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8'))))
         assert self.is_on_page(IndexPage)
         return self.page.iter_videos()
 
diff --git a/modules/cpasbien/module.py b/modules/cpasbien/module.py
index 9680e7b2b0b0eea3f1da6bc9a7b96a2bd3cf86b6..f92d9d15177a44da1f6cc394167461f285a690ed 100644
--- a/modules/cpasbien/module.py
+++ b/modules/cpasbien/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.torrent import CapTorrent, Torrent
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import CpasbienBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['CpasbienModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/creditdunord/pages.py b/modules/creditdunord/pages.py
index f5df06a73727df9ca59ed46360b6ba2eb41e0a14..d9dd0a1097163f5d918e27bcae3bbde63157f4e8 100755
--- a/modules/creditdunord/pages.py
+++ b/modules/creditdunord/pages.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import re
 import ast
 
-from urllib import quote
 from decimal import Decimal
 from io import BytesIO
 from datetime import date as da
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@
 from weboob.capabilities import NotAvailable
 from weboob.tools.capabilities.bank.transactions import FrenchTransaction
 from weboob.tools.captcha.virtkeyboard import GridVirtKeyboard
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote
 from weboob.tools.json import json
 
 
diff --git a/modules/creditmutuel/browser.py b/modules/creditmutuel/browser.py
index f6985bbd7eb474f21be265b4260599309d5ecd25..b26d84e5a3d56a19542d218aaed9621f17df9e1f 100644
--- a/modules/creditmutuel/browser.py
+++ b/modules/creditmutuel/browser.py
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-try:
-    from urlparse import urlparse
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
@@ -37,6 +33,7 @@
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword
 from weboob.capabilities.bank import Account, AddRecipientStep, AddRecipientError, Recipient
 from weboob.capabilities import NotAvailable
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlparse
 
 from .pages import LoginPage, LoginErrorPage, AccountsPage, UserSpacePage, \
                    OperationsPage, CardPage, ComingPage, NoOperationsPage, \
diff --git a/modules/creditmutuel/pages.py b/modules/creditmutuel/pages.py
index 6bc9a08d72182e208c6581b882e4c786bc12e4a7..fa083c32603818bf780a891e2f62f8be9d0f4bff 100644
--- a/modules/creditmutuel/pages.py
+++ b/modules/creditmutuel/pages.py
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 import re
 import hashlib
 
-try:
-    from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qs
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
 from decimal import Decimal, InvalidOperation
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
@@ -42,6 +38,7 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.profile import Profile
 from weboob.tools.capabilities.bank.iban import is_iban_valid
 from weboob.tools.capabilities.bank.transactions import FrenchTransaction
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlparse, parse_qs
 from weboob.tools.date import parse_french_date
 from weboob.tools.value import Value
 
diff --git a/modules/dailymotion/browser.py b/modules/dailymotion/browser.py
index 8025c6132ca44e7ad6faf7341a6c8d0a33c49442..684a6acde70b48b7739051d39f17a5c3d408e08a 100644
--- a/modules/dailymotion/browser.py
+++ b/modules/dailymotion/browser.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 import re
 
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 from .pages import IndexPage, VideoPage
 
 
diff --git a/modules/ebonics/module.py b/modules/ebonics/module.py
index fbec5e6378bf561b7595b9370a7a81f8e242b216..f0b49a667f852ad89b88550c338248036f55fdb7 100644
--- a/modules/ebonics/module.py
+++ b/modules/ebonics/module.py
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import urllib
 
 from weboob.capabilities.translate import CapTranslate, Translation, TranslationFail, LanguageNotSupported
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import StandardBrowser
 
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def translate(self, lan_from, lan_to, text):
 
         with self.browser:
             data = {'English': text.encode('utf-8')}
-            doc = self.browser.location('http://joel.net/EBONICS/Translator', urllib.urlencode(data))
+            doc = self.browser.location('http://joel.net/EBONICS/Translator', urlencode(data))
             try:
                 text = doc.getroot().cssselect('div.translateform div.bubble1 div.bubblemid')[0].text
             except IndexError:
diff --git a/modules/ehentai/browser.py b/modules/ehentai/browser.py
index 6ffa15c49a4185c18f170d947d0fe0f149c337eb..79b8f569439bf1d752c2da4e1226f4a2417182c1 100644
--- a/modules/ehentai/browser.py
+++ b/modules/ehentai/browser.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Browser, BrowserIncorrectPassword
-from urllib import urlencode
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 from .pages import IndexPage, GalleryPage, ImagePage, HomePage, LoginPage
 from .gallery import EHentaiImage
diff --git a/modules/explorimmo/browser.py b/modules/explorimmo/browser.py
index 247268ba26e2af3331d068c8facc9267a7b69f6f..1a7104f22f488523a262bb209a722974502b00f4 100644
--- a/modules/explorimmo/browser.py
+++ b/modules/explorimmo/browser.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import urllib
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
 from weboob.capabilities.housing import Query, TypeNotSupported
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 from .pages import CitiesPage, SearchPage, HousingPage, HousingPage2, PhonePage
 
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def search_housings(self, type, cities, nb_rooms, area_min, area_max, cost_min,
                 'roomMin': nb_rooms or '',
                 'page': '1'}
 
-        query = u'%s%s%s' % (urllib.urlencode(data), '&type=', '&type='.join(ret))
+        query = u'%s%s%s' % (urlencode(data), '&type=', '&type='.join(ret))
 
         return self.search.go(query=query).iter_housings()
 
diff --git a/modules/explorimmo/pages.py b/modules/explorimmo/pages.py
index cd66d4eb76ed87aec0ba22c3a1fb23ac599da20e..5ca1908960db62f19a9fe3780a15c99ab758d658 100644
--- a/modules/explorimmo/pages.py
+++ b/modules/explorimmo/pages.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import re
-import urllib
 from decimal import Decimal
 from datetime import datetime
 from weboob.browser.filters.json import Dict
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.base import NotAvailable, NotLoaded
 from weboob.capabilities.housing import Housing, HousingPhoto, City, UTILITIES
 from weboob.tools.capabilities.housing.housing import PricePerMeterFilter
-
+from weboob.tools.compat import unquote
 
 class CitiesPage(JsonPage):
 
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ def obj_photos(self):
                     default=None
                 )(self)
                 if url:
-                    url = urllib.unquote(url)
+                    url = unquote(url)
                     if "http://" in url[3:]:
                         url = url[url.find("http://", 3):url.rfind("?")]
                     return [HousingPhoto(url)]
diff --git a/modules/feedly/google.py b/modules/feedly/google.py
index 6361c8674968b3fc61c0880539ae8ab1ecae1fc4..a2c000a5e75425f819dbd89663e22f008ccbf85e 100644
--- a/modules/feedly/google.py
+++ b/modules/feedly/google.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
 from weboob.browser import LoginBrowser, URL
 from weboob.browser.pages import HTMLPage, LoggedPage
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlparse, parse_qs
 
 
 class GoogleLoginPage(LoggedPage, HTMLPage):
diff --git a/modules/foncia/pages.py b/modules/foncia/pages.py
index b1e670ed977ea3c1f314da92f9491cf321aeaa20..c61501f7f29715ccd1597e4bb29ec26ed9584222 100644
--- a/modules/foncia/pages.py
+++ b/modules/foncia/pages.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
-import urlparse
 
 from weboob.browser.pages import JsonPage, HTMLPage, pagination
 from weboob.browser.filters.standard import CleanDecimal, CleanText, Date, Env, Format, Regexp
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.base import NotAvailable
 from weboob.capabilities.housing import City, Housing, UTILITIES
 from weboob.tools.capabilities.housing.housing import PricePerMeterFilter
+from weboob.tools.compat import urljoin
 
 from .constants import AVAILABLE_TYPES, QUERY_TYPES, QUERY_HOUSE_TYPES
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class item(ItemElement):
             )
 
             def obj_url(self):
-                return urlparse.urljoin(
+                return urljoin(
                     self.page.browser.BASEURL,
                     Link('.//h3[has-class("TeaserOffer-title")]/a')(self)
                 )
diff --git a/modules/gazelle/pages/torrents.py b/modules/gazelle/pages/torrents.py
index f03dae761badc92815c5e1c47d7eb91967813c33..32f6ea4212d6c24bb8a343be012648465d1d743e 100644
--- a/modules/gazelle/pages/torrents.py
+++ b/modules/gazelle/pages/torrents.py
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
 
 
 import re
-import urlparse
 from logging import warning, debug
-from urlparse import parse_qs
 
+from weboob.tools.compat import parse_qs, urlparse
 from weboob.tools.misc import get_bytes_size
 from weboob.tools.html import html2text
 from weboob.capabilities.torrent import Torrent
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ def iter_torrents(self):
                         title += u' (%s)' % tds[i].find('a').text
                     else:
                         title = ' - '.join([a.text for a in tds[i].findall('a')])
-                    url = urlparse.urlparse(tds[i].find('a').attrib['href'])
+                    url = urlparse(tds[i].find('a').attrib['href'])
                     params = parse_qs(url.query)
                     if 'torrentid' in params:
                         id = '%s.%s' % (params['id'][0], params['torrentid'][0])
diff --git a/modules/gdcvault/browser.py b/modules/gdcvault/browser.py
index 73fd15a537b53f16fcfd6572b03ab0658bf0d029..d7a358830ff8376126383359302d4be070fc28d6 100644
--- a/modules/gdcvault/browser.py
+++ b/modules/gdcvault/browser.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import urllib
 
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Browser, BrowserIncorrectPassword, BrowserUnavailable,\
         BrowserBanned
 from weboob.deprecated.browser.decorators import id2url
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 #from .pages.index import IndexPage
 from .pages import VideoPage, IndexPage, SearchPage
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def login(self):
                  }
 
         data = self.readurl('http://gdcvault.com/api/login.php',
-                            urllib.urlencode(params))
+                            urlencode(params))
         # some data returned as JSON, not sure yet if it's useful
 
         if data is None:
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def search_videos(self, pattern, sortby):
                      "category" : "free",
                      "keyword" : pattern.encode('utf-8'),
                      "conference_id" : "", }
-        post_data = urllib.urlencode(post_data)
+        post_data = urlencode(post_data)
         # probably not required
         self.addheaders = [('Referer', 'http://gdcvault.com/'),
                            ("Content-Type" , 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded') ]
diff --git a/modules/gdcvault/pages.py b/modules/gdcvault/pages.py
index 27b8419c337a82c806b20e8f4ae6b40f9ad884ca..c9ee873a8e1dc3c8cfed5d6957b3d85b4f17c47b 100644
--- a/modules/gdcvault/pages.py
+++ b/modules/gdcvault/pages.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
 
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Page
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote
 
-import urllib
 import re
 import datetime
 from dateutil.parser import parse as parse_dt
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def get_video(self, video=None):
 
         # token doesn't actually seem required
         # 1441 has a space in the xml filename
-        xml_filename = urllib.quote(m.group(2))
+        xml_filename = quote(m.group(2))
         config_url = m.group(1) + xml_filename + '?token=' + m.group(3)
 
         # self.browser.addheaders += [['Referer', 'http://gdcvault.com/play/%s' % self.group_dict['id']]]
@@ -270,11 +270,11 @@ def get_video(self, video=None):
 
             obj = self.parser.select(config.getroot(), 'speakervideo', 1)
             if obj.text is not None:
-                videos['speaker'] = 'rtmp://' + host + '/' + urllib.quote(obj.text)
+                videos['speaker'] = 'rtmp://' + host + '/' + quote(obj.text)
 
             obj = self.parser.select(config.getroot(), 'slidevideo', 1)
             if obj.text is not None:
-                videos['slides'] = 'rtmp://' + host + '/' + urllib.quote(obj.text)
+                videos['slides'] = 'rtmp://' + host + '/' + quote(obj.text)
 
             # print videos
             # XXX
diff --git a/modules/github/browser.py b/modules/github/browser.py
index 4f3669b4adcda2f86e26493e3c58d435dc16e96e..d251900692b8a203cfcd2a8888ef307ab3a46b94 100644
--- a/modules/github/browser.py
+++ b/modules/github/browser.py
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 import datetime
 import re
 import os
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 from weboob.browser.browsers import APIBrowser
 from weboob.browser.cache import CacheMixin
 from weboob.browser.exceptions import ClientError
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['GithubBrowser']
 
diff --git a/modules/imdb/module.py b/modules/imdb/module.py
index f0e0c267234f64b528170238ef796e180dab12be..69af94e74821aa0b6bd2a0e85de5113fe6767ca3 100644
--- a/modules/imdb/module.py
+++ b/modules/imdb/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.cinema import CapCinema, Person, Movie
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import ImdbBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['ImdbModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/jacquieetmichel/browser.py b/modules/jacquieetmichel/browser.py
index 0f4feadb8ccc24159b161f01d721ae2c0cf3b061..21a379bda38f0b9b8a171037f1abc74627c828a2 100644
--- a/modules/jacquieetmichel/browser.py
+++ b/modules/jacquieetmichel/browser.py
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import urllib
-
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Browser
 from weboob.deprecated.browser.decorators import id2url
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote
 
 from .video import JacquieEtMichelVideo
 from .pages import VideoPage, ResultsPage
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ def get_video(self, url, video=None):
         return self.page.get_video(video)
 
     def search_videos(self, pattern):
-        self.location('/videolist/searchmodevideo/query%s/' % (urllib.quote(pattern.encode('utf-8'))))
+        self.location('/videolist/searchmodevideo/query%s/' % (quote(pattern.encode('utf-8'))))
         assert self.is_on_page(ResultsPage)
         return self.page.iter_videos()
 
diff --git a/modules/kickass/module.py b/modules/kickass/module.py
index 25d4d86c0d78ab51e8060cb9c3fff34e8c0ec4c7..6c00eb68cb55e330074ed7a851bc557f03af90eb 100644
--- a/modules/kickass/module.py
+++ b/modules/kickass/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.torrent import CapTorrent, Torrent
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import KickassBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 #from contextlib import closing
 #from gzip import GzipFile
 
diff --git a/modules/linuxjobs/browser.py b/modules/linuxjobs/browser.py
index 3d0181474df7d8093ef615c16f7b52dea11b1760..04f807addd71c2f9b52dd71e390d2e4279efd463 100644
--- a/modules/linuxjobs/browser.py
+++ b/modules/linuxjobs/browser.py
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 
 
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .pages import SearchPage, AdvertPage
 
-import urllib
-
 
 class LinuxJobsBrowser(PagesBrowser):
     BASEURL = 'https://www.linuxjobs.fr'
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ def get_job_advert(self, _id, advert):
     def search_job(self, pattern=None):
         if pattern is None:
             return []
-        self.search_page.go(job=urllib.quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8')))
+        self.search_page.go(job=quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8')))
 
         assert self.search_page.is_here()
         return self.page.iter_job_adverts()
diff --git a/modules/lyricsdotcom/module.py b/modules/lyricsdotcom/module.py
index 0d4408a56a1f65a043428ac155bd06151db8be29..8729aa44cfaa6d893e7a06051ff5495c06da7ab5 100644
--- a/modules/lyricsdotcom/module.py
+++ b/modules/lyricsdotcom/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.lyrics import CapLyrics, SongLyrics
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import LyricsdotcomBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['LyricsdotcomModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/lyricsmode/module.py b/modules/lyricsmode/module.py
index 583200de09e1d17d785de2e0ed8603af6ee5cce4..a525877f9b17fd397a431bbbc336a12245bc0a9a 100644
--- a/modules/lyricsmode/module.py
+++ b/modules/lyricsmode/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.lyrics import CapLyrics, SongLyrics
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import LyricsmodeBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['LyricsmodeModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/marmiton/module.py b/modules/marmiton/module.py
index d0b115ee3b1f8d8707de90f42ca5dbfdb7cf31af..160964df47dd51d8dd05f2c78d72f0cf5ba0675f 100644
--- a/modules/marmiton/module.py
+++ b/modules/marmiton/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.recipe import CapRecipe, Recipe
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import MarmitonBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['MarmitonModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/monster/browser.py b/modules/monster/browser.py
index 83db46726b54948da1303778cd14cb908575d31b..3f5bec50919098451c16c5e8792b747fe43f1450 100644
--- a/modules/monster/browser.py
+++ b/modules/monster/browser.py
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-import urllib
-
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus, urlencode
 
 from .pages import AdvertPage, AdvSearchPage, ExpiredAdvert
 
@@ -34,14 +33,14 @@ class MonsterBrowser(PagesBrowser):
                      AdvSearchPage)
 
     def search_job(self, pattern=None):
-        return self.adv_search.go(search='?q=%s' % urllib.quote_plus(pattern), page=1).iter_job_adverts()
+        return self.adv_search.go(search='?q=%s' % quote_plus(pattern), page=1).iter_job_adverts()
 
     def advanced_search_job(self, job_name, place, contract, limit_date):
         search = '' if not contract else contract
-        query = {'q': urllib.quote_plus(job_name),
+        query = {'q': quote_plus(job_name),
                  'where': place,
                  'tm': limit_date}
-        return self.adv_search.go(search='%s?%s' % (search, urllib.urlencode(query)), page=1).iter_job_adverts()
+        return self.adv_search.go(search='%s?%s' % (search, urlencode(query)), page=1).iter_job_adverts()
 
     def get_job_advert(self, _id, advert):
         return self.advert.go(_id=_id).get_job_advert(obj=advert)
diff --git a/modules/nolifetv/browser.py b/modules/nolifetv/browser.py
index 9cace718d1400933167a6cccd19b590dc969d62c..6154f6de0f7e4362bfb4fe0fe89601db50c16ce5 100644
--- a/modules/nolifetv/browser.py
+++ b/modules/nolifetv/browser.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 
 
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Browser, BrowserIncorrectPassword
-
-import urllib
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 from weboob.deprecated.browser.decorators import id2url
 from .video import NolifeTVVideo
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ def iter_video(self, family):
                  'emissions': 0 }
 
         while True:
-            self.location('/do.php', urllib.urlencode(data))
+            self.location('/do.php', urlencode(data))
             assert self.is_on_page(VideoListPage)
 
             if self.page.is_list_empty():
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ def get_latest(self):
     def search_videos(self, pattern):
         data = { 'search': pattern,
                  'submit': 'Rechercher' }
-        self.location('/online/', urllib.urlencode(data))
+        self.location('/online/', urlencode(data))
         assert self.is_on_page(VideoListPage)
 
         for vid in self.page.iter_video(self.AVAILABLE_VIDEOS):
diff --git a/modules/opensubtitles/module.py b/modules/opensubtitles/module.py
index c834102745737bb3940c220c81d9e8647176c761..deeee93152ed84ae62cae01e2240462ed11b35de 100644
--- a/modules/opensubtitles/module.py
+++ b/modules/opensubtitles/module.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from .browser import OpensubtitlesBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['OpensubtitlesModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/orange/pages/login.py b/modules/orange/pages/login.py
index 9fe4a59f441d236b1c73704d66dd916b353bb22c..b1e0d575f77bed4cd03aadf21d72b59e78fd9dac 100644
--- a/modules/orange/pages/login.py
+++ b/modules/orange/pages/login.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Page
-import urllib
-
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 class LoginPage(Page):
     def on_loaded(self):
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ def login(self, user, pwd):
                      "case"     : "",
                      "origin"   : "",    }
 
-        post_data = urllib.urlencode(post_data)
+        post_data = urlencode(post_data)
         self.browser.addheaders = [('Referer', 'http://id.orange.fr/auth_user/template/auth0user/htm/vide.html'),
                               ("Content-Type" , 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded') ]
 
diff --git a/modules/ovs/pages.py b/modules/ovs/pages.py
index d1467b782bd382522ab4261602f14434630c4f0b..4464afbabf26696547eb69e977f7222e8acc26e8 100644
--- a/modules/ovs/pages.py
+++ b/modules/ovs/pages.py
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@
 
 import datetime
 import re
-import urllib
-from urlparse import urlsplit
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Page
 from weboob.capabilities.messages import Message, Thread
 from weboob.capabilities.contact import Contact, ProfileNode
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlsplit, urlencode
 from weboob.tools.date import parse_french_date
 
 from . import ovsparse
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ def post_to_thread(self, thread_id, subject, body):
         form = ovsparse.private_message_form_fields(self.document)
         recode_dict(form, self.browser.ENCODING)
         form['Message'] = body.encode(self.browser.ENCODING)
-        self.browser.location('/message_action_envoi.php', urllib.urlencode(form))
+        self.browser.location('/message_action_envoi.php', urlencode(form))
 
         # html code is so broken that mechanize won't parse the forms
         #~ self.browser.select_form('envoimail')
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ def create_thread(self, recipient, subject, body):
         recode_dict(form, self.browser.ENCODING)
         form['Message'] = body.encode(self.browser.ENCODING)
         form['Titre'] = subject.encode(self.browser.ENCODING)
-        self.browser.location('/message_action_envoi.php', urllib.urlencode(form))
+        self.browser.location('/message_action_envoi.php', urlencode(form))
 
         #~ self.browser.select_form('envoimail')
         #~ self.browser['Titre'] = subject.encode(self.browser.ENCODING)
diff --git a/modules/pap/browser.py b/modules/pap/browser.py
index 3543d1fed2792e4a63e782e17ee2d05605aca57c..c1ed8c741fcaac0ec7b48eebd5b56936f1eea3bd 100644
--- a/modules/pap/browser.py
+++ b/modules/pap/browser.py
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import urllib
-
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
 from weboob.capabilities.housing import Query, TypeNotSupported
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 from .pages import SearchResultsPage, HousingPage, CitiesPage
 
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ def search_housings(self, type, cities, nb_rooms, area_min, area_max, cost_min,
             if house_type in self.RET:
                 ret.append(self.RET.get(house_type))
 
-        _data = '%s%s%s' % (urllib.urlencode(data), '&typesbien%5B%5D=', '&typesbien%5B%5D='.join(ret))
+        _data = '%s%s%s' % (urlencode(data), '&typesbien%5B%5D=', '&typesbien%5B%5D='.join(ret))
         return self.search_page.go(data=_data).iter_housings()
 
     def get_housing(self, _id, housing=None):
diff --git a/modules/parolesmania/module.py b/modules/parolesmania/module.py
index 749b60dfd59ee703d515c94409491149d3bd06ba..25067b25653344e412faf7ec6ec713fbef0e96f8 100644
--- a/modules/parolesmania/module.py
+++ b/modules/parolesmania/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.lyrics import CapLyrics, SongLyrics
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import ParolesmaniaBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['ParolesmaniaModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/paypal/browser.py b/modules/paypal/browser.py
index 8018a65ed6a2e8935b039e82acbe494d927af353..1e5fdfd6752cd81707300885cf9e10894aedc39b 100644
--- a/modules/paypal/browser.py
+++ b/modules/paypal/browser.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import urllib
 import datetime
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ def do_login(self):
         data['_csrf'] = csrf
         data['_sessionID'] = sessionID
         data[key] = value
-        data = urllib.urlencode(data)
         self.open('/auth/verifychallenge', data=data)
         res = self.page.login(self.username, self.password)
 
@@ -139,7 +137,11 @@ def get_personal_history(self, account):
         # The response is sometimes not the one we expect.
         for i in xrange(3):
             try:
-                self.location('https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/activity/filter?%s' % urllib.urlencode(data), headers={'Accept' : 'application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01'})
+                self.location(
+                    'https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/activity/filter?%s',
+                    params=data,
+                    headers={'Accept' : 'application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01'}
+                )
                 if self.page.transaction_left():
                     return self.page.iter_transactions(account)
                 return iter([])
diff --git a/modules/phpbb/pages/forum.py b/modules/phpbb/pages/forum.py
index c067eff64517982342c9a83b94814b89ff483725..704229c9b82adf8c31b49280714b7c3cf9fae22c 100644
--- a/modules/phpbb/pages/forum.py
+++ b/modules/phpbb/pages/forum.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 
 from time import sleep
-from urlparse import urlsplit, parse_qs
 
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import BrokenPageError
 from weboob.browser.filters.standard import CleanText
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlsplit, parse_qs
 
 from .index import PhpBBPage
 from ..tools import parse_date
diff --git a/modules/phpbb/tools.py b/modules/phpbb/tools.py
index 216e20930bd7d73c9daff8c6eaf77d6c03a041c6..fbde8a95466467dbdeefec1fc8c37191d2ce823e 100644
--- a/modules/phpbb/tools.py
+++ b/modules/phpbb/tools.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse as _parse_dt
-from urlparse import urlsplit, parse_qs
 
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlsplit, parse_qs
 from weboob.tools.date import local2utc
 
 
diff --git a/modules/pixabay/browser.py b/modules/pixabay/browser.py
index 4bcf148905ce08722995e13edec0d721986258c9..ad3c5d05809b849777398863e51625a6e7a0c07f 100644
--- a/modules/pixabay/browser.py
+++ b/modules/pixabay/browser.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import re
-from urllib import quote_plus
 from weboob.browser import URL
 from weboob.browser.browsers import LoginBrowser, need_login
 from weboob.capabilities.image import CapImage
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .pages import AccountPage, LoginPage, SearchAPI, ViewPage
 
diff --git a/modules/podnapisi/module.py b/modules/podnapisi/module.py
index 7f06a2943f5173fac0aa59c39a38ab6a8d465964..4cf60c94e54f20949dba5b57318b94907d72d5cf 100644
--- a/modules/podnapisi/module.py
+++ b/modules/podnapisi/module.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.subtitle import CapSubtitle, LanguageNotSupported, Subtitle
 from weboob.applications.suboob.suboob import LANGUAGE_CONV
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import PodnapisiBrowser
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['PodnapisiModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/popolemploi/browser.py b/modules/popolemploi/browser.py
index a02e46203dc94770cf9a49dd2efa3d55167d0b64..4db1b14ed0d40309c5f5391fe830bcfa8bcaad2b 100644
--- a/modules/popolemploi/browser.py
+++ b/modules/popolemploi/browser.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 
 from .pages import SearchPage, AdvertPage
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
-
-from urllib import quote
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote
 
 __all__ = ['PopolemploiBrowser']
 
diff --git a/modules/redmine/browser.py b/modules/redmine/browser.py
index 466b2ccf3c294c05f7d4c624848d80428b85282a..5c4c76d3f62e58457c7b8bb85716b66d5d474caf 100644
--- a/modules/redmine/browser.py
+++ b/modules/redmine/browser.py
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-from urlparse import urlsplit
-import urllib
 import re
 import lxml.html
 
 from weboob.capabilities.bugtracker import IssueError
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Browser, BrowserIncorrectPassword
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlsplit, urlencode, quote
 
 from .pages.index import LoginPage, IndexPage, MyPage, ProjectsPage
 from .pages.wiki import WikiPage, WikiEditPage
@@ -90,27 +89,27 @@ def get_userid(self):
         return self._userid
 
     def get_wiki_source(self, project, page, version=None):
-        url = '%s/projects/%s/wiki/%s/edit' % (self.BASEPATH, project, urllib.quote(page.encode('utf-8')))
+        url = '%s/projects/%s/wiki/%s/edit' % (self.BASEPATH, project, quote(page.encode('utf-8')))
         if version:
             url += '?version=%s' % version
         self.location(url)
         return self.page.get_source()
 
     def set_wiki_source(self, project, page, data, message):
-        self.location('%s/projects/%s/wiki/%s/edit' % (self.BASEPATH, project, urllib.quote(page.encode('utf-8'))))
+        self.location('%s/projects/%s/wiki/%s/edit' % (self.BASEPATH, project, quote(page.encode('utf-8'))))
         self.page.set_source(data, message)
 
     def get_wiki_preview(self, project, page, data):
         if (not self.is_on_page(WikiEditPage) or self.page.groups[0] != project
                 or self.page.groups[1] != page):
             self.location('%s/projects/%s/wiki/%s/edit' % (self.BASEPATH,
-                                                           project, urllib.quote(page.encode('utf-8'))))
-        url = '%s/projects/%s/wiki/%s/preview' % (self.BASEPATH, project, urllib.quote(page.encode('utf-8')))
+                                                           project, quote(page.encode('utf-8'))))
+        url = '%s/projects/%s/wiki/%s/preview' % (self.BASEPATH, project, quote(page.encode('utf-8')))
         params = {}
         params['content[text]'] = data.encode('utf-8')
         params['authenticity_token'] = "%s" % self.page.get_authenticity_token()
         preview_html = lxml.html.fragment_fromstring(self.readurl(url,
-                                                    urllib.urlencode(params)),
+                                                    urlencode(params)),
                                                     create_parent='div')
         preview_html.find("fieldset").drop_tag()
         preview_html.find("legend").drop_tree()
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ def query_issues(self, project_name, **kwargs):
                 data += ((self.METHODS[method]['operator'] % key, '~'),)
 
         if method == 'POST':
-            self.location('/issues?set_filter=1&per_page=100', urllib.urlencode(data))
+            self.location('/issues?set_filter=1&per_page=100', urlencode(data))
         else:
             data += (('set_filter', '1'), ('per_page', '100'))
             self.location(self.buildurl('/issues', *data))
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ def remove_issue(self, id):
         token = self.page.get_authenticity_token()
 
         data = (('authenticity_token', token),)
-        self.openurl('/issues/%s/destroy' % id, urllib.urlencode(data))
+        self.openurl('/issues/%s/destroy' % id, urlencode(data))
 
     def iter_projects(self):
         self.location('/projects')
diff --git a/modules/seloger/browser.py b/modules/seloger/browser.py
index 5e76d285157d9c4e55c3e4c9fa51537f47b60367..3879de1e9fd96a9a052ff46938f191a2e08ad51c 100644
--- a/modules/seloger/browser.py
+++ b/modules/seloger/browser.py
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import urllib
-
 from weboob.capabilities.housing import Query, TypeNotSupported
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
 from .pages import SearchResultsPage, HousingPage, CitiesPage
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ def search_housings(self, type, cities, nb_rooms, area_min, area_max, cost_min,
         if ret:
             data['idtypebien'] = ','.join(ret)
 
-        return self.search.go(request=urllib.urlencode(data)).iter_housings()
+        return self.search.go(request=urlencode(data)).iter_housings()
 
     def get_housing(self, _id, obj=None):
         return self.housing.go(_id=_id, noAudiotel=1).get_housing(obj=obj)
diff --git a/modules/sfr/browser.py b/modules/sfr/browser.py
index ab30508d5905ad3bb788c242e1164ed3ce45dbf2..bfc21ffd25fabc56cf2f1d8c306225a82e37d880 100644
--- a/modules/sfr/browser.py
+++ b/modules/sfr/browser.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import urllib
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .pages.compose import ClosePage, ComposePage, ConfirmPage, SentPage
 from .pages.login import LoginPage
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def is_logged(self):
 
     def login(self):
         service_url = 'http://www.sfr.fr/xmscomposer/j_spring_cas_security_check'
-        self.location('https://www.sfr.fr/cas/login?service=%s' % urllib.quote_plus(service_url), no_login=True)
+        self.location('https://www.sfr.fr/cas/login?service=%s' % quote_plus(service_url), no_login=True)
         self.page.login(self.username, self.password)
         if not self.is_logged():
             raise BrowserIncorrectPassword()
diff --git a/modules/societegenerale/pages/accounts_list.py b/modules/societegenerale/pages/accounts_list.py
index b39898bb54d5de8d73ff8fe68ca696f484317fdb..03f8d93b770ead51792ce41e484c8e62a64ae959 100644
--- a/modules/societegenerale/pages/accounts_list.py
+++ b/modules/societegenerale/pages/accounts_list.py
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import urllib
 import datetime
-from urlparse import parse_qs, urlparse, parse_qsl, urlunparse
-from urllib import urlencode
 from lxml.etree import XML
 from lxml.html import fromstring
 from decimal import Decimal, InvalidOperation
@@ -32,6 +29,7 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.bank import Account, Investment
 from weboob.capabilities.contact import Advisor
 from weboob.tools.capabilities.bank.transactions import FrenchTransaction
+from weboob.tools.compat import parse_qs, urlparse, parse_qsl, urlunparse, urlencode
 from weboob.browser.elements import DictElement, ItemElement, method
 from weboob.browser.filters.json import Dict
 from weboob.browser.filters.standard import CleanText, CleanDecimal, Regexp, RegexpError
@@ -241,7 +239,7 @@ def iter_transactions(self):
             args['sign'] = p['sign'][0]
             args['src'] = p['src'][0]
 
-            url = '%s?%s' % (url.path, urllib.urlencode(args))
+            url = '%s?%s' % (url.path, urlencode(args))
 
     def _iter_transactions(self, doc):
         t = None
diff --git a/modules/t411/module.py b/modules/t411/module.py
index d0e30eb3552dfba4c3a6099fdadd54e1195fbb06..42d13237cd944072a104dd23fa3dca851cb57ec0 100644
--- a/modules/t411/module.py
+++ b/modules/t411/module.py
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
-
 from weboob.capabilities.torrent import CapTorrent, Torrent
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module, BackendConfig
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 from weboob.tools.value import ValueBackendPassword, Value
 
 from .browser import T411Browser
diff --git a/modules/torrentz/pages/torrents.py b/modules/torrentz/pages/torrents.py
index f209f3fe0a8d55bd915c374c40e48e9564d49f0b..53f380e09d99308446c7909c9763e98444dd2d92 100644
--- a/modules/torrentz/pages/torrents.py
+++ b/modules/torrentz/pages/torrents.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from datetime import datetime
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 from weboob.tools.misc import get_bytes_size
 from weboob.browser.pages import HTMLPage
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.base import NotAvailable
 from weboob.capabilities.torrent import Torrent, MagnetOnly
 from weboob.browser.filters.standard import CleanText, Regexp, Date, Type
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 
 def parse_timestamp(txt, **kwargs):
diff --git a/modules/tvsubtitles/module.py b/modules/tvsubtitles/module.py
index 800ad490f266cc4074ba86d80ff65f8bd2874dfa..3246d2bb16cb4785e38374e61daf96b2fe2d55f9 100644
--- a/modules/tvsubtitles/module.py
+++ b/modules/tvsubtitles/module.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 from weboob.capabilities.subtitle import CapSubtitle, LanguageNotSupported
 from weboob.tools.backend import Module
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .browser import TvsubtitlesBrowser, LANGUAGE_LIST
 
-from urllib import quote_plus
 
 __all__ = ['TvsubtitlesModule']
 
diff --git a/modules/twitter/pages.py b/modules/twitter/pages.py
index 711015214eec00dafee2bd5b69bca6594e5acfdb..f08ab46997eabd03c0d504bfe5ca732752448e40 100644
--- a/modules/twitter/pages.py
+++ b/modules/twitter/pages.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 from weboob.tools.date import DATE_TRANSLATE_FR
 from io import StringIO
 import lxml.html as html
-import urllib
 
 from weboob.tools.json import json
 from weboob.browser.pages import HTMLPage, JsonPage, FormNotFound, pagination, LoggedPage
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
 from weboob.browser.filters.html import Link, Attr
 from weboob.capabilities.messages import Thread, Message
 from weboob.capabilities.base import BaseObject
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 
 class DatetimeFromTimestamp(Filter):
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def next_page(self):
                 params['max_position'] = self.env['min_position']
 
             if self.page.has_next:
-                return u'%s?%s' % (self.page.url.split('?')[0], urllib.urlencode(params))
+                return u'%s?%s' % (self.page.url.split('?')[0], urlencode(params))
 
 
 class LoginErrorPage(HTMLPage):
diff --git a/modules/unsee/browser.py b/modules/unsee/browser.py
index 729e1ff792742c5df4b40373759bc188f3f6b3a4..a3c265361a8fef2833f30033cb4b42e37eab6682 100644
--- a/modules/unsee/browser.py
+++ b/modules/unsee/browser.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import os
 from uuid import uuid4
 from urllib2 import Request
-from urlparse import urljoin
+from weboob.tools.compat import urljoin
 from weboob.tools.json import json
 from weboob.deprecated.browser.parsers.lxmlparser import LxmlHtmlParser
 
diff --git a/modules/ups/browser.py b/modules/ups/browser.py
index 4b831789f80bfc904cd13fc268dcdc67145ce0db..be6f533180064cc8efc41392b169936da5275296 100644
--- a/modules/ups/browser.py
+++ b/modules/ups/browser.py
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import urllib
-
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Browser
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlencode
 
 from .pages import TrackPage
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ def get_tracking_info(self, _id):
                 'track.x':              'Track',
                 'trackNums':            _id.encode('utf-8'),
                }
-        self.location('https://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track', urllib.urlencode(data))
+        self.location('https://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track', urlencode(data))
         assert self.is_on_page(TrackPage)
 
         return self.page.get_info(_id)
diff --git a/modules/vimeo/browser.py b/modules/vimeo/browser.py
index 6110f7dccb49c004357dd7770e04fde8f02dbde3..8691a1324670d8ad19a9fc6a4c5699ab0ca44377 100644
--- a/modules/vimeo/browser.py
+++ b/modules/vimeo/browser.py
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
 from weboob.browser.exceptions import HTTPNotFound
 from weboob.capabilities.base import NotAvailable
+from weboob.tools.compat import urljoin, quote_plus
 from .pages import VideoJsonPage, CategoriesPage, ListPage, APIPage, XMLAPIPage
 
-import urllib
-from urlparse import urljoin
 import time
 import hmac
 from hashlib import sha1
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ def search_videos(self, pattern, sortby):
                 'sort': 'relevant',
                 'page': '1',
                 'full_response': '1',
-                'query': urllib.quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8'))}
+                'query': quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8'))}
 
         self._prepare_request(self.APIURL, method='POST', headers=headers, data=data)
         return self._api.go(data=data).iter_videos()
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ def _percent_encode(s):
                 s = s.encode('utf-8')
                 pass
 
-            result = urllib.quote_plus(s).replace('+', '%20').replace('*', '%2A').replace('%7E', '~')
+            result = quote_plus(s).replace('+', '%20').replace('*', '%2A').replace('%7E', '~')
             # the implementation of the app has a bug. someone double escaped the '@' so we have to correct this
             # on our end.
             result = result.replace('%40', '%2540')
diff --git a/modules/vine/browser.py b/modules/vine/browser.py
index 646941d74207a804bad0025ffdbb5d58170a4129..89147800c264dc2d47c27032ee2e59e8b4f74618 100644
--- a/modules/vine/browser.py
+++ b/modules/vine/browser.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 
 from weboob.browser import PagesBrowser, URL
+from weboob.tools.compat import quote_plus
 
 from .pages import SearchPage, PostPage
-import urllib
 
 
 class VineBrowser(PagesBrowser):
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class VineBrowser(PagesBrowser):
     post_page = URL('r/api/timelines/posts/s/(?P<_id>.*)', PostPage)
 
     def search_videos(self, pattern):
-        return self.search_page.go(pattern=urllib.quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8'))).iter_videos()
+        return self.search_page.go(pattern=quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8'))).iter_videos()
 
     def get_video(self, _id):
         return self.post_page.go(_id=_id).get_video()
diff --git a/modules/wellsfargo/browser.py b/modules/wellsfargo/browser.py
index e5af72876fcd5bb39816b01cc466e0ad35a76f31..0834d0a694f2c1a7d48e1b8461596524e9a9a769 100644
--- a/modules/wellsfargo/browser.py
+++ b/modules/wellsfargo/browser.py
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 from weboob.capabilities.bank import AccountNotFound
 from weboob.browser import LoginBrowser, URL, need_login
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword, BrowserUnavailable
+from weboob.tools.compat import unquote
+
 import ssl
 import json
 import os
 from tempfile import mkstemp
 from subprocess import STDOUT, CalledProcessError, check_output
-from urllib import unquote
 
 from .pages import LoginProceedPage, LoginRedirectPage, \
                    SummaryPage, ActivityCashPage, ActivityCardPage, \
diff --git a/modules/youtube/pages.py b/modules/youtube/pages.py
index a75cd28c1b4ef56fc4ab75dbfcc5b22269393862..d0bd378c1f4828ed737a615ed6425b738fc14c8a 100644
--- a/modules/youtube/pages.py
+++ b/modules/youtube/pages.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 # Some parts are taken from youtube-dl, licensed under the UNLICENSE.
 
 
-from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qs
 import codecs
 import zlib
 import re
@@ -29,11 +28,11 @@
 import struct
 import collections
 import traceback
-import urllib
 import io
 
 from weboob.capabilities.base import UserError
 from weboob.deprecated.browser import Page, BrokenPageError, BrowserIncorrectPassword
+from weboob.tools.compat import urlparse, parse_qs, urlencode
 from weboob.tools.json import json
 
 
@@ -971,7 +970,7 @@ def get_video_url(self, video):
             # this can be viewed without login into Youtube
             url = 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/%s' % video_id
             embed_webpage = self.browser.readurl(url)
-            data = urllib.urlencode({
+            data = urlencode({
                 'video_id': video_id,
                 'eurl': 'https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/' + video_id,
                 'sts': self._search_regex(