Add a exception argument to urlopen.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/livestreamer/stream.py b/src/livestreamer/stream.py
index f72217b..82d9a9a 100644
--- a/src/livestreamer/stream.py
+++ b/src/livestreamer/stream.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from .compat import str, is_win32
-from .utils import urlopen
+from .utils import urlget
 
 import os
 import pbs
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ class HTTPStream(Stream):
         self.args = args
 
     def open(self):
-        try:
-            res = urlopen(self.url, prefetch=False, **self.args)
-        except Exception as err:
-            raise StreamError(str(err))
+        res = urlget(self.url, prefetch=False,
+                     exception=StreamError,
+                     **self.args)
 
         return res.raw
 
diff --git a/src/livestreamer/utils.py b/src/livestreamer/utils.py
index 90b9379..dfee53f 100644
--- a/src/livestreamer/utils.py
+++ b/src/livestreamer/utils.py
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
         else:
             yield "--%s" % line
 
-def urlopen(url, method="get", **args):
+def urlopen(url, method="get", exception=PluginError, **args):
     if "data" in args and args["data"] is not None:
         method = "post"
 
     try:
         res = requests.request(method, url, config=RequestsConfig, timeout=15, **args)
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
-        raise PluginError(("Unable to open URL: {url} ({err})").format(url=url, err=str(err)))
+        raise exception(("Unable to open URL: {url} ({err})").format(url=url, err=str(err)))
 
     return res