use requests

oxdata/poster/models.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import socket
 import urllib
 
 from django.db import models
+import requests
 
 import ox
 import ox.web.criterion
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class PosterCache(models.Model):
             url = self.url.encode('utf-8')
             name = hashlib.sha1(url).hexdigest()
             try:
-                data = ox.net.read_url(url)
+                data = requests.get(url, headers=ox.net.DEFAULT_HEADERS).content
                 self.image.name = poster_path(self.url, os.path.basename(self.url))
                 ox.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.image.path))
                 with open(self.image.path, 'wb') as f: