[compat] Add compat_urllib_parse_urlencode and eliminate encode_dict

encode_dict functionality has been improved and moved directly into compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
All occurrences of compat_urllib_parse.urlencode throughout the codebase have been replaced by compat_urllib_parse_urlencode

Closes #8974

82 files changed, 199 insertions, 212 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
index fb1cc02..55a9322 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/addanime.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class AddAnimeIE(InfoExtractor):
             confirm_url = (
                 parsed_url.scheme + '://' + parsed_url.netloc +
                 action + '?' +
-                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'jschl_vc': vc, 'jschl_answer': compat_str(av_val)}))
             self._download_webpage(
                 confirm_url, video_id,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/animeondemand.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/animeondemand.py
index 2cede55..9b01e38 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/animeondemand.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/animeondemand.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from ..compat import (
 )
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
-    encode_dict,
     extract_attributes,
     ExtractorError,
     sanitized_Request,
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class AnimeOnDemandIE(InfoExtractor):
             post_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(self._LOGIN_URL, post_url)
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            post_url, urlencode_postdata(encode_dict(login_form)))
+            post_url, urlencode_postdata(login_form))
         request.add_header('Referer', self._LOGIN_URL)
 
         response = self._download_webpage(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/atresplayer.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/atresplayer.py
index b8f9ae0..f9568cb 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/atresplayer.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/atresplayer.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     int_or_none,
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class AtresPlayerIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
+            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         response = self._download_webpage(
             request, None, 'Logging in as %s' % username)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bambuser.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bambuser.py
index da986e0..1a2eef4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bambuser.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bambuser.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import itertools
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_str,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class BambuserIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
+            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
         request.add_header('Referer', self._LOGIN_URL)
         response = self._download_webpage(
             request, None, 'Logging in as %s' % username)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/camdemy.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/camdemy.py
index dd4d96c..6ffbeab 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/camdemy.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/camdemy.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class CamdemyFolderIE(InfoExtractor):
         parsed_url = list(compat_urlparse.urlparse(url))
         query = dict(compat_urlparse.parse_qsl(parsed_url[4]))
         query.update({'displayMode': 'list'})
-        parsed_url[4] = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(query)
+        parsed_url[4] = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(query)
         final_url = compat_urlparse.urlunparse(parsed_url)
 
         page = self._download_webpage(final_url, folder_id)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ceskatelevize.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ceskatelevize.py
index b355111..d93108d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ceskatelevize.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ceskatelevize.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class CeskaTelevizeIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         req = sanitized_Request(
             'http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/ajax/get-client-playlist',
-            data=compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(data))
+            data=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data))
 
         req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         req.add_header('x-addr', '127.0.0.1')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py
index 0fa720e..9e267e6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_HTTPError,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class CloudyIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'errorUrl': error_url,
             })
 
-        data_url = self._API_URL % (video_host, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(form))
+        data_url = self._API_URL % (video_host, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(form))
         player_data = self._download_webpage(
             data_url, video_id, 'Downloading player data')
         data = compat_parse_qs(player_data)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
index 5b1b996..0c59102 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class ComedyCentralShowsIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
         # Correct cc.com in uri
         uri = re.sub(r'(episode:[^.]+)(\.cc)?\.com', r'\1.com', uri)
 
-        index_url = 'http://%s.cc.com/feeds/mrss?%s' % (show_name, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'uri': uri}))
+        index_url = 'http://%s.cc.com/feeds/mrss?%s' % (show_name, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'uri': uri}))
         idoc = self._download_xml(
             index_url, epTitle,
             'Downloading show index', 'Unable to download episode index')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 770105a..b412fd0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from ..compat import (
     compat_os_name,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                         'plugin': 'flowplayer-3.2.0.1',
                     }
                 f4m_url += '&' if '?' in f4m_url else '?'
-                f4m_url += compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(f4m_params)
+                f4m_url += compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(f4m_params)
                 formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(f4m_url, video_id, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
                 continue
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/condenast.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/condenast.py
index 054978f..e8f2b5a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/condenast.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/condenast.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class CondeNastIE(InfoExtractor):
         video_id = self._search_regex(r'videoId: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, 'video id')
         player_id = self._search_regex(r'playerId: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, 'player id')
         target = self._search_regex(r'target: [\'"](.+?)[\'"]', params, 'target')
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'videoId': video_id,
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'videoId': video_id,
                                               'playerId': player_id,
                                               'target': target,
                                               })
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
index 85fa7a7..7746f1b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ from math import pow, sqrt, floor
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_etree_fromstring,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class CrunchyrollBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         # See https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7202.
         qs['skip_wall'] = ['1']
         return compat_urlparse.urlunparse(
-            parsed_url._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(qs, True)))
+            parsed_url._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(qs, True)))
 
 
 class CrunchyrollIE(CrunchyrollBaseIE):
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
 
         playerdata_url = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(self._html_search_regex(r'"config_url":"([^"]+)', webpage, 'playerdata_url'))
         playerdata_req = sanitized_Request(playerdata_url)
-        playerdata_req.data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'current_page': webpage_url})
+        playerdata_req.data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'current_page': webpage_url})
         playerdata_req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         playerdata = self._download_webpage(playerdata_req, video_id, note='Downloading media info')
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
             streamdata_req = sanitized_Request(
                 'http://www.crunchyroll.com/xml/?req=RpcApiVideoPlayer_GetStandardConfig&media_id=%s&video_format=%s&video_quality=%s'
                 % (stream_id, stream_format, stream_quality),
-                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'current_page': url}).encode('utf-8'))
+                compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'current_page': url}).encode('utf-8'))
             streamdata_req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
             streamdata = self._download_xml(
                 streamdata_req, video_id,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/daum.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/daum.py
index c84c510..86024a7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/daum.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/daum.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import itertools
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class DaumIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(self._match_id(url))
-        query = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'vid': video_id})
+        query = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'vid': video_id})
         movie_data = self._download_json(
             'http://videofarm.daum.net/controller/api/closed/v1_2/IntegratedMovieData.json?' + query,
             video_id, 'Downloading video formats info')
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class DaumIE(InfoExtractor):
         formats = []
         for format_el in movie_data['output_list']['output_list']:
             profile = format_el['profile']
-            format_query = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            format_query = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'vid': video_id,
                 'profile': profile,
             })
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/dcn.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/dcn.py
index 15a1c40..982ed94 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/dcn.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/dcn.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import base64
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_str,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class DCNVideoIE(DCNBaseIE):
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
             'http://admin.mangomolo.com/analytics/index.php/customers/embed/video?' +
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'id': video_data['id'],
                 'user_id': video_data['user_id'],
                 'signature': video_data['signature'],
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class DCNLiveIE(DCNBaseIE):
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
             'http://admin.mangomolo.com/analytics/index.php/customers/embed/index?' +
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'id': base64.b64encode(channel_data['user_id'].encode()).decode(),
                 'channelid': base64.b64encode(channel_data['id'].encode()).decode(),
                 'signature': channel_data['signature'],
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class DCNSeasonIE(InfoExtractor):
         data['show_id'] = show_id
         request = sanitized_Request(
             'http://admin.mangomolo.com/analytics/index.php/plus/show',
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(data),
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data),
             {
                 'Origin': 'http://www.dcndigital.ae',
                 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/dramafever.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/dramafever.py
index d35e888..2101aca 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/dramafever.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/dramafever.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import itertools
 from .amp import AMPIE
 from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class DramaFeverBaseIE(AMPIE):
         }
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
+            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
         response = self._download_webpage(
             request, None, 'Logging in as %s' % username)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/eroprofile.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/eroprofile.py
index 7fcd015..297f8a6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/eroprofile.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/eroprofile.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     unescapeHTML
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class EroProfileIE(InfoExtractor):
         if username is None:
             return
 
-        query = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        query = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'username': username,
             'password': password,
             'url': 'http://www.eroprofile.com/',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/fc2.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/fc2.py
index 508684d..cacf619 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/fc2.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/fc2.py
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ import hashlib
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
-    encode_dict,
     ExtractorError,
     sanitized_Request,
 )
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ class FC2IE(InfoExtractor):
             'Submit': ' Login ',
         }
 
-        login_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(encode_dict(login_form_strs)).encode('utf-8')
+        login_data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form_strs).encode('utf-8')
         request = sanitized_Request(
             'https://secure.id.fc2.com/index.php?mode=login&switch_language=en', login_data)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/fivemin.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/fivemin.py
index 67d50a3..6b83454 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/fivemin.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/fivemin.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_parse_qs,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class FiveMinIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         response = self._download_json(
             'https://syn.5min.com/handlers/SenseHandler.ashx?' +
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'func': 'GetResults',
                 'playlist': video_id,
                 'sid': sid,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/flickr.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/flickr.py
index 18f439d..0a3de14 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/flickr.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/flickr.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class FlickrIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
         if secret:
             query['secret'] = secret
-        data = self._download_json(self._API_BASE_URL + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(query), video_id, note)
+        data = self._download_json(self._API_BASE_URL + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(query), video_id, note)
         if data['stat'] != 'ok':
             raise ExtractorError(data['message'])
         return data
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/funimation.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/funimation.py
index 0f37ed7..1eb528f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/funimation.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/funimation.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     clean_html,
     determine_ext,
-    encode_dict,
     int_or_none,
     sanitized_Request,
     ExtractorError,
@@ -54,10 +53,10 @@ class FunimationIE(InfoExtractor):
         (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
         if username is None:
             return
-        data = urlencode_postdata(encode_dict({
+        data = urlencode_postdata({
             'email_field': username,
             'password_field': password,
-        }))
+        })
         login_request = sanitized_Request('http://www.funimation.com/login', data, headers={
             'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; WOW64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0',
             'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/gdcvault.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/gdcvault.py
index 3befd3e..cc8fa45 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/gdcvault.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/gdcvault.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     remove_end,
     HEADRequest,
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
             'password': password,
         }
 
-        request = sanitized_Request(login_url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form))
+        request = sanitized_Request(login_url, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         self._download_webpage(request, display_id, 'Logging in')
         start_page = self._download_webpage(webpage_url, display_id, 'Getting authenticated video page')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/hotnewhiphop.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/hotnewhiphop.py
index efc3e84..152d2a9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/hotnewhiphop.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/hotnewhiphop.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import base64
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     HEADRequest,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class HotNewHipHopIE(InfoExtractor):
                 r'"contentUrl" content="(.*?)"', webpage, 'content URL')
             return self.url_result(video_url, ie='Youtube')
 
-        reqdata = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode([
+        reqdata = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode([
             ('mediaType', 's'),
             ('mediaId', video_id),
         ])
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/hypem.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/hypem.py
index e0ab318..f7c9130 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/hypem.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/hypem.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import json
 import time
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     sanitized_Request,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class HypemIE(InfoExtractor):
         track_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         data = {'ax': 1, 'ts': time.time()}
-        request = sanitized_Request(url + '?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(data))
+        request = sanitized_Request(url + '?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data))
         response, urlh = self._download_webpage_handle(
             request, track_id, 'Downloading webpage with the url')
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/internetvideoarchive.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/internetvideoarchive.py
index 483cc6f..e60145b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/internetvideoarchive.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/internetvideoarchive.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     xpath_with_ns,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class InternetVideoArchiveIE(InfoExtractor):
         # Other player ids return m3u8 urls
         cleaned_dic['playerid'] = '247'
         cleaned_dic['videokbrate'] = '100000'
-        return compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(cleaned_dic)
+        return compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(cleaned_dic)
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         query = compat_urlparse.urlparse(url).query
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/iqiyi.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/iqiyi.py
index ffcea30..9e8c943 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/iqiyi.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/iqiyi.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class IqiyiIE(InfoExtractor):
             'bird_t': timestamp,
         }
         validation_result = self._download_json(
-            'http://kylin.iqiyi.com/validate?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(validation_params), None,
+            'http://kylin.iqiyi.com/validate?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(validation_params), None,
             note='Validate credentials', errnote='Unable to validate credentials')
 
         MSG_MAP = {
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class IqiyiIE(InfoExtractor):
                         'QY00001': auth_result['data']['u'],
                     })
                 api_video_url += '?' if '?' not in api_video_url else '&'
-                api_video_url += compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(param)
+                api_video_url += compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(param)
                 js = self._download_json(
                     api_video_url, video_id,
                     note='Download video info of segment %d for format %s' % (segment_index + 1, format_id))
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class IqiyiIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
 
         api_url = 'http://cache.video.qiyi.com/vms' + '?' + \
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(param)
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(param)
         raw_data = self._download_json(api_url, video_id)
         return raw_data
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ivideon.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ivideon.py
index 617dc8c..3ca824f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ivideon.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ivideon.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import qualities
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class IvideonIE(InfoExtractor):
         quality = qualities(self._QUALITIES)
 
         formats = [{
-            'url': 'https://streaming.ivideon.com/flv/live?%s' % compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            'url': 'https://streaming.ivideon.com/flv/live?%s' % compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'server': server_id,
                 'camera': camera_id,
                 'sessionId': 'demo',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/kaltura.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/kaltura.py
index 44d7c84..a65697f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/kaltura.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/kaltura.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import base64
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_parse_qs,
 )
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class KalturaIE(InfoExtractor):
                 for k, v in a.items():
                     params['%d:%s' % (i, k)] = v
 
-        query = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(params)
+        query = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(params)
         url = self._API_BASE + query
         data = self._download_json(url, video_id, *args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/laola1tv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/laola1tv.py
index 41d80bc..d9dc067 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/laola1tv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/laola1tv.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Laola1TvIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         hd_doc = self._download_xml(
             'http://www.laola1.tv/server/hd_video.php?%s'
-            % compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            % compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'play': video_id,
                 'partner': partner_id,
                 'portal': portal,
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Laola1TvIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         req = sanitized_Request(
             'https://club.laola1.tv/sp/laola1/api/v3/user/session/premium/player/stream-access?%s' %
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'videoId': video_id,
                 'target': VS_TARGETS.get(kind, '2'),
                 'label': _v('label'),
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/leeco.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/leeco.py
index 462b752..375fdae 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/leeco.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/leeco.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_ord,
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class LeIE(InfoExtractor):
             'domain': 'www.le.com'
         }
         play_json_req = sanitized_Request(
-            'http://api.le.com/mms/out/video/playJson?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(params)
+            'http://api.le.com/mms/out/video/playJson?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(params)
         )
         cn_verification_proxy = self._downloader.params.get('cn_verification_proxy')
         if cn_verification_proxy:
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class LeIE(InfoExtractor):
         for format_id in formats:
             if format_id in dispatch:
                 media_url = playurl['domain'][0] + dispatch[format_id][0]
-                media_url += '&' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                media_url += '&' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'm3v': 1,
                     'format': 1,
                     'expect': 3,
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class LetvCloudIE(InfoExtractor):
             }
             self.sign_data(data)
             return self._download_json(
-                'http://api.letvcloud.com/gpc.php?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(data),
+                'http://api.letvcloud.com/gpc.php?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data),
                 media_id, 'Downloading playJson data for type %s' % cf)
 
         play_json = get_play_json(cf, time.time())
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py
index d4e1ae9..df50cb6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import json
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class LyndaBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             'stayPut': 'false'
         }
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
+            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
         login_page = self._download_webpage(
             request, None, 'Logging in as %s' % username)
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class LyndaBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                     'stayPut': 'false',
                 }
                 request = sanitized_Request(
-                    self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(confirm_form).encode('utf-8'))
+                    self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(confirm_form).encode('utf-8'))
                 login_page = self._download_webpage(
                     request, None,
                     'Confirming log in and log out from another device')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/matchtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/matchtv.py
index 28e0dfe..e33bfde 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/matchtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/matchtv.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import random
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     sanitized_Request,
     xpath_text,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class MatchTVIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = 'matchtv-live'
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            'http://player.matchtv.ntvplus.tv/player/smil?%s' % compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            'http://player.matchtv.ntvplus.tv/player/smil?%s' % compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'ts': '',
                 'quality': 'SD',
                 'contentId': '561d2c0df7159b37178b4567',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py
index c31e879..0e48654 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/metacafe.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
             'filters': '0',
             'submit': "Continue - I'm over 18",
         }
-        request = sanitized_Request(self._FILTER_POST, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(disclaimer_form))
+        request = sanitized_Request(self._FILTER_POST, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(disclaimer_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         self.report_age_confirmation()
         self._download_webpage(request, None, False, 'Unable to confirm age')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/minhateca.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/minhateca.py
index e46b23a..6ec53c3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/minhateca.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/minhateca.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     int_or_none,
     parse_duration,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MinhatecaIE(InfoExtractor):
         ]
         req = sanitized_Request(
             'http://minhateca.com.br/action/License/Download',
-            data=compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(token_data))
+            data=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(token_data))
         req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         data = self._download_json(
             req, video_id, note='Downloading metadata')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mitele.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mitele.py
index 9e58486..76ced79 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mitele.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mitele.py
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
-    encode_dict,
     get_element_by_attribute,
     int_or_none,
 )
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ class MiTeleIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'sta': '0',
             }
             media = self._download_json(
-                '%s/?%s' % (gat, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(encode_dict(token_data))),
+                '%s/?%s' % (gat, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(token_data)),
                 display_id, 'Downloading %s JSON' % location['loc'])
             file_ = media.get('file')
             if not file_:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/moevideo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/moevideo.py
index d930b96..89cdd46 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/moevideo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/moevideo.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import json
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class MoeVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
             ],
         ]
         r_json = json.dumps(r)
-        post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'r': r_json})
+        post = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'r': r_json})
         req = sanitized_Request(self._API_URL, post)
         req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/moniker.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/moniker.py
index f6bf94f..c5ce693 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/moniker.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/moniker.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os.path
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     remove_start,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class MonikerIE(InfoExtractor):
             fields = re.findall(r'type="hidden" name="(.+?)"\s* value="?(.+?)">', orig_webpage)
             data = dict(fields)
 
-            post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(data)
+            post = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data)
             headers = {
                 b'Content-Type': b'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
             }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mooshare.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mooshare.py
index f010f52..ee3947f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mooshare.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mooshare.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     sanitized_Request,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class MooshareIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            'http://mooshare.biz/%s' % video_id, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(download_form))
+            'http://mooshare.biz/%s' % video_id, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(download_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 
         self._sleep(5, video_id)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
index 824bbcb..640ee3d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_str,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         data = {'uri': uri}
         if self._LANG:
             data['lang'] = self._LANG
-        return compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(data)
+        return compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data)
 
     def _get_videos_info(self, uri):
         video_id = self._id_from_uri(uri)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/muzu.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/muzu.py
index 1e9cf8d..cbc8004 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/muzu.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/muzu.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 
 
 class MuzuTVIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ class MuzuTVIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
 
-        info_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        info_data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'format': 'json',
             'url': url,
         })
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ class MuzuTVIE(InfoExtractor):
             if video_info.get('v%s' % quality):
                 break
 
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'ai': video_id,
             # Even if each time you watch a video the hash changes,
             # it seems to work for different videos, and it will work
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/myvideo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/myvideo.py
index c83a1ea..6d447a4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/myvideo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/myvideo.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import json
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_ord,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class MyVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
                 encxml = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(b)
         if not params.get('domain'):
             params['domain'] = 'www.myvideo.de'
-        xmldata_url = '%s?%s' % (encxml, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(params))
+        xmldata_url = '%s?%s' % (encxml, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(params))
         if 'flash_playertype=MTV' in xmldata_url:
             self._downloader.report_warning('avoiding MTV player')
             xmldata_url = (
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/naver.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/naver.py
index 1f5fc21..6d6f69b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/naver.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/naver.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class NaverIE(InfoExtractor):
             raise ExtractorError('couldn\'t extract vid and key')
         vid = m_id.group(1)
         key = m_id.group(2)
-        query = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'vid': vid, 'inKey': key, })
-        query_urls = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        query = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'vid': vid, 'inKey': key, })
+        query_urls = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'masterVid': vid,
             'protocol': 'p2p',
             'inKey': key,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nba.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nba.py
index 3e2b3e5..d896b0d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nba.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nba.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class NBAIE(InfoExtractor):
     _PAGE_SIZE = 30
 
     def _fetch_page(self, team, video_id, page):
-        search_url = 'http://searchapp2.nba.com/nba-search/query.jsp?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        search_url = 'http://searchapp2.nba.com/nba-search/query.jsp?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'type': 'teamvideo',
             'start': page * self._PAGE_SIZE + 1,
             'npp': (page + 1) * self._PAGE_SIZE + 1,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/neteasemusic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/neteasemusic.py
index 7830616..0d36474 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/neteasemusic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/neteasemusic.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_str,
     compat_itertools_count,
 )
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class NetEaseMusicIE(NetEaseMusicBaseIE):
             'ids': '[%s]' % song_id
         }
         info = self.query_api(
-            'song/detail?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(params),
+            'song/detail?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(params),
             song_id, 'Downloading song info')['songs'][0]
 
         formats = self.extract_formats(info)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nextmovie.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nextmovie.py
index 657ae77..9ccd7d7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nextmovie.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nextmovie.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 
 
 class NextMovieIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class NextMovieIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
     }]
 
     def _get_feed_query(self, uri):
-        return compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        return compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'feed': '1505',
             'mgid': uri,
         })
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nfb.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nfb.py
index 5bd15f7..ba1eefa 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nfb.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nfb.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import sanitized_Request
 
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class NFBIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
             'https://www.nfb.ca/film/%s/player_config' % video_id,
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'getConfig': 'true'}).encode('ascii'))
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'getConfig': 'true'}).encode('ascii'))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         request.add_header('X-NFB-Referer', 'http://www.nfb.ca/medias/flash/NFBVideoPlayer.swf')
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nhl.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nhl.py
index 8d5ce46..c1dea8b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nhl.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nhl.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class NHLBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
             parsed_url = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(initial_video_url)
             filename, ext = os.path.splitext(parsed_url.path)
             path = '%s_sd%s' % (filename, ext)
-            data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'type': 'fvod',
                 'path': compat_urlparse.urlunparse(parsed_url[:2] + (path,) + parsed_url[3:])
             })
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class NHLVideocenterIE(NHLBaseInfoExtractor):
             r'tab0"[^>]*?>(.*?)</td>',
             webpage, 'playlist title', flags=re.DOTALL).lower().capitalize()
 
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'cid': cat_id,
             # This is the default value
             'count': 12,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nick.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nick.py
index b62819a..ce065f2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nick.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nick.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 
 
 class NickIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class NickIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
     }]
 
     def _get_feed_query(self, uri):
-        return compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        return compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'feed': 'nick_arc_player_prime',
             'mgid': uri,
         })
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
index 586e52a..688f0a1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import datetime
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
-    encode_dict,
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
     parse_duration,
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ class NiconicoIE(InfoExtractor):
             'mail': username,
             'password': password,
         }
-        login_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(encode_dict(login_form_strs)).encode('utf-8')
+        login_data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form_strs).encode('utf-8')
         request = sanitized_Request(
             'https://secure.nicovideo.jp/secure/login', login_data)
         login_results = self._download_webpage(
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ class NiconicoIE(InfoExtractor):
                 r'\'thumbPlayKey\'\s*:\s*\'(.*?)\'', ext_player_info, 'thumbPlayKey')
 
             # Get flv info
-            flv_info_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            flv_info_data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'k': thumb_play_key,
                 'v': video_id
             })
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/noco.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/noco.py
index ec7317a..8f4b69a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/noco.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/noco.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import hashlib
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class NocoIE(InfoExtractor):
             'username': username,
             'password': password,
         }
-        request = sanitized_Request(self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form))
+        request = sanitized_Request(self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8')
 
         login = self._download_json(request, None, 'Logging in as %s' % username)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/novamov.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/novamov.py
index d68c1ad..a131f7d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/novamov.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/novamov.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from ..compat import compat_urlparse
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     NO_DEFAULT,
-    encode_dict,
     sanitized_Request,
     urlencode_postdata,
 )
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ class NovaMovIE(InfoExtractor):
             if not post_url.startswith('http'):
                 post_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, post_url)
             request = sanitized_Request(
-                post_url, urlencode_postdata(encode_dict(fields)))
+                post_url, urlencode_postdata(fields))
             request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
             request.add_header('Referer', post_url)
             webpage = self._download_webpage(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/npr.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/npr.py
index a3f0abb..1777aa1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/npr.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/npr.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     int_or_none,
     qualities,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class NprIE(InfoExtractor):
         playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         config = self._download_json(
-            'http://api.npr.org/query?%s' % compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            'http://api.npr.org/query?%s' % compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'id': playlist_id,
                 'fields': 'titles,audio,show',
                 'format': 'json',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ooyala.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ooyala.py
index 20b9842..16f0401 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ooyala.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ooyala.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     unsmuggle_url,
 )
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 
 
 class OoyalaBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class OoyalaBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         for supported_format in ('mp4', 'm3u8', 'hds', 'rtmp'):
             auth_data = self._download_json(
                 self._AUTHORIZATION_URL_TEMPLATE % (pcode, embed_code) +
-                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'domain': domain,
                     'supportedFormats': supported_format
                 }),
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/patreon.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/patreon.py
index ec8876c..2297506 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/patreon.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/patreon.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class PatreonIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
             'https://www.patreon.com/processLogin',
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8')
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8')
         )
         login_page = self._download_webpage(request, None, note='Logging in as %s' % username)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/played.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/played.py
index 2856af9..6306562 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/played.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/played.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 import os.path
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     sanitized_Request,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class PlayedIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         self._sleep(2, video_id)
 
-        post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(data)
+        post = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data)
         headers = {
             b'Content-Type': b'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
         }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/playtvak.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/playtvak.py
index e360404..1e8096a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/playtvak.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/playtvak.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class PlaytvakIE(InfoExtractor):
         })
 
         info_url = compat_urlparse.urlunparse(
-            parsed_url._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(qs, True)))
+            parsed_url._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(qs, True)))
 
         json_info = self._download_json(
             info_url, video_id,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py
index 12e1c28..575775f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import collections
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class PluralsightIE(PluralsightBaseIE):
             post_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(self._LOGIN_URL, post_url)
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            post_url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
+            post_url, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 
         response = self._download_webpage(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/porn91.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/porn91.py
index 63ce87e..9894f32 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/porn91.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/porn91.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Porn91IE(InfoExtractor):
             r'so.addVariable\(\'seccode\',\'([^\']+)\'', webpage, 'sec code')
         max_vid = self._search_regex(
             r'so.addVariable\(\'max_vid\',\'(\d+)\'', webpage, 'max vid')
-        url_params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        url_params = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'VID': file_id,
             'mp4': '1',
             'seccode': sec_code,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/primesharetv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/primesharetv.py
index 85aae95..188f088 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/primesharetv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/primesharetv.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     sanitized_Request,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class PrimeShareTVIE(InfoExtractor):
         self._sleep(wait_time, video_id)
 
         req = sanitized_Request(
-            url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(fields), headers)
+            url, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(fields), headers)
         video_page = self._download_webpage(
             req, video_id, 'Downloading video page')
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/promptfile.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/promptfile.py
index d535728..6731201 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/promptfile.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/promptfile.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
     ExtractorError,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class PromptFileIE(InfoExtractor):
                                  expected=True)
 
         fields = self._hidden_inputs(webpage)
-        post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(fields)
+        post = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(fields)
         req = sanitized_Request(url, post)
         req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py
index 670e695..07d49d4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import re
 
 from hashlib import sha1
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     determine_ext,
@@ -235,7 +233,7 @@ class ProSiebenSat1IE(InfoExtractor):
         client_name = 'kolibri-2.0.19-splec4'
         client_location = url
 
-        videos_api_url = 'http://vas.sim-technik.de/vas/live/v2/videos?%s' % compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        videos_api_url = 'http://vas.sim-technik.de/vas/live/v2/videos?%s' % compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'access_token': access_token,
             'client_location': client_location,
             'client_name': client_name,
@@ -256,7 +254,7 @@ class ProSiebenSat1IE(InfoExtractor):
         client_id = g[:2] + sha1(''.join([clip_id, g, access_token, client_location, g, client_name])
                                  .encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
-        sources_api_url = 'http://vas.sim-technik.de/vas/live/v2/videos/%s/sources?%s' % (clip_id, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        sources_api_url = 'http://vas.sim-technik.de/vas/live/v2/videos/%s/sources?%s' % (clip_id, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'access_token': access_token,
             'client_id': client_id,
             'client_location': client_location,
@@ -270,7 +268,7 @@ class ProSiebenSat1IE(InfoExtractor):
                                           client_location, source_ids_str, g, client_name])
                                  .encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
-        url_api_url = 'http://vas.sim-technik.de/vas/live/v2/videos/%s/sources/url?%s' % (clip_id, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        url_api_url = 'http://vas.sim-technik.de/vas/live/v2/videos/%s/sources/url?%s' % (clip_id, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'access_token': access_token,
             'client_id': client_id,
             'client_location': client_location,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/shahid.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/shahid.py
index 1178b7a..b4433a6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/shahid.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/shahid.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ShahidIE(InfoExtractor):
         video = self._download_json(
             '%s/%s/%s?%s' % (
                 api_vars['url'], api_vars['playerType'], api_vars['id'],
-                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'apiKey': 'sh@hid0nlin3',
                     'hash': 'b2wMCTHpSmyxGqQjJFOycRmLSex+BpTK/ooxy6vHaqs=',
                 })),
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/shared.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/shared.py
index 96fe0b9..e664419 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/shared.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/shared.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import base64
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class SharedIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         download_form = self._hidden_inputs(webpage)
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(download_form))
+            url, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(download_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 
         video_page = self._download_webpage(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/sharesix.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/sharesix.py
index f1ea9bd..61dc1c2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/sharesix.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/sharesix.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     parse_duration,
     sanitized_Request,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ShareSixIE(InfoExtractor):
         fields = {
             'method_free': 'Free'
         }
-        post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(fields)
+        post = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(fields)
         req = sanitized_Request(url, post)
         req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/sina.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/sina.py
index b2258a0..d03f1b1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/sina.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/sina.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import sanitized_Request
 
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class SinaIE(InfoExtractor):
     ]
 
     def _extract_video(self, video_id):
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'vid': video_id})
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'vid': video_id})
         url_doc = self._download_xml('http://v.iask.com/v_play.php?%s' % data,
                                      video_id, 'Downloading video url')
         image_page = self._download_webpage(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py
index 015ef75..b4c6d5b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import hashlib
 import uuid
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
             video_form['pass'] = hashlib.md5(video_password.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            'http://smotri.com/video/view/url/bot/', compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(video_form))
+            'http://smotri.com/video/view/url/bot/', compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(video_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 
         video = self._download_json(request, video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class SmotriBroadcastIE(InfoExtractor):
             }
 
             request = sanitized_Request(
-                broadcast_url + '/?no_redirect=1', compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form))
+                broadcast_url + '/?no_redirect=1', compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form))
             request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
             broadcast_page = self._download_webpage(
                 request, broadcast_id, 'Logging in and confirming age')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/sohu.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/sohu.py
index ea8fc25..49e5d09 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/sohu.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/sohu.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class SohuIE(InfoExtractor):
                     if retries > 0:
                         download_note += ' (retry #%d)' % retries
                     part_info = self._parse_json(self._download_webpage(
-                        'http://%s/?%s' % (allot, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(params)),
+                        'http://%s/?%s' % (allot, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(params)),
                         video_id, download_note), video_id)
 
                     video_url = part_info['url']
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
index 1efb2b9..2bca8fa 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ from .common import (
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
-    encode_dict,
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
     unified_strdate,
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ class SoundcloudUserIE(SoundcloudIE):
         query = COMMON_QUERY.copy()
         query['offset'] = 0
 
-        next_href = base_url + '?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(query)
+        next_href = base_url + '?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(query)
 
         entries = []
         for i in itertools.count():
@@ -424,7 +423,7 @@ class SoundcloudUserIE(SoundcloudIE):
             qs = compat_urlparse.parse_qs(parsed_next_href.query)
             qs.update(COMMON_QUERY)
             next_href = compat_urlparse.urlunparse(
-                parsed_next_href._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(qs, True)))
+                parsed_next_href._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(qs, True)))
 
         return {
             '_type': 'playlist',
@@ -460,7 +459,7 @@ class SoundcloudPlaylistIE(SoundcloudIE):
         if token:
             data_dict['secret_token'] = token
 
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(data_dict)
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data_dict)
         data = self._download_json(
             base_url + data, playlist_id, 'Downloading playlist')
 
@@ -500,7 +499,8 @@ class SoundcloudSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, SoundcloudIE):
         query['client_id'] = self._CLIENT_ID
         query['linked_partitioning'] = '1'
         query['offset'] = 0
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(encode_dict(query))
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(query)
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(query)
         next_url = '{0}{1}?{2}'.format(self._API_V2_BASE, endpoint, data)
 
         collected_results = 0
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/streamcloud.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/streamcloud.py
index 77841b9..b17779e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/streamcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/streamcloud.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import sanitized_Request
 
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class StreamcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
             (?:id="[^"]+"\s+)?
             value="([^"]*)"
             ''', orig_webpage)
-        post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(fields)
+        post = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(fields)
 
         self._sleep(12, video_id)
         headers = {
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/telecinco.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/telecinco.py
index 2c8e9b9..d6b2560 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/telecinco.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/telecinco.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import json
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class TelecincoIE(InfoExtractor):
         info_el = self._download_xml(info_url, episode).find('./video/info')
 
         video_link = info_el.find('videoUrl/link').text
-        token_query = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'id': video_link})
+        token_query = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'id': video_link})
         token_info = self._download_json(
             embed_data['flashvars']['ov_tk'] + '?' + token_query,
             episode,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tubitv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tubitv.py
index 6d78b5d..50ed151 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tubitv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tubitv.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import codecs
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class TubiTvIE(InfoExtractor):
             'username': username,
             'password': password,
         }
-        payload = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(form_data).encode('utf-8')
+        payload = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(form_data).encode('utf-8')
         request = sanitized_Request(self._LOGIN_URL, payload)
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         login_page = self._download_webpage(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/twitch.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/twitch.py
index d4169ec..c92dcc7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/twitch.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/twitch.py
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
-    encode_dict,
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
     orderedSet,
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ class TwitchBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             post_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(redirect_url, post_url)
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            post_url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(encode_dict(login_form)).encode('utf-8'))
+            post_url, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
         request.add_header('Referer', redirect_url)
         response = self._download_webpage(
             request, None, 'Logging in as %s' % username)
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ class TwitchVodIE(TwitchItemBaseIE):
         formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
             '%s/vod/%s?%s' % (
                 self._USHER_BASE, item_id,
-                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'allow_source': 'true',
                     'allow_audio_only': 'true',
                     'allow_spectre': 'true',
@@ -442,7 +441,7 @@ class TwitchStreamIE(TwitchBaseIE):
         }
         formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
             '%s/api/channel/hls/%s.m3u8?%s'
-            % (self._USHER_BASE, channel_id, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(query)),
+            % (self._USHER_BASE, channel_id, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(query)),
             channel_id, 'mp4')
         self._prefer_source(formats)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/udemy.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/udemy.py
index a9046b8..6adfb2c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/udemy.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/udemy.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class UdemyIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _download_lecture(self, course_id, lecture_id):
         return self._download_json(
             'https://www.udemy.com/api-2.0/users/me/subscribed-courses/%s/lectures/%s?%s' % (
-                course_id, lecture_id, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                course_id, lecture_id, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'video_only': '',
                     'auto_play': '',
                     'fields[lecture]': 'title,description,asset',
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class UdemyIE(InfoExtractor):
         })
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
-            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
+            self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
         request.add_header('Referer', self._ORIGIN_URL)
         request.add_header('Origin', self._ORIGIN_URL)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vbox7.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vbox7.py
index b755dda..77bb200 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vbox7.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vbox7.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Vbox7IE(InfoExtractor):
                                         webpage, 'title').split('/')[0].strip()
 
         info_url = 'http://vbox7.com/play/magare.do'
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'as3': '1', 'vid': video_id})
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'as3': '1', 'vid': video_id})
         info_request = sanitized_Request(info_url, data)
         info_request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         info_response = self._download_webpage(info_request, video_id, 'Downloading info webpage')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/viddler.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/viddler.py
index 6bfbd4d..8d92aee 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/viddler.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/viddler.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class ViddlerIE(InfoExtractor):
         headers = {'Referer': 'http://static.cdn-ec.viddler.com/js/arpeggio/v2/embed.html'}
         request = sanitized_Request(
             'http://api.viddler.com/api/v2/viddler.videos.getPlaybackDetails.json?%s'
-            % compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(query), None, headers)
+            % compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(query), None, headers)
         data = self._download_json(request, video_id)['video']
 
         formats = []
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
index 71c30d2..707a573 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from ..compat import (
 )
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
-    encode_dict,
     ExtractorError,
     InAdvancePagedList,
     int_or_none,
@@ -42,13 +41,13 @@ class VimeoBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         self.report_login()
         webpage = self._download_webpage(self._LOGIN_URL, None, False)
         token, vuid = self._extract_xsrft_and_vuid(webpage)
-        data = urlencode_postdata(encode_dict({
+        data = urlencode_postdata({
             'action': 'login',
             'email': username,
             'password': password,
             'service': 'vimeo',
             'token': token,
-        }))
+        })
         login_request = sanitized_Request(self._LOGIN_URL, data)
         login_request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         login_request.add_header('Referer', self._LOGIN_URL)
@@ -255,10 +254,10 @@ class VimeoIE(VimeoBaseInfoExtractor):
         if password is None:
             raise ExtractorError('This video is protected by a password, use the --video-password option', expected=True)
         token, vuid = self._extract_xsrft_and_vuid(webpage)
-        data = urlencode_postdata(encode_dict({
+        data = urlencode_postdata({
             'password': password,
             'token': token,
-        }))
+        })
         if url.startswith('http://'):
             # vimeo only supports https now, but the user can give an http url
             url = url.replace('http://', 'https://')
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ class VimeoIE(VimeoBaseInfoExtractor):
         password = self._downloader.params.get('videopassword')
         if password is None:
             raise ExtractorError('This video is protected by a password, use the --video-password option')
-        data = urlencode_postdata(encode_dict({'password': password}))
+        data = urlencode_postdata({'password': password})
         pass_url = url + '/check-password'
         password_request = sanitized_Request(pass_url, data)
         password_request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
@@ -575,7 +574,7 @@ class VimeoChannelIE(VimeoBaseInfoExtractor):
         token, vuid = self._extract_xsrft_and_vuid(webpage)
         fields['token'] = token
         fields['password'] = password
-        post = urlencode_postdata(encode_dict(fields))
+        post = urlencode_postdata(fields)
         password_path = self._search_regex(
             r'action="([^"]+)"', login_form, 'password URL')
         password_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(page_url, password_path)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
index d560a4b..458099a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import json
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class VKIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         request = sanitized_Request(
             'https://login.vk.com/?act=login',
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
+            compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8'))
         login_page = self._download_webpage(
             request, None, note='Logging in as %s' % username)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vlive.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vlive.py
index bd55451..baf39bb 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vlive.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vlive.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
 )
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 
 
 class VLiveIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class VLiveIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         playinfo = self._download_json(
             'http://global.apis.naver.com/rmcnmv/rmcnmv/vod_play_videoInfo.json?%s'
-            % compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            % compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'videoId': long_video_id,
                 'key': key,
                 'ptc': 'http',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vodlocker.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vodlocker.py
index a97995a..f1abca4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vodlocker.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vodlocker.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     NO_DEFAULT,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class VodlockerIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         if fields['op'] == 'download1':
             self._sleep(3, video_id)  # they do detect when requests happen too fast!
-            post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(fields)
+            post = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(fields)
             req = sanitized_Request(url, post)
             req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
             webpage = self._download_webpage(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/xfileshare.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/xfileshare.py
index 94abdb4..4e35e1f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/xfileshare.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/xfileshare.py
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
-    encode_dict,
     int_or_none,
     sanitized_Request,
 )
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ class XFileShareIE(InfoExtractor):
             if countdown:
                 self._sleep(countdown, video_id)
 
-            post = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(encode_dict(fields))
+            post = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(fields)
 
             req = sanitized_Request(url, post)
             req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py
index 4c61429..b2d8f4b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/yahoo.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ class YahooIE(InfoExtractor):
         region = self._search_regex(
             r'\\?"region\\?"\s*:\s*\\?"([^"]+?)\\?"',
             webpage, 'region', fatal=False, default='US')
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+        data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
             'protocol': 'http',
             'region': region,
         })
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/yandexmusic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/yandexmusic.py
index e699e66..158f3ea 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/yandexmusic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/yandexmusic.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import hashlib
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class YandexMusicPlaylistIE(YandexMusicPlaylistBaseIE):
             missing_track_ids = set(map(compat_str, track_ids)) - set(present_track_ids)
             request = sanitized_Request(
                 'https://music.yandex.ru/handlers/track-entries.jsx',
-                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'entries': ','.join(missing_track_ids),
                     'lang': mu.get('settings', {}).get('lang', 'en'),
                     'external-domain': 'music.yandex.ru',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youku.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youku.py
index 900eb2a..fd7eb5a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youku.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youku.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import time
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_ord,
 )
 from ..utils import (
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class YoukuIE(InfoExtractor):
                     '_00' + \
                     '/st/' + self.parse_ext_l(format) + \
                     '/fileid/' + get_fileid(format, n) + '?' + \
-                    compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(param)
+                    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(param)
                 video_urls.append(video_url)
             video_urls_dict[format] = video_urls
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 96fa3b5..83b5840 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -17,16 +17,15 @@ from ..swfinterp import SWFInterpreter
 from ..compat import (
     compat_chr,
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_str,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     clean_html,
-    encode_dict,
     error_to_compat_str,
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
             'hl': 'en_US',
         }
 
-        login_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(encode_dict(login_form_strs)).encode('ascii')
+        login_data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(login_form_strs).encode('ascii')
 
         req = sanitized_Request(self._LOGIN_URL, login_data)
         login_results = self._download_webpage(
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
                 'TrustDevice': 'on',
             })
 
-            tfa_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(encode_dict(tfa_form_strs)).encode('ascii')
+            tfa_data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(tfa_form_strs).encode('ascii')
 
             tfa_req = sanitized_Request(self._TWOFACTOR_URL, tfa_data)
             tfa_results = self._download_webpage(
@@ -1007,7 +1006,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 continue
             sub_formats = []
             for ext in self._SUBTITLE_FORMATS:
-                params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                params = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'lang': lang,
                     'v': video_id,
                     'fmt': ext,
@@ -1056,7 +1055,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             if caption_url:
                 timestamp = args['timestamp']
                 # We get the available subtitles
-                list_params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                list_params = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'type': 'list',
                     'tlangs': 1,
                     'asrs': 1,
@@ -1075,7 +1074,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     sub_lang = lang_node.attrib['lang_code']
                     sub_formats = []
                     for ext in self._SUBTITLE_FORMATS:
-                        params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                        params = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                             'lang': original_lang,
                             'tlang': sub_lang,
                             'fmt': ext,
@@ -1094,7 +1093,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             caption_tracks = args['caption_tracks']
             caption_translation_languages = args['caption_translation_languages']
             caption_url = compat_parse_qs(caption_tracks.split(',')[0])['u'][0]
-            parsed_caption_url = compat_urlparse.urlparse(caption_url)
+            parsed_caption_url = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(caption_url)
             caption_qs = compat_parse_qs(parsed_caption_url.query)
 
             sub_lang_list = {}
@@ -1110,7 +1109,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                         'fmt': [ext],
                     })
                     sub_url = compat_urlparse.urlunparse(parsed_caption_url._replace(
-                        query=compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(caption_qs, True)))
+                        query=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(caption_qs, True)))
                     sub_formats.append({
                         'url': sub_url,
                         'ext': ext,
@@ -1140,7 +1139,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'cpn': [cpn],
         })
         playback_url = compat_urlparse.urlunparse(
-            parsed_playback_url._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(qs, True)))
+            parsed_playback_url._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(qs, True)))
 
         self._download_webpage(
             playback_url, video_id, 'Marking watched',
@@ -1225,7 +1224,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             # this can be viewed without login into Youtube
             url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/embed/%s' % video_id
             embed_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, 'Downloading embed webpage')
-            data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            data = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                 'video_id': video_id,
                 'eurl': 'https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/' + video_id,
                 'sts': self._search_regex(
@@ -2085,7 +2084,7 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, YoutubePlaylistIE):
                 'spf': 'navigate',
             }
             url_query.update(self._EXTRA_QUERY_ARGS)
-            result_url = 'https://www.youtube.com/results?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(url_query)
+            result_url = 'https://www.youtube.com/results?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(url_query)
             data = self._download_json(
                 result_url, video_id='query "%s"' % query,
                 note='Downloading page %s' % pagenum,