diff --git a/library/notification/stackdriver b/library/notification/stackdriver
index 331b8c5eb54..5ac889a212f 100644
--- a/library/notification/stackdriver
+++ b/library/notification/stackdriver
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ options:
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
-- stackdriver: key=AAAAAA event=deploy deployed_to=production deployed_by=leroyjenkins repository=MyWebApp revision_id=abcd123
+- stackdriver: key=AAAAAA event=deploy deployed_to=production deployed_by=leeroyjenkins repository=MyWebApp revision_id=abcd123
 
-- stackdriver: key=AAAAAA event=annotation msg="Greetings from Ansible" annotated_by=leroyjenkins level=WARN instance_id=i-abcd1234
+- stackdriver: key=AAAAAA event=annotation msg="Greetings from Ansible" annotated_by=leeroyjenkins level=WARN instance_id=i-abcd1234
 '''
 
 # ===========================================
@@ -96,12 +96,7 @@ def send_deploy_event(module, key, revision_id, deployed_by='Ansible', deployed_
     if repository:
         params['repository'] = repository
 
-    data = json.dumps(params)
-
-    req = urllib2.Request(deploy_api, data)
-    req.add_header('content-type', 'application/json')
-    req.add_header('x-stackdriver-apikey', key)
-    return urllib2.urlopen(req)
+    return do_send_request(module, deploy_api, params, key)
 
 def send_annotation_event(module, key, msg, annotated_by='Ansible', level=None, instance_id=None, event_epoch=None):
     """Send an annotation event to Stackdriver"""
@@ -118,12 +113,18 @@ def send_annotation_event(module, key, msg, annotated_by='Ansible', level=None,
     if event_epoch:
         params['event_epoch'] = event_epoch
 
+    return do_send_request(module, annotation_api, params, key)
+
+def do_send_request(module, url, params, key):
     data = json.dumps(params)
+    headers = {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'x-stackdriver-apikey': key
+    }
+    response, info =  fetch_url(module, url, headers=headers, data=data, method='POST')
+    if info['status'] != 200:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Unable to send msg: %s" % info['msg'])
 
-    req = urllib2.Request(annotation_api, data)
-    req.add_header('content-type', 'application/json')
-    req.add_header('x-stackdriver-apikey', key)
-    return urllib2.urlopen(req)
 
 # ===========================================
 # Module execution.