diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/.travis.yml b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/.travis.yml
index 1cd8b9b5d8c..5c6ba09b29c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/.travis.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/.travis.yml
@@ -102,13 +102,10 @@ env:
       network/nmcli.py
       network/openvswitch_bridge.py
       network/openvswitch_port.py
-      notification/hipchat.py
       notification/irc.py
       notification/jabber.py
       notification/mail.py
-      notification/mqtt.py
-      notification/sns.py
-      notification/typetalk.py"
+      notification/mqtt.py"
 before_install:
   - git config user.name "ansible"
   - git config user.email "ansible@ansible.com"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/hipchat.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/hipchat.py
index 5b78b4af87d..e0d20e0ea45 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/hipchat.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/hipchat.py
@@ -98,10 +98,26 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 MSG_URI = "https://api.hipchat.com/v1/rooms/message"
 import urllib
+try:
+    import json
+except ImportError:
+    import simplejson as json
 
-def send_msg(module, token, room, msg_from, msg, msg_format='text',
-             color='yellow', notify=False, api=MSG_URI):
-    '''sending message to hipchat'''
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
+
+DEFAULT_URI = "https://api.hipchat.com/v1"
+
+MSG_URI_V1 = "/rooms/message"
+
+NOTIFY_URI_V2 = "/room/{id_or_name}/notification"
+
+
+def send_msg_v1(module, token, room, msg_from, msg, msg_format='text',
+                color='yellow', notify=False, api=MSG_URI_V1):
+    '''sending message to hipchat v1 server'''
 
     params = {}
     params['room_id'] = room
@@ -127,11 +143,10 @@ def send_msg(module, token, room, msg_from, msg, msg_format='text',
 
 
 def send_msg_v2(module, token, room, msg_from, msg, msg_format='text',
-             color='yellow', notify=False, api=NOTIFY_URI_V2):
+                color='yellow', notify=False, api=NOTIFY_URI_V2):
     '''sending message to hipchat v2 server'''
-    print "Sending message to v2 server"
 
-    headers = {'Authorization':'Bearer %s' % token, 'Content-Type':'application/json'}
+    headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer %s' % token, 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
 
     body = dict()
     body['message'] = msg
@@ -190,15 +205,16 @@ def main():
     api = module.params["api"]
 
     try:
-        send_msg(module, token, room, msg_from, msg, msg_format, color, notify, api)
-    except Exception, e:
+        if api.find('/v2') != -1:
+            send_msg_v2(module, token, room, msg_from, msg, msg_format, color, notify, api)
+        else:
+            send_msg_v1(module, token, room, msg_from, msg, msg_format, color, notify, api)
+    except Exception:
+        e = get_exception()
         module.fail_json(msg="unable to send msg: %s" % e)
 
     changed = True
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, room=room, msg_from=msg_from, msg=msg)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
-
-main()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/sns.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/sns.py
index 6288ee86a30..4eb79e13ade 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/sns.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/sns.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ options:
     required: false
   aws_secret_key:
     description:
-      - AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. 
+      - AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.
     required: false
     default: None
     aliases: ['ec2_secret_key', 'secret_key']
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ options:
     required: false
     aliases: ['aws_region', 'ec2_region']
 
-requirements: [ "boto" ]
+requirements:
+    - "boto"
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = """
@@ -97,10 +98,14 @@ EXAMPLES = """
     topic: "deploy"
 """
 
-import sys
+try:
+    import json
+except ImportError:
+    import simplejson as json
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import *
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import ec2_argument_spec, connect_to_aws, get_aws_connection_info
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 
 try:
     import boto
@@ -156,7 +161,8 @@ def main():
         module.fail_json(msg="region must be specified")
     try:
         connection = connect_to_aws(boto.sns, region, **aws_connect_params)
-    except boto.exception.NoAuthHandlerFound, e:
+    except boto.exception.NoAuthHandlerFound:
+        e = get_exception()
         module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
 
     # .publish() takes full ARN topic id, but I'm lazy and type shortnames
@@ -185,9 +191,11 @@ def main():
     try:
         connection.publish(topic=arn_topic, subject=subject,
                            message_structure='json', message=json_msg)
-    except boto.exception.BotoServerError, e:
+    except boto.exception.BotoServerError:
+        e = get_exception()
         module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
 
     module.exit_json(msg="OK")
 
-main()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/typetalk.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/typetalk.py
index 4a31e3ef89a..2f91022936f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/typetalk.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/typetalk.py
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ except ImportError:
     except ImportError:
         json = None
 
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url, ConnectionError
+
 
 def do_request(module, url, params, headers=None):
     data = urllib.urlencode(params)
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@ def do_request(module, url, params, headers=None):
         raise exc
     return r
 
+
 def get_access_token(module, client_id, client_secret):
     params = {
         'client_id': client_id,
@@ -95,7 +101,8 @@ def send_message(module, client_id, client_secret, topic, msg):
         }
         do_request(module, url, {'message': msg}, headers)
         return True, {'access_token': access_token}
-    except ConnectionError, e:
+    except ConnectionError:
+        e = get_exception()
         return False, e
 
 
@@ -126,8 +133,5 @@ def main():
     module.exit_json(changed=True, topic=topic, msg=msg)
 
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()