diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/sendgrid.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/sendgrid.py
index e1ae7b7749f..2655b4248bb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/sendgrid.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/notification/sendgrid.py
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 # sendgrid module support methods
 #
 import urllib
-import urllib2
-
-import base64
 
 def post_sendgrid_api(module, username, password, from_address, to_addresses,
         subject, body):
@@ -102,11 +99,11 @@ def post_sendgrid_api(module, username, password, from_address, to_addresses,
             recipient = recipient.encode('utf-8')
         to_addresses_api += '&to[]=%s' % recipient
     encoded_data += to_addresses_api
-    request = urllib2.Request(SENDGRID_URI)
-    request.add_header('User-Agent', AGENT)
-    request.add_header('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
-    request.add_header('Accept', 'application/json')
-    return urllib2.urlopen(request, encoded_data)
+
+    headers = { 'User-Agent': AGENT,
+            'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+            'Accept': 'application/json'}
+    return fetch_url(module, SENDGRID_URI, data=encoded_data, headers=headers, method='POST')
 
 
 # =======================================
@@ -133,14 +130,16 @@ def main():
     subject = module.params['subject']
     body = module.params['body']
 
-    try:
-        response = post_sendgrid_api(module, username, password,
-            from_address, to_addresses, subject, body)
-    except Exception:
-        module.fail_json(msg="unable to send email through SendGrid API")
+    response, info = post_sendgrid_api(module, username, password,
+        from_address, to_addresses, subject, body)
+    if info['status'] != 200:
+        module.fail_json(msg="unable to send email through SendGrid API: %s" % info['msg'])
+
 
     module.exit_json(msg=subject, changed=False)
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()