diff --git a/tmdb.py b/tmdb.py
index 55dad91..fb3a70d 100644
--- a/tmdb.py
+++ b/tmdb.py
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ class Tmdb:
         self.apikey = apikey
         self.language = language
 
-    def get_tmdbid(self, imdbid):
-        print("getting tmdbid for imdbid %s" % imdbid)
-        url = self.baseurl + 'find/%s?api_key=%s&external_source=imdb_id'
-        url = url % (imdbid, self.apikey)
+    def fetch_from_tmdb(self, path, parameters, data):
+        apikey = "?api_key=%s" % self.apikey
+        url = (self.baseurl + path + apikey + parameters) % data
         json_url = urllib.urlopen(url)
         data = json.loads(json_url.read())
-        print(data)
+        return data
+
+    def get_tmdbid(self, imdbid):
+        print("getting tmdbid for imdbid %s" % imdbid)
+        data = self.fetch_from_tmdb('find/%s', '&external_source=imdb_id', imdbid)
         try:
             tmdbid = data['movie_results'][0]['id']
             print("tmdbid is %d" % tmdbid)
@@ -27,10 +30,7 @@ class Tmdb:
 
     def get_recommendations(self, movieid, choice):
         print("getting %s for %d" % (choice, movieid))
-        url = self.baseurl + 'movie/%d/%s?api_key=%s&language=%s'
-        url = url % (movieid, choice, self.apikey, self.language)
-        json_url = urllib.urlopen(url)
-        data = json.loads(json_url.read())
+        data = self.fetch_from_tmdb('movie/%d/%s', '&language=%s', (movieid, choice, self.language))
         results = []
         for result in data['results']:
             results.append({'title': result['title'], 'movieid': result['id']})
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ class Tmdb:
 
     def get_movie_trailers(self, movieid):
         print("getting trailers for %d" % movieid)
-        url = self.baseurl + 'movie/%d?api_key=%s&language=%s&append_to_response=videos'
-        url = url % (movieid, self.apikey, self.language)
-        json_url = urllib.urlopen(url)
-        data = json.loads(json_url.read())
+        data = self.fetch_from_tmdb('movie/%d', '&language=%s&append_to_response=videos', (movieid, self.language))
         results = []
         for result in data['videos']['results']:
             if result['site'] == 'YouTube':