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diff --git a/‎prometheus_client/exposition.py‎
Lines changed: 20 additions & 8 deletions b/‎prometheus_client/exposition.py‎
Lines changed: 20 additions & 8 deletions
diff --git a/‎prometheus_client/handlers/base.py‎
Lines changed: 0 additions & 21 deletions b/‎prometheus_client/handlers/base.py‎
Lines changed: 0 additions & 21 deletions
diff --git a/‎prometheus_client/handlers/basic_auth.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎prometheus_client/handlers/basic_auth.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎tests/test_exposition.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎tests/test_exposition.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
@@ -10,19 +10,18 @@
 from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
 
 from . import core
-
-from .handlers.base import handler as default_handler
-
 try:
     from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
     from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
+    from urllib2 import build_opener, Request, HTTPHandler
     from urllib import quote_plus
     from urlparse import parse_qs, urlparse
 except ImportError:
     # Python 3
     unicode = str
     from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
     from http.server import HTTPServer
+    from urllib.request import build_opener, Request, HTTPHandler
     from urllib.parse import quote_plus, parse_qs, urlparse
 
 
@@ -119,7 +118,22 @@ def write_to_textfile(path, registry):
     os.rename(tmppath, path)
 
 
-def push_to_gateway(gateway, job, registry, grouping_key=None, timeout=None, handler=None):
+def default_handler(url, method, timeout, headers, data):
+    def handle():
+        '''Default handler that implements HTTP/HTTPS connections.'''
+        request = Request(url, data=data)
+        request.get_method = lambda: method
+        for k, v in headers:
+            request.add_header(k, v)
+        resp = build_opener(HTTPHandler).open(request, timeout=timeout)
+        if resp.code >= 400:
+            raise IOError("error talking to pushgateway: {0} {1}".format(
+                resp.code, resp.msg))
+
+    return handle
+
+
+def push_to_gateway(gateway, job, registry, grouping_key=None, timeout=None, handler=default_handler):
     '''Push metrics to the given pushgateway.
 
     `gateway` the url for your push gateway. Either of the form
@@ -161,7 +175,7 @@ def push_to_gateway(gateway, job, registry, grouping_key=None, timeout=None, han
     _use_gateway('PUT', gateway, job, registry, grouping_key, timeout, handler)
 
 
-def pushadd_to_gateway(gateway, job, registry, grouping_key=None, timeout=None, handler=None):
+def pushadd_to_gateway(gateway, job, registry, grouping_key=None, timeout=None, handler=default_handler):
     '''PushAdd metrics to the given pushgateway.
 
     `gateway` the url for your push gateway. Either of the form
@@ -185,7 +199,7 @@ def pushadd_to_gateway(gateway, job, registry, grouping_key=None, timeout=None,
     _use_gateway('POST', gateway, job, registry, grouping_key, timeout, handler)
 
 
-def delete_from_gateway(gateway, job, grouping_key=None, timeout=None, handler=None):
+def delete_from_gateway(gateway, job, grouping_key=None, timeout=None, handler=default_handler):
     '''Delete metrics from the given pushgateway.
 
     `gateway` the url for your push gateway. Either of the form
@@ -224,8 +238,6 @@ def _use_gateway(method, gateway, job, registry, grouping_key, timeout, handler)
                              for k, v in sorted(grouping_key.items())])
 
     headers=[('Content-Type', CONTENT_TYPE_LATEST)]
-    if handler is None:
-        handler = default_handler
     handler(url=url, method=method, timeout=timeout,
             headers=headers, data=data)()
 
 
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import base64
 
-from prometheus_client.handlers.base import handler as default_handler
+from prometheus_client.exposition import default_handler
 
 def handler(url, method, timeout, headers, data, username = None, password = None):
     def handle():
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from prometheus_client import CollectorRegistry, generate_latest
 from prometheus_client import push_to_gateway, pushadd_to_gateway, delete_from_gateway
 from prometheus_client import CONTENT_TYPE_LATEST, instance_ip_grouping_key
-from prometheus_client.handlers.base import handler as default_handler
+from prometheus_client.exposition import default_handler
 from prometheus_client.handlers.basic_auth import handler as basic_auth_handler
 
 try: