diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/__init__.py b/lib/requests_cache/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f83d174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Transparent cache for ``requests`` library with persistence and async support
+
+    Just write::
+
+        import requests_cache
+        requests_cache.install_cache()
+
+    And requests to resources will be cached for faster repeated access::
+
+        import requests
+        for i in range(10):
+            r = requests.get('http://httpbin.org/delay/5')
+        # will took  approximately 5 seconds instead 50
+
+
+    :copyright: (c) 2012 by Roman Haritonov.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
+__version__ = '0.4.4'
+
+from .core import(
+    CachedSession, install_cache, uninstall_cache,
+    disabled, enabled, get_cache, clear, configure
+)
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diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/__init__.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29da6724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/backends/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.backends
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Classes and functions for cache persistence
+"""
+
+
+from .base import BaseCache
+
+registry = {
+    'memory': BaseCache,
+}
+
+try:
+    # Heroku doesn't allow the SQLite3 module to be installed
+    from .sqlite import DbCache
+    registry['sqlite'] = DbCache
+except ImportError:
+    DbCache = None
+
+try:
+    from .mongo import MongoCache
+    registry['mongo'] = registry['mongodb'] = MongoCache
+except ImportError:
+    MongoCache = None
+
+try:
+    from .redis import RedisCache
+    registry['redis'] = RedisCache
+except ImportError:
+    RedisCache = None
+
+
+def create_backend(backend_name, cache_name, options):
+    if backend_name is None:
+        backend_name = _get_default_backend_name()
+    try:
+        return registry[backend_name](cache_name, **options)
+    except KeyError:
+        raise ValueError('Unsupported backend "%s" try one of: %s' %
+                         (backend_name, ', '.join(registry.keys())))
+
+
+def _get_default_backend_name():
+    if 'sqlite' in registry:
+        return 'sqlite'
+    return 'memory'
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diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/base.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc13518c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/backends/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.backends.base
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Contains BaseCache class which can be used as in-memory cache backend or
+    extended to support persistence.
+"""
+from datetime import datetime
+import hashlib
+from copy import copy
+
+import requests
+
+from ..compat import is_py2
+
+
+class BaseCache(object):
+    """ Base class for cache implementations, can be used as in-memory cache.
+
+    To extend it you can provide dictionary-like objects for
+    :attr:`keys_map` and :attr:`responses` or override public methods.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        #: `key` -> `key_in_responses` mapping
+        self.keys_map = {}
+        #: `key_in_cache` -> `response` mapping
+        self.responses = {}
+
+    def save_response(self, key, response):
+        """ Save response to cache
+
+        :param key: key for this response
+        :param response: response to save
+
+        .. note:: Response is reduced before saving (with :meth:`reduce_response`)
+                  to make it picklable
+        """
+        self.responses[key] = self.reduce_response(response), datetime.utcnow()
+
+    def add_key_mapping(self, new_key, key_to_response):
+        """
+        Adds mapping of `new_key` to `key_to_response` to make it possible to
+        associate many keys with single response
+
+        :param new_key: new key (e.g. url from redirect)
+        :param key_to_response: key which can be found in :attr:`responses`
+        :return:
+        """
+        self.keys_map[new_key] = key_to_response
+
+    def get_response_and_time(self, key, default=(None, None)):
+        """ Retrieves response and timestamp for `key` if it's stored in cache,
+        otherwise returns `default`
+
+        :param key: key of resource
+        :param default: return this if `key` not found in cache
+        :returns: tuple (response, datetime)
+
+        .. note:: Response is restored after unpickling with :meth:`restore_response`
+        """
+        try:
+            if key not in self.responses:
+                key = self.keys_map[key]
+            response, timestamp = self.responses[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            return default
+        return self.restore_response(response), timestamp
+
+    def delete(self, key):
+        """ Delete `key` from cache. Also deletes all responses from response history
+        """
+        try:
+            if key in self.responses:
+                response, _ = self.responses[key]
+                del self.responses[key]
+            else:
+                response, _ = self.responses[self.keys_map[key]]
+                del self.keys_map[key]
+            for r in response.history:
+                del self.keys_map[self.create_key(r.request)]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+
+    def delete_url(self, url):
+        """ Delete response associated with `url` from cache.
+        Also deletes all responses from response history. Works only for GET requests
+        """
+        self.delete(self._url_to_key(url))
+
+    def clear(self):
+        """ Clear cache
+        """
+        self.responses.clear()
+        self.keys_map.clear()
+
+    def has_key(self, key):
+        """ Returns `True` if cache has `key`, `False` otherwise
+        """
+        return key in self.responses or key in self.keys_map
+
+    def has_url(self, url):
+        """ Returns `True` if cache has `url`, `False` otherwise.
+        Works only for GET request urls
+        """
+        return self.has_key(self._url_to_key(url))
+
+    def _url_to_key(self, url):
+        from requests import Request
+        return self.create_key(Request('GET', url).prepare())
+
+    _response_attrs = ['_content', 'url', 'status_code', 'cookies',
+                       'headers', 'encoding', 'request', 'reason', 'raw']
+
+    _raw_response_attrs = ['_original_response', 'decode_content', 'headers',
+                            'reason', 'status', 'strict', 'version']
+
+    def reduce_response(self, response):
+        """ Reduce response object to make it compatible with ``pickle``
+        """
+        result = _Store()
+        # prefetch
+        response.content
+        for field in self._response_attrs:
+            setattr(result, field, self._picklable_field(response, field))
+        result.history = tuple(self.reduce_response(r) for r in response.history)
+        return result
+
+    def _picklable_field(self, response, name):
+        value = getattr(response, name)
+        if name == 'request':
+            value = copy(value)
+            value.hooks = []
+        elif name == 'raw':
+            result = _Store()
+            for field in self._raw_response_attrs:
+                setattr(result, field, getattr(value, field, None))
+            value = result
+        return value
+
+    def restore_response(self, response):
+        """ Restore response object after unpickling
+        """
+        result = requests.Response()
+        for field in self._response_attrs:
+            setattr(result, field, getattr(response, field, None))
+        result.history = tuple(self.restore_response(r) for r in response.history)
+        return result
+
+    def create_key(self, request):
+        key = hashlib.sha256()
+        key.update(_to_bytes(request.method.upper()))
+        key.update(_to_bytes(request.url))
+        if request.body:
+            key.update(_to_bytes(request.body))
+        return key.hexdigest()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return 'keys: %s\nresponses: %s' % (self.keys_map, self.responses)
+
+
+# used for saving response attributes
+class _Store(object):
+    pass
+
+
+def _to_bytes(s, encoding='utf-8'):
+    if is_py2 or isinstance(s, bytes):
+        return s
+    return bytes(s, encoding)
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diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/mongo.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/mongo.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..084d2ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/backends/mongo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.backends.mongo
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    ``mongo`` cache backend
+"""
+from .base import BaseCache
+from .storage.mongodict import MongoDict, MongoPickleDict
+
+
+class MongoCache(BaseCache):
+    """ ``mongo`` cache backend.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, db_name='requests-cache', **options):
+        """
+        :param db_name: database name (default: ``'requests-cache'``)
+        :param connection: (optional) ``pymongo.Connection``
+        """
+        super(MongoCache, self).__init__()
+        self.responses = MongoPickleDict(db_name, 'responses',
+                                         options.get('connection'))
+        self.keys_map = MongoDict(db_name, 'urls', self.responses.connection)
+
diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/redis.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/redis.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c800c4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/backends/redis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.backends.redis
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    ``redis`` cache backend
+"""
+from .base import BaseCache
+from .storage.redisdict import RedisDict
+
+
+class RedisCache(BaseCache):
+    """ ``redis`` cache backend.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, namespace='requests-cache', **options):
+        """
+        :param namespace: redis namespace (default: ``'requests-cache'``)
+        :param connection: (optional) ``redis.StrictRedis``
+        """
+        super(RedisCache, self).__init__()
+        self.responses = RedisDict(namespace, 'responses',
+                                         options.get('connection'))
+        self.keys_map = RedisDict(namespace, 'urls', self.responses.connection)
diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/sqlite.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/sqlite.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e56b22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/backends/sqlite.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.backends.sqlite
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    ``sqlite3`` cache backend
+"""
+from .base import BaseCache
+from .storage.dbdict import DbDict, DbPickleDict
+
+
+class DbCache(BaseCache):
+    """ sqlite cache backend.
+
+    Reading is fast, saving is a bit slower. It can store big amount of data
+    with low memory usage.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, location='cache',
+                 fast_save=False, extension='.sqlite', **options):
+        """
+        :param location: database filename prefix (default: ``'cache'``)
+        :param fast_save: Speedup cache saving up to 50 times but with possibility of data loss.
+                          See :ref:`backends.DbDict <backends_dbdict>` for more info
+        :param extension: extension for filename (default: ``'.sqlite'``)
+        """
+        super(DbCache, self).__init__()
+        self.responses = DbPickleDict(location + extension, 'responses', fast_save=fast_save)
+        self.keys_map = DbDict(location + extension, 'urls')
+
diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/__init__.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/dbdict.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/dbdict.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef0f516c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/dbdict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.backends.dbdict
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Dictionary-like objects for saving large data sets to `sqlite` database
+"""
+from collections import MutableMapping
+import sqlite3 as sqlite
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+try:
+   import threading
+except ImportError:
+    import dummy_threading as threading
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import pickle
+
+from requests_cache.compat import bytes
+
+
+
+class DbDict(MutableMapping):
+    """ DbDict - a dictionary-like object for saving large datasets to `sqlite` database
+
+    It's possible to create multiply DbDict instances, which will be stored as separate
+    tables in one database::
+
+        d1 = DbDict('test', 'table1')
+        d2 = DbDict('test', 'table2')
+        d3 = DbDict('test', 'table3')
+
+    all data will be stored in ``test.sqlite`` database into
+    correspondent tables: ``table1``, ``table2`` and ``table3``
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, filename, table_name='data', fast_save=False, **options):
+        """
+        :param filename: filename for database (without extension)
+        :param table_name: table name
+        :param fast_save: If it's True, then sqlite will be configured with
+                          `"PRAGMA synchronous = 0;" <http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_synchronous>`_
+                          to speedup cache saving, but be careful, it's dangerous.
+                          Tests showed that insertion order of records can be wrong with this option.
+        """
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.table_name = table_name
+        self.fast_save = fast_save
+        
+        #: Transactions can be commited if this property is set to `True`
+        self.can_commit = True
+
+        
+        self._bulk_commit = False
+        self._pending_connection = None
+        self._lock = threading.RLock()
+        with self.connection() as con:
+            con.execute("create table if not exists `%s` (key PRIMARY KEY, value)" % self.table_name)
+
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def connection(self, commit_on_success=False):
+        with self._lock:
+            if self._bulk_commit:
+                if self._pending_connection is None:
+                    self._pending_connection = sqlite.connect(self.filename)
+                con = self._pending_connection
+            else:
+                con = sqlite.connect(self.filename)
+            try:
+                if self.fast_save:
+                    con.execute("PRAGMA synchronous = 0;")
+                yield con
+                if commit_on_success and self.can_commit:
+                    con.commit()
+            finally:
+                if not self._bulk_commit:
+                    con.close()
+
+    def commit(self, force=False):
+        """
+        Commits pending transaction if :attr:`can_commit` or `force` is `True`
+
+        :param force: force commit, ignore :attr:`can_commit`
+        """
+        if force or self.can_commit:
+            if self._pending_connection is not None:
+                self._pending_connection.commit()
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def bulk_commit(self):
+        """
+        Context manager used to speedup insertion of big number of records
+        ::
+
+            >>> d1 = DbDict('test')
+            >>> with d1.bulk_commit():
+            ...     for i in range(1000):
+            ...         d1[i] = i * 2
+
+        """
+        self._bulk_commit = True
+        self.can_commit = False
+        try:
+            yield
+            self.commit(True)
+        finally:
+            self._bulk_commit = False
+            self.can_commit = True
+            self._pending_connection.close()
+            self._pending_connection = None
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        with self.connection() as con:
+            row = con.execute("select value from `%s` where key=?" %
+                              self.table_name, (key,)).fetchone()
+            if not row:
+                raise KeyError
+            return row[0]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, item):
+        with self.connection(True) as con:
+            if con.execute("select key from `%s` where key=?" %
+                           self.table_name, (key,)).fetchone():
+                con.execute("update `%s` set value=? where key=?" %
+                            self.table_name, (item, key))
+            else:
+                con.execute("insert into `%s` (key,value) values (?,?)" %
+                            self.table_name, (key, item))
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        with self.connection(True) as con:
+            if con.execute("select key from `%s` where key=?" %
+                           self.table_name, (key,)).fetchone():
+                con.execute("delete from `%s` where key=?" %
+                            self.table_name, (key,))
+            else:
+                raise KeyError
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        with self.connection() as con:
+            for row in con.execute("select key from `%s`" %
+                                   self.table_name):
+                yield row[0]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        with self.connection() as con:
+            return con.execute("select count(key) from `%s`" %
+                                self.table_name).fetchone()[0]
+
+    def clear(self):
+        with self.connection(True) as con:
+            con.execute("drop table `%s`" % self.table_name)
+            con.execute("create table `%s` (key PRIMARY KEY, value)" %
+                        self.table_name)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(dict(self.items()))
+
+
+class DbPickleDict(DbDict):
+    """ Same as :class:`DbDict`, but pickles values before saving
+    """
+    def __setitem__(self, key, item):
+        super(DbPickleDict, self).__setitem__(key,
+                                              sqlite.Binary(pickle.dumps(item)))
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return pickle.loads(bytes(super(DbPickleDict, self).__getitem__(key)))
diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/mongodict.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/mongodict.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..172d9a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/mongodict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.backends.mongodict
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Dictionary-like objects for saving large data sets to ``mongodb`` database
+"""
+from collections import MutableMapping
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import pickle
+
+from pymongo import Connection
+
+
+class MongoDict(MutableMapping):
+    """ MongoDict - a dictionary-like interface for ``mongo`` database
+    """
+    def __init__(self, db_name,
+                 collection_name='mongo_dict_data', connection=None):
+        """
+        :param db_name: database name (be careful with production databases)
+        :param collection_name: collection name (default: mongo_dict_data)
+        :param connection: ``pymongo.Connection`` instance. If it's ``None``
+                           (default) new connection with default options will
+                           be created
+        """
+        if connection is not None:
+            self.connection = connection
+        else:
+            self.connection = Connection()
+        self.db = self.connection[db_name]
+        self.collection = self.db[collection_name]
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        result = self.collection.find_one({'_id': key})
+        if result is None:
+            raise KeyError
+        return result['data']
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, item):
+        self.collection.save({'_id': key, 'data': item})
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        spec = {'_id': key}
+        if self.collection.find_one(spec, fields=['_id']):
+            self.collection.remove(spec)
+        else:
+            raise KeyError
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.collection.count()
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        for d in self.collection.find(fields=['_id']):
+            yield d['_id']
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.collection.drop()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(dict(self.items()))
+
+
+class MongoPickleDict(MongoDict):
+    """ Same as :class:`MongoDict`, but pickles values before saving
+    """
+    def __setitem__(self, key, item):
+        super(MongoPickleDict, self).__setitem__(key, pickle.dumps(item))
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return pickle.loads(bytes(super(MongoPickleDict, self).__getitem__(key)))
diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/redisdict.py b/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/redisdict.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfe72a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/backends/storage/redisdict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.backends.redisdict
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Dictionary-like objects for saving large data sets to ``redis`` key-store
+"""
+from collections import MutableMapping
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import pickle
+from redis import StrictRedis as Redis
+
+
+class RedisDict(MutableMapping):
+    """ RedisDict - a dictionary-like interface for ``redis`` key-stores
+    """
+    def __init__(self, namespace, collection_name='redis_dict_data',
+                 connection=None):
+        """
+        The actual key name on the redis server will be
+        ``namespace``:``collection_name``
+
+        In order to deal with how redis stores data/keys,
+        everything, i.e. keys and data, must be pickled.
+
+        :param namespace: namespace to use
+        :param collection_name: name of the hash map stored in redis
+                                (default: redis_dict_data)
+        :param connection: ``redis.StrictRedis`` instance.
+                           If it's ``None`` (default), a new connection with
+                           default options will be created
+
+        """
+        if connection is not None:
+            self.connection = connection
+        else:
+            self.connection = Redis()
+        self._self_key = ':'.join([namespace, collection_name])
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        result = self.connection.hget(self._self_key, pickle.dumps(key))
+        if result is None:
+            raise KeyError
+        return pickle.loads(bytes(result))
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, item):
+        self.connection.hset(self._self_key, pickle.dumps(key),
+                             pickle.dumps(item))
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        if not self.connection.hdel(self._self_key, pickle.dumps(key)):
+            raise KeyError
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.connection.hlen(self._self_key)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        for v in self.connection.hkeys(self._self_key):
+            yield pickle.loads(bytes(v))
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.connection.delete(self._self_key)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(dict(self.items()))
diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/compat.py b/lib/requests_cache/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daaf0bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# taken from requests library: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests
+"""
+pythoncompat
+"""
+
+
+import sys
+
+# -------
+# Pythons
+# -------
+
+# Syntax sugar.
+_ver = sys.version_info
+
+#: Python 2.x?
+is_py2 = (_ver[0] == 2)
+
+#: Python 3.x?
+is_py3 = (_ver[0] == 3)
+
+#: Python 3.0.x
+is_py30 = (is_py3 and _ver[1] == 0)
+
+#: Python 3.1.x
+is_py31 = (is_py3 and _ver[1] == 1)
+
+#: Python 3.2.x
+is_py32 = (is_py3 and _ver[1] == 2)
+
+#: Python 3.3.x
+is_py33 = (is_py3 and _ver[1] == 3)
+
+#: Python 3.4.x
+is_py34 = (is_py3 and _ver[1] == 4)
+
+#: Python 2.7.x
+is_py27 = (is_py2 and _ver[1] == 7)
+
+#: Python 2.6.x
+is_py26 = (is_py2 and _ver[1] == 6)
+
+#: Python 2.5.x
+is_py25 = (is_py2 and _ver[1] == 5)
+
+#: Python 2.4.x
+is_py24 = (is_py2 and _ver[1] == 4)   # I'm assuming this is not by choice.
+
+
+# ---------
+# Platforms
+# ---------
+
+
+# Syntax sugar.
+_ver = sys.version.lower()
+
+is_pypy = ('pypy' in _ver)
+is_jython = ('jython' in _ver)
+is_ironpython = ('iron' in _ver)
+
+# Assume CPython, if nothing else.
+is_cpython = not any((is_pypy, is_jython, is_ironpython))
+
+# Windows-based system.
+is_windows = 'win32' in str(sys.platform).lower()
+
+# Standard Linux 2+ system.
+is_linux = ('linux' in str(sys.platform).lower())
+is_osx = ('darwin' in str(sys.platform).lower())
+is_hpux = ('hpux' in str(sys.platform).lower())   # Complete guess.
+is_solaris = ('solar==' in str(sys.platform).lower())   # Complete guess.
+
+
+# ---------
+# Specifics
+# ---------
+
+
+if is_py2:
+    from urllib import quote, unquote, urlencode
+    from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse, urljoin, urlsplit
+    from urllib2 import parse_http_list
+    import cookielib
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+    bytes = str
+    str = unicode
+    basestring = basestring
+
+
+
+elif is_py3:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse, urljoin, urlsplit, urlencode, quote, unquote
+    from urllib.request import parse_http_list
+    from http import cookiejar as cookielib
+    from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
+    from io import StringIO
+
+    str = str
+    bytes = bytes
+    basestring = (str,bytes)
+
diff --git a/lib/requests_cache/core.py b/lib/requests_cache/core.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..934636c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/requests_cache/core.py
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    requests_cache.core
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Core functions for configuring cache and monkey patching ``requests``
+"""
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+import requests
+from requests import Session as OriginalSession
+from requests.hooks import dispatch_hook
+
+from requests_cache import backends
+from requests_cache.compat import str, basestring
+
+try:
+    ver = tuple(map(int, requests.__version__.split(".")))
+except ValueError:
+    pass
+else:
+    # We don't need to dispatch hook in Requests <= 1.1.0
+    if ver < (1, 2, 0):
+        dispatch_hook = lambda key, hooks, hook_data, *a, **kw: hook_data
+    del ver
+
+
+class CachedSession(OriginalSession):
+    """ Requests ``Sessions`` with caching support.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, cache_name='cache', backend=None, expire_after=None,
+                 allowable_codes=(200,), allowable_methods=('GET',),
+                 **backend_options):
+        """
+        :param cache_name: for ``sqlite`` backend: cache file will start with this prefix,
+                           e.g ``cache.sqlite``
+
+                           for ``mongodb``: it's used as database name
+                           
+                           for ``redis``: it's used as the namespace. This means all keys
+                           are prefixed with ``'cache_name:'``
+        :param backend: cache backend name e.g ``'sqlite'``, ``'mongodb'``, ``'redis'``, ``'memory'``.
+                        (see :ref:`persistence`). Or instance of backend implementation.
+                        Default value is ``None``, which means use ``'sqlite'`` if available,
+                        otherwise fallback to ``'memory'``.
+        :param expire_after: number of seconds after cache will be expired
+                             or `None` (default) to ignore expiration
+        :type expire_after: float
+        :param allowable_codes: limit caching only for response with this codes (default: 200)
+        :type allowable_codes: tuple
+        :param allowable_methods: cache only requests of this methods (default: 'GET')
+        :type allowable_methods: tuple
+        :kwarg backend_options: options for chosen backend. See corresponding
+                                :ref:`sqlite <backends_sqlite>`, :ref:`mongo <backends_mongo>` 
+                                and :ref:`redis <backends_redis>` backends API documentation
+        """
+        if backend is None or isinstance(backend, basestring):
+            self.cache = backends.create_backend(backend, cache_name,
+                                                 backend_options)
+        else:
+            self.cache = backend
+
+        self._cache_expire_after = expire_after
+        self._cache_allowable_codes = allowable_codes
+        self._cache_allowable_methods = allowable_methods
+        self._is_cache_disabled = False
+        super(CachedSession, self).__init__()
+
+    def send(self, request, **kwargs):
+        if (self._is_cache_disabled
+            or request.method not in self._cache_allowable_methods):
+            response = super(CachedSession, self).send(request, **kwargs)
+            response.from_cache = False
+            return response
+
+        cache_key = self.cache.create_key(request)
+
+        def send_request_and_cache_response():
+            response = super(CachedSession, self).send(request, **kwargs)
+            if response.status_code in self._cache_allowable_codes:
+                self.cache.save_response(cache_key, response)
+            response.from_cache = False
+            return response
+
+        response, timestamp = self.cache.get_response_and_time(cache_key)
+        if response is None:
+            return send_request_and_cache_response()
+
+        if self._cache_expire_after is not None:
+            difference = datetime.utcnow() - timestamp
+            if difference > timedelta(seconds=self._cache_expire_after):
+                self.cache.delete(cache_key)
+                return send_request_and_cache_response()
+        # dispatch hook here, because we've removed it before pickling
+        response.from_cache = True
+        response = dispatch_hook('response', request.hooks, response, **kwargs)
+        return response
+
+    def request(self, method, url, params=None, data=None, headers=None,
+                cookies=None, files=None, auth=None, timeout=None,
+                allow_redirects=True, proxies=None, hooks=None, stream=None,
+                verify=None, cert=None):
+        response = super(CachedSession, self).request(method, url, params, data,
+                                                      headers, cookies, files,
+                                                      auth, timeout,
+                                                      allow_redirects, proxies,
+                                                      hooks, stream, verify, cert)
+        if self._is_cache_disabled:
+            return response
+
+        main_key = self.cache.create_key(response.request)
+        for r in response.history:
+            self.cache.add_key_mapping(
+                self.cache.create_key(r.request), main_key
+            )
+        return response
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def cache_disabled(self):
+        """
+        Context manager for temporary disabling cache
+        ::
+
+            >>> s = CachedSession()
+            >>> with s.cache_disabled():
+            ...     s.get('http://httpbin.org/ip')
+        """
+        self._is_cache_disabled = True
+        try:
+            yield
+        finally:
+            self._is_cache_disabled = False
+
+
+def install_cache(cache_name='cache', backend=None, expire_after=None,
+                 allowable_codes=(200,), allowable_methods=('GET',),
+                 session_factory=CachedSession, **backend_options):
+    """
+    Installs cache for all ``Requests`` requests by monkey-patching ``Session``
+
+    Parameters are the same as in :class:`CachedSession`. Additional parameters:
+
+    :param session_factory: Session factory. It should inherit :class:`CachedSession` (default)
+    """
+    if backend:
+        backend = backends.create_backend(backend, cache_name, backend_options)
+    _patch_session_factory(
+        lambda : session_factory(cache_name=cache_name,
+                                  backend=backend,
+                                  expire_after=expire_after,
+                                  allowable_codes=allowable_codes,
+                                  allowable_methods=allowable_methods,
+                                  **backend_options)
+    )
+
+
+# backward compatibility
+configure = install_cache
+
+
+def uninstall_cache():
+    """ Restores ``requests.Session`` and disables cache
+    """
+    _patch_session_factory(OriginalSession)
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def disabled():
+    """
+    Context manager for temporary disabling globally installed cache
+
+    .. warning:: not thread-safe
+
+    ::
+
+        >>> with requests_cache.disabled():
+        ...     requests.get('http://httpbin.org/ip')
+        ...     requests.get('http://httpbin.org/get')
+
+    """
+    previous = requests.Session
+    uninstall_cache()
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        _patch_session_factory(previous)
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def enabled(*args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Context manager for temporary installing global cache.
+
+    Accepts same arguments as :func:`install_cache`
+
+    .. warning:: not thread-safe
+
+    ::
+
+        >>> with requests_cache.enabled('cache_db'):
+        ...     requests.get('http://httpbin.org/get')
+
+    """
+    install_cache(*args, **kwargs)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        uninstall_cache()
+
+
+def get_cache():
+    """ Returns internal cache object from globally installed ``CachedSession``
+    """
+    return requests.Session().cache
+
+
+def clear():
+    """ Clears globally installed cache
+    """
+    get_cache().clear()
+
+
+def _patch_session_factory(session_factory=CachedSession):
+    requests.Session = requests.sessions.Session = session_factory
diff --git a/lib/tvdb_api/tvdb_api.py b/lib/tvdb_api/tvdb_api.py
index 19e48ba9..ddcecec3 100644
--- a/lib/tvdb_api/tvdb_api.py
+++ b/lib/tvdb_api/tvdb_api.py
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ __version__ = "1.9"
 
 import os
 import time
-import urllib
 import getpass
 import StringIO
 import tempfile
 import warnings
 import logging
-import datetime
 import zipfile
 
 try:
@@ -39,6 +37,7 @@ except ImportError:
     gzip = None
 
 from lib import requests
+from lib import requests_cache
 
 from tvdb_ui import BaseUI, ConsoleUI
 from tvdb_exceptions import (tvdb_error, tvdb_userabort, tvdb_shownotfound,
@@ -430,15 +429,12 @@ class Tvdb:
 
         if cache is True:
             self.config['cache_enabled'] = True
-            self.config['cache_location'] = self._getTempDir()
-
+            requests_cache.install_cache(self._getTempDir())
         elif cache is False:
             self.config['cache_enabled'] = False
-
         elif isinstance(cache, basestring):
             self.config['cache_enabled'] = True
-            self.config['cache_location'] = cache
-
+            requests_cache.install_cache(cache)
         else:
             raise ValueError("Invalid value for Cache %r (type was %s)" % (cache, type(cache)))
 
@@ -541,12 +537,10 @@ class Tvdb:
 
             # get response from TVDB
             if self.config['cache_enabled']:
-                s = requests.Session()
-                s.mount('http://', CachingHTTPAdapter())
-
-                resp = s.get(url, params=params)
-            else:
                 resp = requests.get(url, params=params)
+            else:
+                with requests_cache.disabled():
+                    resp = requests.get(url, params=params)
 
         except requests.HTTPError, e:
             raise tvdb_error("HTTP error " + str(e.errno) + " while loading URL " + str(url))
diff --git a/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py b/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
index adf06a93..5a99a2ed 100644
--- a/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
+++ b/lib/tvrage_api/tvrage_api.py
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ except ImportError:
     import xml.etree.ElementTree as ElementTree
 
 from lib.dateutil.parser import parse
+
 from lib import requests
+from lib import requests_cache
 
 from tvrage_ui import BaseUI
 from tvrage_exceptions import (tvrage_error, tvrage_userabort, tvrage_shownotfound,
@@ -270,10 +272,12 @@ class TVRage:
 
         if cache is True:
             self.config['cache_enabled'] = True
+            requests_cache.install_cache(self._getTempDir())
         elif cache is False:
             self.config['cache_enabled'] = False
         elif isinstance(cache, basestring):
             self.config['cache_enabled'] = True
+            requests_cache.install_cache(cache)
         else:
             raise ValueError("Invalid value for Cache %r (type was %s)" % (cache, type(cache)))
 
@@ -366,12 +370,10 @@ class TVRage:
 
             # get response from TVRage
             if self.config['cache_enabled']:
-                s = requests.Session()
-                s.mount('http://', CachingHTTPAdapter())
-
-                resp = s.get(url, params=params)
-            else:
                 resp = requests.get(url, params=params)
+            else:
+                with requests_cache.disabled():
+                    resp = requests.get(url, params=params)
 
         except requests.HTTPError, e:
             raise tvrage_error("HTTP error " + str(e.errno) + " while loading URL " + str(url))
diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index 72005e5e..0297e42e 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -328,11 +328,8 @@ def searchIndexerForShowID(regShowName, indexer, indexer_id=None):
                 if (seriesname == name) or (indexer_id is not None and part['id'] == indexer_id):
                     return [sickbeard.indexerApi(indexer).config['id'], part['id']]
 
-        except KeyError, e:
-            break
-
-        except Exception, e:
-            continue
+        except KeyError:break
+        except Exception:continue
 
 def sizeof_fmt(num):
     '''
diff --git a/sickbeard/showUpdater.py b/sickbeard/showUpdater.py
index 34f944cc..7e8156dc 100644
--- a/sickbeard/showUpdater.py
+++ b/sickbeard/showUpdater.py
@@ -51,35 +51,6 @@ class ShowUpdater():
         else:
             return
 
-        # clean out cache directory, remove everything > 12 hours old
-        if sickbeard.CACHE_DIR:
-            for indexer in sickbeard.indexerApi().indexers:
-                cache_dir = sickbeard.indexerApi(indexer).cache
-                logger.log(u"Trying to clean cache folder " + cache_dir)
-
-                # Does our cache_dir exists
-                if not ek.ek(os.path.isdir, cache_dir):
-                    logger.log(u"Can't clean " + cache_dir + " if it doesn't exist", logger.WARNING)
-                else:
-                    max_age = datetime.timedelta(hours=12)
-                    # Get all our cache files
-                    cache_files = ek.ek(os.listdir, cache_dir)
-
-                    for cache_file in cache_files:
-                        cache_file_path = ek.ek(os.path.join, cache_dir, cache_file)
-
-                        if ek.ek(os.path.isfile, cache_file_path):
-                            cache_file_modified = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
-                                ek.ek(os.path.getmtime, cache_file_path))
-
-                            if update_datetime - cache_file_modified > max_age:
-                                try:
-                                    ek.ek(os.remove, cache_file_path)
-                                except OSError, e:
-                                    logger.log(u"Unable to clean " + cache_dir + ": " + repr(e) + " / " + str(e),
-                                               logger.WARNING)
-                                    break
-
         # select 10 'Ended' tv_shows updated more than 90 days ago to include in this update
         stale_should_update = []
         stale_update_date = (update_date - datetime.timedelta(days=90)).toordinal()