diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
index 3343c35..ddda6c6 100644
--- a/client.py
+++ b/client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import requests
 
+
 class DiffbotClient(object):
 
     base_url = 'http://api.diffbot.com/'
@@ -30,20 +31,21 @@ def format_version_string(version_number):
         """
         return 'v{}'.format(version_number)
 
+
 class DiffbotJob(DiffbotClient):
     """
     Various calls for managing a Crawlbot or Bulk API job.
     """
 
-    def request(self,params):
-        response = requests.get(self.compose_url(self.jobType,3),params=params)
+    def request(self, params):
+        response = requests.get(self.compose_url(self.jobType, 3), params=params)
         response.raise_for_status
         try:
             return response.json()
-        except:
-            print response.text
+        except Exception:
+            print(response.text)
 
-    def start(self,params):
+    def start(self, params):
         response = self.request(params)
         return response
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ def status(self):
         response = self.request(self.params)
         return response
 
-    def update(self,**kwargs):
+    def update(self, **kwargs):
         temp_params = self.params
         temp_params.update(kwargs)
         response = self.request(self.params)
@@ -69,14 +71,14 @@ def restart(self):
         response = self.request(temp_params)
         return response
 
-    def download(self,data_format="json"):
+    def download(self, data_format="json"):
         """
         downloads the JSON output of a crawl or bulk job
         """
 
         download_url = '{}/v3/{}/download/{}-{}_data.{}'.format(
-            self.base_url,self.jobType,self.params['token'],self.params['name'],data_format
-            )
+            self.base_url, self.jobType, self.params['token'], self.params['name'], data_format
+        )
         download = requests.get(download_url)
         download.raise_for_status()
         if data_format == "csv":
@@ -84,12 +86,13 @@ def download(self,data_format="json"):
         else:
             return download.json()
 
+
 class DiffbotCrawl(DiffbotJob):
     """
     Initializes a Diffbot crawl. Pass additional arguments as necessary.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,token,name,seeds=None,api=None,apiVersion=3,**kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, token, name, seeds=None, api=None, apiVersion=3, **kwargs):
         self.params = {
             "token": token,
             "name": name,
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ def __init__(self,token,name,seeds=None,api=None,apiVersion=3,**kwargs):
         if seeds:
             startParams['seeds'] = seeds
         if api:
-            startParams['apiUrl'] = self.compose_url(api,apiVersion)
+            startParams['apiUrl'] = self.compose_url(api, apiVersion)
         startParams.update(kwargs)
         self.jobType = "crawl"
-        self.start(startParams)
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.start(startParams)
diff --git a/example.py b/example.py
index b7de9e6..d871f05 100644
--- a/example.py
+++ b/example.py
@@ -1,74 +1,74 @@
-from client import DiffbotClient,DiffbotCrawl
+from client import DiffbotClient, DiffbotCrawl
 from config import API_TOKEN
 import pprint
 import time
 
-print "Calling article API endpoint on the url: http://shichuan.github.io/javascript-patterns/...\n"
+print("Calling article API endpoint on the url: http://shichuan.github.io/javascript-patterns/...\n")
 diffbot = DiffbotClient()
 token = API_TOKEN
 url = "http://shichuan.github.io/javascript-patterns/"
 api = "article"
 response = diffbot.request(url, token, api)
-print "\nPrinting response:\n"
+print("\nPrinting response:\n")
 pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
-print pp.pprint(response)
+print(pp.pprint(response))
 
-print
-print "Calling article API endpoint with fields specified on the url: http://shichuan.github.io/javascript-patterns/...\n"
+print()
+print("Calling article API endpoint with fields specified on the url: http://shichuan.github.io/javascript-patterns/...\n")
 diffbot = DiffbotClient()
 token = API_TOKEN
 url = "http://shichuan.github.io/javascript-patterns/"
 api = "article"
 response = diffbot.request(url, token, api, fields=['title', 'type'])
-print "\nPrinting response:\n"
+print("\nPrinting response:\n")
 pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
-print pp.pprint(response)
+print(pp.pprint(response))
 
-print
-print "Calling frontpage API endpoint on the url: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...\n"
+print()
+print("Calling frontpage API endpoint on the url: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...\n")
 diffbot = DiffbotClient()
 token = API_TOKEN
 url = "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/"
 api = "frontpage"
 response = diffbot.request(url, token, api)
-print "\nPrinting response:\n"
+print("\nPrinting response:\n")
 pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
-print pp.pprint(response)
+print(pp.pprint(response))
 
-print
-print "Calling product API endpoint on the url: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/iRobot-650-Roomba-Vacuuming-Robot/7886009/product.html...\n"
+print()
+print("Calling product API endpoint on the url: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/iRobot-650-Roomba-Vacuuming-Robot/7886009/product.html...\n")
 diffbot = DiffbotClient()
 token = API_TOKEN
 url = "http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/iRobot-650-Roomba-Vacuuming-Robot/7886009/product.html"
 api = "product"
 response = diffbot.request(url, token, api)
-print "\nPrinting response:\n"
+print("\nPrinting response:\n")
 pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
-print pp.pprint(response)
+print(pp.pprint(response))
 
-print
-print "Calling image API endpoint on the url: http://www.google.com/...\n"
+print()
+print("Calling image API endpoint on the url: http://www.google.com/...\n")
 diffbot = DiffbotClient()
 token = API_TOKEN
 url = "http://www.google.com/"
 api = "image"
 response = diffbot.request(url, token, api)
-print "\nPrinting response:\n"
+print("\nPrinting response:\n")
 pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
-print pp.pprint(response)
+print(pp.pprint(response))
 
-print
-print "Calling classifier API endpoint on the url: http://www.twitter.com/...\n"
+print()
+print("Calling classifier API endpoint on the url: http://www.twitter.com/...\n")
 diffbot = DiffbotClient()
 token = API_TOKEN
 url = "http://www.twitter.com/"
 api = "analyze"
 response = diffbot.request(url, token, api)
-print "\nPrinting response:\n"
+print("\nPrinting response:\n")
 pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
-print pp.pprint(response)
+print(pp.pprint(response))
 
-print "Create a new crawl of http://support.diffbot.com/ using the Article API...\n"
+print("Create a new crawl of http://support.diffbot.com/ using the Article API...\n")
 token = API_TOKEN
 seeds = "http://support.diffbot.com"
 api = "article"
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 diffbot = DiffbotCrawl(token, name, seeds=seeds, api=api)
 time.sleep(5)
 status = diffbot.status()
-print "\nPrinting status:\n"
+print("\nPrinting status:\n")
 pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
-print pp.pprint(status)
-print "\nDeleting test crawl.\n"
-diffbot.delete()
\ No newline at end of file
+print(pp.pprint(status))
+print("\nDeleting test crawl.\n")
+diffbot.delete()
diff --git a/tests/unit_test.py b/tests/unit_test.py
index fe510a0..68140b6 100644
--- a/tests/unit_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit_test.py
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import os
-import urlparse
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import unittest
 import requests
-from mock import patch
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from client import DiffbotClient
 
 
 def fake_get(url, params):
-    path = urlparse.urlparse(url).path
+    path = urlparse(url).path
     path_tuple = os.path.split(path)
     api = path_tuple[len(path_tuple) - 1]
-    resource_file = os.path.normpath('tests/test_fixtures/%s.json' % api)
+    resource_file = os.path.normpath('test_fixtures/%s.json' % api)
     with open(resource_file, mode='rb') as file:
         json = file.read()
     r = requests.Response()