Try to fix SiCKRAGETV/sickrage-issues/issues/2568

sickbeard/helpers.py

@@ -1361,6 +1361,10 @@ def getURL(url, post_data=None, params={}, headers={}, timeout=30, session=None,
     try:
         # decide if we get or post data to server
         if post_data:
+	    for param in post_data:
+                if isinstance(post_data[param], unicode):
+                    post_data[param] = post_data[param].encode('utf-8')
+
             session.headers.update({'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})
             resp = session.post(url, data=post_data, timeout=timeout, allow_redirects=True, verify=session.verify)
         else:

sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from sickbeard import classes
 from sickbeard import helpers
 from sickbeard import show_name_helpers
 from sickbeard.exceptions import ex
-import requests
 from sickbeard.bs4_parser import BS4Parser
 from unidecode import unidecode
 from sickbeard.helpers import sanitizeSceneName
@@ -85,11 +84,9 @@ class TorrentLeechProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
                         'login': 'submit',
                         }
 
-        self.session = requests.Session()
-
         try:
             response = self.getURL(self.urls['login'],  post_data=login_params, timeout=30)
-        except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.HTTPError), e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.log(u'Unable to connect to ' + self.name + ' provider: ' + ex(e), logger.ERROR)
             return False