def fetch_url(url):
    """
    Fetch the given url, strip formfeeds and decode
    it into the defined encoding
    """

    with closing(urllib.urlopen(url)) as f:
        if f.code is 200:
            response = f.read()
            return strip_formfeeds(response).decode(ENCODING)
Fetch the given url, strip formfeeds and decode
    it into the defined encoding