diff --git a/core/components/getyoutube/model/getyoutube/search.class.php b/core/components/getyoutube/model/getyoutube/search.class.php
index f672d73..2d5fb9b 100644
--- a/core/components/getyoutube/model/getyoutube/search.class.php
+++ b/core/components/getyoutube/model/getyoutube/search.class.php
@@ -17,21 +17,43 @@
  * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
  */
 
-class search {
+class Search {
+
+  /** @var modX $modx */
+  private $modx;
+  public function __construct(modX &$modx) {
+    $this->modx =& $modx;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * CURL request and return data.
+   *
+   * @param string $url The url to fetch.
+   * @return mixed $data The data returned.
+   */
+  public function file_get_contents_curl($url) {
+    $ch = curl_init();
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+    $data = curl_exec($ch);
+    curl_close($ch);
+    return $data;
+  }
+
   public function channel($channelUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$pageToken,$totalVar){
-    global $modx;
 
-    $json = file_get_contents($channelUrl)
-      or $modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'getYoutube() - Channel API request not recognised');
+    $json = $this->file_get_contents_curl($channelUrl)
+      or $this->modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'getYoutube() - Channel API request not recognised');
     $videos = json_decode($json, TRUE);
 
     /* SETUP PAGINATION */
     $total = $videos['pageInfo']['totalResults'];
-    $modx->setPlaceholder($totalVar,$total);
+    $this->modx->setPlaceholder($totalVar,$total);
     $nextPageToken = $videos['nextPageToken'];
-    if (!empty($nextPageToken) ? $modx->setPlaceholder('nextPage',$modx->makeUrl($modx->resource->get('id'),'','?page='.$nextPageToken,'full')) : '');
+    if (!empty($nextPageToken) ? $this->modx->setPlaceholder('nextPage',$this->modx->makeUrl($this->modx->resource->get('id'),'','?page='.$nextPageToken,'full')) : '');
     $prevPageToken = $videos['prevPageToken'];
-    if (!empty($prevPageToken) ? $modx->setPlaceholder('prevPage',$modx->makeUrl($modx->resource->get('id'),'','?page='.$prevPageToken,'full')) : '');
+    if (!empty($prevPageToken) ? $this->modx->setPlaceholder('prevPage',$this->modx->makeUrl($this->modx->resource->get('id'),'','?page='.$prevPageToken,'full')) : '');
 
     $idx = 0; //Starts index at 0
     $total = 0;
@@ -40,16 +62,16 @@ public function channel($channelUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$pageToken,$tota
 
     foreach($videos['items'] as $video) {
       /* SET PLACEHOLDERS */
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('id',$video['id']['videoId']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('url',"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" . $video['id']['videoId']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('embed_url',"https://www.youtube.com/embed/" . $video['id']['videoId']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('title',$video['snippet']['title']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('channel_title',$video['snippet']['channelTitle']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('description',$video['snippet']['description']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('publish_date',$video['snippet']['publishedAt']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_small',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['default']['url']); //120px wide and 90px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_medium',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['medium']['url']); //320px wide and 180px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_large',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['high']['url']); //480px wide and 360px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('id',$video['id']['videoId']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('url',"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" . $video['id']['videoId']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('embed_url',"https://www.youtube.com/embed/" . $video['id']['videoId']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('title',$video['snippet']['title']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('channel_title',$video['snippet']['channelTitle']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('description',$video['snippet']['description']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('publish_date',$video['snippet']['publishedAt']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_small',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['default']['url']); //120px wide and 90px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_medium',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['medium']['url']); //320px wide and 180px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_large',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['high']['url']); //480px wide and 360px tall
       /* SET TEMPLATES */
       if (!empty($tplAlt)) {
         if($idx % 2 == 0) { // Checks if index can be divided by 2 (alt)
@@ -62,11 +84,11 @@ public function channel($channelUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$pageToken,$tota
       }
       $idx++; //Increases index by +1
 
-      $results .= $modx->getChunk($rowTpl,$video);
+      $results .= $this->modx->getChunk($rowTpl,$video);
     }
     if(!empty($results)) {
       if (!empty($toPlaceholder)) {
-        $output = $modx->setPlaceholder($toPlaceholder,$results); //Set '$toPlaceholder' placeholder
+        $output = $this->modx->setPlaceholder($toPlaceholder,$results); //Set '$toPlaceholder' placeholder
       }else{
         $output = $results;
       }
@@ -74,19 +96,18 @@ public function channel($channelUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$pageToken,$tota
     return $output;
   }
   public function playlist($playlistUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$pageToken,$totalVar){
-    global $modx;
 
-    $json = file_get_contents($playlistUrl)
-      or $modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'getYoutube() - Playlist API request not recognised');
+    $json = $this->file_get_contents_curl($playlistUrl)
+      or $this->modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'getYoutube() - Playlist API request not recognised');
     $videos = json_decode($json, TRUE);
 
     /* SETUP PAGINATION */
     $total = $videos['pageInfo']['totalResults'];
-    $modx->setPlaceholder($totalVar,$total);
+    $this->modx->setPlaceholder($totalVar,$total);
     $nextPageToken = $videos['nextPageToken'];
-    if (!empty($nextPageToken) ? $modx->setPlaceholder('nextPage',$modx->makeUrl($modx->resource->get('id'),'','?page='.$nextPageToken,'full')) : '');
+    if (!empty($nextPageToken) ? $this->modx->setPlaceholder('nextPage',$this->modx->makeUrl($this->modx->resource->get('id'),'','?page='.$nextPageToken,'full')) : '');
     $prevPageToken = $videos['prevPageToken'];
-    if (!empty($prevPageToken) ? $modx->setPlaceholder('prevPage',$modx->makeUrl($modx->resource->get('id'),'','?page='.$prevPageToken,'full')) : '');
+    if (!empty($prevPageToken) ? $this->modx->setPlaceholder('prevPage',$this->modx->makeUrl($this->modx->resource->get('id'),'','?page='.$prevPageToken,'full')) : '');
 
     $idx = 0; //Starts index at 0
     $total = 0;
@@ -95,19 +116,19 @@ public function playlist($playlistUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$pageToken,$to
 
     foreach($videos['items'] as $video) {
       /* SET PLACEHOLDERS */
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('id',$video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('playlist_id',$video['snippet']['playlistId']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('url',"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" . $video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('embed_url',"https://www.youtube.com/embed/" . $video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('title',$video['snippet']['title']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('channel_title',$video['snippet']['channelTitle']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('description',$video['snippet']['description']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('publish_date',$video['snippet']['publishedAt']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_small',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['default']['url']); //120px wide and 90px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_medium',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['medium']['url']); //320px wide and 180px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_large',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['high']['url']); //480px wide and 360px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_standard',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['standard']['url']); //640px wide and 480px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_maxres',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['maxres']['url']); //1280px wide and 720px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('id',$video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('playlist_id',$video['snippet']['playlistId']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('url',"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" . $video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('embed_url',"https://www.youtube.com/embed/" . $video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('title',$video['snippet']['title']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('channel_title',$video['snippet']['channelTitle']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('description',$video['snippet']['description']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('publish_date',$video['snippet']['publishedAt']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_small',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['default']['url']); //120px wide and 90px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_medium',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['medium']['url']); //320px wide and 180px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_large',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['high']['url']); //480px wide and 360px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_standard',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['standard']['url']); //640px wide and 480px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_maxres',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['maxres']['url']); //1280px wide and 720px tall
 
       /* SET TEMPLATES */
       if (!empty($tplAlt)) {
@@ -121,11 +142,11 @@ public function playlist($playlistUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$pageToken,$to
       }
       $idx++; //Increases index by +1
 
-      $results .= $modx->getChunk($rowTpl,$video);
+      $results .= $this->modx->getChunk($rowTpl,$video);
     }
     if(!empty($results)) {
       if (!empty($toPlaceholder)) {
-        $output = $modx->setPlaceholder($toPlaceholder,$results); //Set '$toPlaceholder' placeholder
+        $output = $this->modx->setPlaceholder($toPlaceholder,$results); //Set '$toPlaceholder' placeholder
       }else{
         $output = $results;
       }
@@ -133,16 +154,13 @@ public function playlist($playlistUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$pageToken,$to
     return $output;
   }
   public function video($videoUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$totalVar){
-    global $modx;
 
-    $json = file_get_contents($videoUrl)
-      or $modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'getYoutube() - Video API request not recognised');
+    $json = $this->file_get_contents_curl($videoUrl) or $this->modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'getYoutube() - Video API request not recognised');
     $videos = json_decode($json, TRUE);
 
     /* SET TOTAL PLACEHOLDERS */
     $total = $videos['pageInfo']['totalResults'];
-    $modx->setPlaceholder($totalVar,$total);
-
+    $this->modx->setPlaceholder($totalVar,$total);
     $idx = 0; //Starts index at 0
     $total = 0;
 
@@ -150,28 +168,28 @@ public function video($videoUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$totalVar){
 
     foreach($videos['items'] as $video) {
       /* SET SNIPPET PLACEHOLDERS */
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('id',$video['id']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('url',"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" . $video['id']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('embed_url',"https://www.youtube.com/embed/" . $video['id']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('title',$video['snippet']['title']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('channel_title',$video['snippet']['channelTitle']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('description',$video['snippet']['description']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('publish_date',$video['snippet']['publishedAt']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('tags',implode(", ", $video['snippet']['tags']));
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('id',$video['id']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('url',"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" . $video['id']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('embed_url',"https://www.youtube.com/embed/" . $video['id']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('title',$video['snippet']['title']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('channel_title',$video['snippet']['channelTitle']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('description',$video['snippet']['description']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('publish_date',$video['snippet']['publishedAt']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('tags',implode(", ", $video['snippet']['tags']));
       /* SET IMAGE PLACEHOLDERS */
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_small',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['default']['url']); //120px wide and 90px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_medium',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['medium']['url']); //320px wide and 180px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_large',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['high']['url']); //480px wide and 360px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_standard',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['standard']['url']); //640px wide and 480px tall
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_maxres',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['maxres']['url']); //1280px wide and 720px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_small',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['default']['url']); //120px wide and 90px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_medium',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['medium']['url']); //320px wide and 180px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_large',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['high']['url']); //480px wide and 360px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_standard',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['standard']['url']); //640px wide and 480px tall
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('thumbnail_maxres',$video['snippet']['thumbnails']['maxres']['url']); //1280px wide and 720px tall
       /* SET CONTENT DETAIL PLACEHOLDERS */
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('duration',$video['contentDetails']['duration']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('duration',$video['contentDetails']['duration']);
       /* SET STATISTIC PLACEHOLDERS */
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('viewCount',$video['statistics']['viewCount']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('likeCount',$video['statistics']['likeCount']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('dislikeCount',$video['statistics']['dislikeCount']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('favoriteCount',$video['statistics']['favoriteCount']);
-      $modx->setPlaceholder('commentCount',$video['statistics']['commentCount']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('viewCount',$video['statistics']['viewCount']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('likeCount',$video['statistics']['likeCount']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('dislikeCount',$video['statistics']['dislikeCount']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('favoriteCount',$video['statistics']['favoriteCount']);
+      $this->modx->setPlaceholder('commentCount',$video['statistics']['commentCount']);
       /* SET TEMPLATES */
       if (!empty($tplAlt)) {
         if($idx % 2 == 0) { // Checks if index can be divided by 2 (alt)
@@ -184,11 +202,11 @@ public function video($videoUrl,$tpl,$tplAlt,$toPlaceholder,$totalVar){
       }
       $idx++; //Increases index by +1
 
-      $results .= $modx->getChunk($rowTpl,$video);
+      $results .= $this->modx->getChunk($rowTpl,$video);
     }
     if(!empty($results)) {
       if (!empty($toPlaceholder)) {
-        $output = $modx->setPlaceholder($toPlaceholder,$results); //Set '$toPlaceholder' placeholder
+        $output = $this->modx->setPlaceholder($toPlaceholder,$results); //Set '$toPlaceholder' placeholder
       }else{
         $output = $results;
       }