diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/__init__.py b/bugwarrior/services/__init__.py
index ec0c528d6..21862bd9d 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/__init__.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/__init__.py
@@ -488,6 +488,23 @@ def __repr__(self):
         return '<%s>' % self.__unicode__()
 
 
+class ServiceClient(object):
+    @staticmethod
+    def json_response(response, url):
+        # If we didn't get good results, just bail.
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            raise IOError(
+                "Non-200 status code %r; %r; %r" % (
+                    response.status_code, url, response.text,
+                ))
+        if callable(response.json):
+            # Newer python-requests
+            return response.json()
+        else:
+            # Older python-requests
+            return response.json
+
+
 def _aggregate_issues(conf, main_section, target, queue, service_name):
     """ This worker function is separated out from the main
     :func:`aggregate_issues` func only so that we can use multiprocessing
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/activecollab2.py b/bugwarrior/services/activecollab2.py
index a6cbb13ac..c92a80958 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/activecollab2.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/activecollab2.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 import requests
 from twiggy import log
 
-from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
+from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 from bugwarrior.config import die
 
 
-class ActiveCollab2Client(object):
+class ActiveCollab2Client(ServiceClient):
     def __init__(self, url, key, user_id, projects):
         self.url = url
         self.key = key
@@ -71,21 +71,7 @@ def call_api(self, uri):
             'path_info': uri,
             'format': 'json'}
 
-        response = requests.get(url, params=params)
-
-        # And.. if we didn't get good results, just bail.
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            raise IOError(
-                "Non-200 status code %r; %r; %r" % (
-                    response.status_code, url, response.text,
-                )
-            )
-        if callable(response.json):
-            # Newer python-requests
-            return response.json()
-        else:
-            # Older python-requests
-            return response.json
+        return self.json_response(requests.get(url, params=params), url)
 
 
 class ActiveCollab2Issue(Issue):
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py b/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
index eef2b7b28..e969d8960 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior import data
-from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
+from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 from bugwarrior.config import asbool, die
 
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def get_default_description(self):
         )
 
 
-class BitbucketService(IssueService):
+class BitbucketService(IssueService, ServiceClient):
     ISSUE_CLASS = BitbucketIssue
     CONFIG_PREFIX = 'bitbucket'
 
@@ -145,21 +145,7 @@ def get_data(self, url, **kwargs):
         elif 'basic' in self.auth:
             kwargs['auth'] = self.auth['basic']
 
-        response = requests.get(api + url, **kwargs)
-
-        # And.. if we didn't get good results, just bail.
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            raise IOError(
-                "Non-200 status code %r; %r; %r" % (
-                    response.status_code, url, response.text,
-                )
-            )
-        if callable(response.json):
-            # Newer python-requests
-            return response.json()
-        else:
-            # Older python-requests
-            return response.json
+        return self.json_response(requests.get(api + url, **kwargs), url)
 
     @classmethod
     def validate_config(cls, config, target):
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/gitlab.py b/bugwarrior/services/gitlab.py
index d4cc4ac52..9861075f4 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/gitlab.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/gitlab.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import asbool, die
-from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
+from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 
 
 class GitlabIssue(Issue):
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def get_default_description(self):
         )
 
 
-class GitlabService(IssueService):
+class GitlabService(IssueService, ServiceClient):
     ISSUE_CLASS = GitlabIssue
     CONFIG_PREFIX = 'gitlab'
 
@@ -281,17 +281,7 @@ def _fetch(self, tmpl, **kwargs):
             requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
         response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, verify=self.verify_ssl, **kwargs)
 
-        if callable(response.json):
-            json_res = response.json()
-        else:
-            json_res = response.json
-
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            raise IOError(
-                "Non-200 status code %r; %r; %r" %(
-                    response.status_code, url, json_res))
-
-        return json_res
+        return self.json_response(response, url)
 
     def _fetch_paged(self, tmpl):
         params = {
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/redmine.py b/bugwarrior/services/redmine.py
index 7c60df899..45a27c82f 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/redmine.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/redmine.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import die
-from bugwarrior.services import Issue, IssueService
+from bugwarrior.services import Issue, IssueService, ServiceClient
 
 
-class RedMineClient(object):
+class RedMineClient(ServiceClient):
     def __init__(self, url, key, auth):
         self.url = url
         self.key = key
@@ -27,21 +27,7 @@ def call_api(self, uri, params):
         if self.auth:
             kwargs['auth'] = self.auth
 
-        response = requests.get(url, **kwargs)
-
-        # And.. if we didn't get good results, just bail.
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            raise IOError(
-                "Non-200 status code %r; %r; %r" % (
-                    response.status_code, url, response.text,
-                )
-            )
-        if callable(response.json):
-            # Newer python-requests
-            return response.json()
-        else:
-            # Older python-requests
-            return response.json
+        return self.json_response(requests.get(url, **kwargs), url)
 
 
 class RedMineIssue(Issue):
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/taiga.py b/bugwarrior/services/taiga.py
index 6ef6836b9..f89236dc9 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/taiga.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/taiga.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from bugwarrior.db import CACHE_REGION as cache
 from bugwarrior.config import die
-from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
+from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 
 
 class TaigaIssue(Issue):
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def get_default_description(self):
         )
 
 
-class TaigaService(IssueService):
+class TaigaService(IssueService, ServiceClient):
     ISSUE_CLASS = TaigaIssue
     CONFIG_PREFIX = 'taiga'
 
@@ -108,10 +108,7 @@ def issues(self):
     @cache.cache_on_arguments()
     def get_project(self, project_id):
         url = '%s/api/v1/projects/%i' % (self.url, project_id)
-        response = self.session.get(url)
-        if not bool(response):
-            raise IOError("Failed to talk to %r, %r" % (url, response))
-        return response.json()
+        return self.json_response(self.session.get(url))
 
     def build_url(self, story, project):
         return '%s/project/%s/us/%i' % (self.url, project['slug'], story['ref'])
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/teamlab.py b/bugwarrior/services/teamlab.py
index e96207df2..a69f42fa9 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/teamlab.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/teamlab.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import die
-from bugwarrior.services import Issue, IssueService
+from bugwarrior.services import Issue, IssueService, ServiceClient
 
 
-class TeamLabClient(object):
+class TeamLabClient(ServiceClient):
     def __init__(self, hostname, verbose=False):
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.verbose = verbose
@@ -34,19 +34,7 @@ def call_api(self, uri, post=None, params=None):
         response = (requests.post(uri, data=post, **kwargs) if post
                     else requests.get(uri, **kwargs))
 
-        # And.. if we didn't get good results, just bail.
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            raise IOError(
-                "Non-200 status code %r; %r; %r" % (
-                    response.status_code, uri, response.text,
-                )
-            )
-        if callable(response.json):
-            # Newer python-requests
-            return response.json()
-        else:
-            # Older python-requests
-            return response.json
+        return self.json_response(response, uri)
 
 
 class TeamLabIssue(Issue):