diff --git a/coursera/api.py b/coursera/api.py
index 0c803ac..be7d9e6 100644
--- a/coursera/api.py
+++ b/coursera/api.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from six.moves.urllib_parse import quote_plus
 
 from .utils import (BeautifulSoup, make_coursera_absolute_url,
                     extend_supplement_links, clean_url, clean_filename)
-from .network import get_page, get_page_json, post_page_and_reply, post_page_json
+from .network import get_reply, get_page, get_page_json, post_page_and_reply, post_page_json
 from .define import (OPENCOURSE_SUPPLEMENT_URL,
                      OPENCOURSE_PROGRAMMING_ASSIGNMENTS_URL,
                      OPENCOURSE_ASSET_URL,
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class Asset(namedtuple('Asset', 'id name type_name url data')):
     """
     __slots__ = ()
     def __repr__(self):
-        return 'Asset(id=%s, name=%s, type_name=%s, url=%s, data="<...>")' % (
+        return 'Asset(id="%s", name="%s", type_name="%s", url="%s", data="<...>")' % (
             self.id, self.name, self.type_name, self.url)
 
 
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ class AssetRetrievier(object):
             asset_dict = asset_map[asset_id]
             url = asset_dict['url']['url'].strip()
 
-            request = self._session.get(url)
-            if request.status_code == 200:
+            reply = get_reply(self._session, url)
+            if reply.status_code == 200:
                 result.append(Asset(id=asset_dict['id'].strip(),
                                     name=asset_dict['name'].strip(),
                                     type_name=asset_dict['typeName'].strip(),
                                     url=url,
-                                    data=request.content))
+                                    data=reply.content))
 
         return result
 
diff --git a/coursera/test/fixtures/json/asset-retriever/assets-reply.json b/coursera/test/fixtures/json/asset-retriever/assets-reply.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0015caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coursera/test/fixtures/json/asset-retriever/assets-reply.json
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{
+  "elements": [
+    {
+      "id": "bYHvf8YwEeWFNA5XwZEiOw",
+      "name": "M114.mp3",
+      "typeName": "audio",
+      "url": {
+        "url": "url1",
+        "expires": 1469664000000
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "VcmGXShKEea4ehL5RXz3EQ",
+      "name": "09_graph_decomposition_starter_files_1.zip",
+      "typeName": "generic",
+      "url": {
+        "url": "url2",
+        "expires": 1469664000000
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "bX9X18YwEeW7AxLLCrgDQQ",
+      "name": "M113.mp3",
+      "typeName": "audio",
+      "url": {
+        "url": "url3",
+        "expires": 1469664000000
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "bWTK9sYwEeW7AxLLCrgDQQ",
+      "name": "M111.mp3",
+      "typeName": "audio",
+      "url": {
+        "url": "url4",
+        "expires": 1469664000000
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "tZmigMYxEeWFNA5XwZEiOw",
+      "name": "M115.mp3",
+      "typeName": "audio",
+      "url": {
+        "url": "url5",
+        "expires": 1469664000000
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "bXCx18YwEeWicwr5JH8fgw",
+      "name": "M112.mp3",
+      "typeName": "audio",
+      "url": {
+        "url": "url6",
+        "expires": 1469664000000
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "VceKeChKEeaOMw70NkE3iw",
+      "name": "09_graph_decomposition_problems_1.pdf",
+      "typeName": "pdf",
+      "url": {
+        "url": "url7",
+        "expires": 1469664000000
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "paging": null,
+  "linked": null
+}
diff --git a/coursera/test/test_api.py b/coursera/test/test_api.py
index b178b64..21e8ac1 100644
--- a/coursera/test/test_api.py
+++ b/coursera/test/test_api.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from os.path import expanduser
 import json
 
 import pytest
-from mock import patch
+from mock import patch, Mock
 
 from coursera import api
 from coursera import define
@@ -298,7 +298,39 @@ def create_session():
     login(session, username, password)
     return session
 
-def test_asset_retriever():
+
+@patch('coursera.api.get_page_json')
+@patch('coursera.api.get_reply')
+def test_asset_retriever(get_reply, get_page_json):
+    reply = json.loads(slurp_fixture('json/asset-retriever/assets-reply.json'))
+    get_page_json.side_effect = [reply]
+    get_reply.side_effect = [Mock(status_code=200, content='<...>')] * 7
+
+    asset_ids = ['bWTK9sYwEeW7AxLLCrgDQQ',
+                 'bXCx18YwEeWicwr5JH8fgw',
+                 'bX9X18YwEeW7AxLLCrgDQQ',
+                 'bYHvf8YwEeWFNA5XwZEiOw',
+                 'tZmigMYxEeWFNA5XwZEiOw',
+                 'VceKeChKEeaOMw70NkE3iw',
+                 'VcmGXShKEea4ehL5RXz3EQ']
+
+    expected_output = [
+        api.Asset(id="bWTK9sYwEeW7AxLLCrgDQQ", name="M111.mp3", type_name="audio", url="url4", data="<...>"),
+        api.Asset(id="bXCx18YwEeWicwr5JH8fgw", name="M112.mp3", type_name="audio", url="url6", data="<...>"),
+        api.Asset(id="bX9X18YwEeW7AxLLCrgDQQ", name="M113.mp3", type_name="audio", url="url3", data="<...>"),
+        api.Asset(id="bYHvf8YwEeWFNA5XwZEiOw", name="M114.mp3", type_name="audio", url="url1", data="<...>"),
+        api.Asset(id="tZmigMYxEeWFNA5XwZEiOw", name="M115.mp3", type_name="audio", url="url5", data="<...>"),
+        api.Asset(id="VceKeChKEeaOMw70NkE3iw", name="09_graph_decomposition_problems_1.pdf", type_name="pdf", url="url7", data="<...>"),
+        api.Asset(id="VcmGXShKEea4ehL5RXz3EQ", name="09_graph_decomposition_starter_files_1.zip", type_name="generic", url="url2", data="<...>")
+    ]
+
+    retriever = api.AssetRetrievier(session=None)
+    actual_output = retriever(asset_ids)
+
+    assert expected_output == actual_output
+
+
+def old_test_asset_retriever():
     asset_ids = ['bWTK9sYwEeW7AxLLCrgDQQ',
                  'bXCx18YwEeWicwr5JH8fgw',
                  'bX9X18YwEeW7AxLLCrgDQQ',
@@ -316,5 +348,3 @@ def test_asset_retriever():
     assets = retriever(more)
 
     print(assets)
-    from ipdb import set_trace; set_trace()
-    print(assets)