diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vine.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vine.py
index 99e0b6400..076c87119 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vine.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vine.py
@@ -60,37 +60,32 @@ class VineIE(InfoExtractor):
             'formats': formats,
         }
 
+
 class VineUserIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'vine:user'
     _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?vine\.co/(?P<user>[^/]+)/?(\?.*)?$'
     _VINE_BASE_URL = "https://vine.co/"
 
-    def _profile_url(self, user):
-        return "%sapi/users/profiles/vanity/%s"%(self._VINE_BASE_URL, user)
-
-    def _timeline_url(self, user_id, page=1):
-        return "%sapi/timelines/users/%s?page=%s"%(self._VINE_BASE_URL, user_id, page)
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        user = mobj.group('user')
 
-    def _profile_data(self, user):
-        return self._download_json(self._profile_url(user), user)
+        profile_url = "%sapi/users/profiles/vanity/%s" % (
+            self._VINE_BASE_URL, user)
+        profile_data = self._download_json(
+            profile_url, user, note='Downloading user profile data')
 
-    def _timeline_data(self, user):
-        profile_data = self._profile_data(user)
         user_id = profile_data['data']['userId']
         timeline_data = []
         for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
-            timeline_page = self._download_json(self._timeline_url(user_id, pagenum), user)
+            timeline_url = "%sapi/timelines/users/%s?page=%s" % (
+                self._VINE_BASE_URL, user_id, pagenum)
+            timeline_page = self._download_json(
+                timeline_url, user, note='Downloading page %d' % pagenum)
             timeline_data.extend(timeline_page['data']['records'])
             if timeline_page['data']['nextPage'] is None:
                 break
-        return timeline_data
 
-    def _extract_videos(self, user):
-        timeline_data = self._timeline_data(user)
-        entries = [self.url_result(e['permalinkUrl'], 'Vine') for e in timeline_data]
+        entries = [
+            self.url_result(e['permalinkUrl'], 'Vine') for e in timeline_data]
         return self.playlist_result(entries, user)
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        user = mobj.group('user')
-        return self._extract_videos(user)