Extended comms/http.py so that it can also be used for non wiki site requests

Original-Change-Id: Ib7e8a545334d11b73e93a740b39690520ef209f6
Change-Id: Ifc9e29ce43cce63eff305b956da40b4e41f273f9
Merge "Extended comms/http.py so that it can also be used for non wiki site requests"