How to send http commands to devices (AirScape House Fan)

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me out. I have an AirScape House Fan that can receive htttp commands. For example, you can send something like http://192.168.0.20/fanspd.cgi?dir=4 to the fan controller to turn it off. I'm sure I'll have to create virtual devices and/or events for this but I can't figure out what else I would need to do. I've never gotten into script writing with HS3. I went through a lot fo the User Documentation but I don't even know where to start with this.

Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks

Joel