diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/poll/__init__.py b/platypush/backend/http/poll/__init__.py
index 217b3e6c..2d6ab347 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/poll/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/poll/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import json
-import requests
+import importlib
+import time
 
-from threading import Thread
-
-from platypush.message.response import Response
-
-from .. import Backend
+from platypush.bus import Bus
+from platypush.backend import Backend
+from platypush.backend.http.request import HttpRequest
 
 
 class HttpPollBackend(Backend):
@@ -14,36 +12,62 @@ class HttpPollBackend(Backend):
     the bus whenever something new happened. Example configuration:
 
     backend.http.poll:
-        services:
+        requests:
             -
-                type: platypush.backend.http.service.ota.booking.GetReservations
+                method: GET
+                type: platypush.backend.http.request.JsonHttpRequest
                 args:
-                    token: YOUR_TOKEN
-                poll_seconds: 10  # Check for updates on this endpoint every 10 seconds
-                limit: 5  # Return the first 5 (new) results (default: all)
+                    url: https://hub-api.booking.com/v1/hotels/84326/reservations
+                    headers:
+                        X-Booking-Auth-Token: UXsYtIMJKCJB07/P/5Tz1iV8lzVY5kVVF0ZEnQRe+cg0
+                    params:
+                        updatedSince: 2018-01-09
+
+                poll_seconds: 10  # Check for updates on this endpoint every 10 seconds (default: 60)
+                timeout: 5  # Times out after 5 seconds (default)
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, services, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, requests, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Params:
-            services -- List/iterable of HttpService objects
+            requests -- List/iterable of HttpRequest objects
         """
 
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.services = services
+
+        self.requests = []
+        self.http_bus = Bus()
+
+        for request in requests:
+            if isinstance(request, dict):
+                type = request['type']
+                (module, name) = ('.'.join(type.split('.')[:-1]), type.split('.')[-1])
+                module = importlib.import_module(module)
+                request = getattr(module, name)(bus=self.http_bus, **request)
+            elif isinstance(request, HttpRequest):
+                request.bus = self.http_bus
+            else:
+                raise RuntimeError('Request should either be a dict or a ' +
+                                   'HttpRequest object, {} found'.format(type(request)))
+
+            self.requests.append(request)
 
 
     def run(self):
         super().run()
 
+        while not self.should_stop():
+            for request in self.requests:
+                if not request.is_alive() and (
+                        request.last_call_timestamp is None or
+                        time.time() - request.last_call_timestamp > request.poll_seconds):
+                    response = request.execute()
+                    print('**** RESPONSE: {}'.format(response))
+
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+
     def send_message(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-    def on_stop(self):
-        pass
-
-    def stop(self):
-        super().stop()
+        self.http_bus.post(msg)
 
 
 # vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/request/__init__.py b/platypush/backend/http/request/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..751461b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/request/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import copy
+import json
+import re
+import requests
+import time
+
+from frozendict import frozendict
+from threading import Thread
+
+from platypush.message.response import Response
+
+class HttpRequest(Thread):
+    poll_seconds = 60
+    timeout = 5
+    bus = None
+    last_call_timestamp = None
+
+
+    class HttpRequestArguments(object):
+        def __init__(self, url, method='get', *args, **kwargs):
+            self.method = method.lower()
+            self.url = url
+            self.args = args
+            self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+
+    def __init__(self, args, poll_seconds=None, timeout=None, bus=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self.poll_seconds = poll_seconds or self.poll_seconds
+        self.timeout = timeout or self.timeout
+        self.bus = bus or self.bus
+
+        if isinstance(args, self.HttpRequestArguments):
+            self.args = args
+        elif isinstance(args, dict):
+            self.args = self.HttpRequestArguments(**args)
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError('{} is neither a dictionary nor an HttpRequest')
+
+
+    def execute(self):
+        self.last_call_timestamp = time.time()
+
+        method = getattr(requests, self.args.method.lower())
+        response = method(self.args.url, *self.args.args, **self.args.kwargs)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        return response
+
+
+class JsonHttpRequest(HttpRequest):
+    def __init__(self, path=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.path = path
+        self.seen_entries = set()
+
+
+    def execute(self):
+        is_first_call = self.last_call_timestamp is None
+        response = super().execute().json()
+        new_entries = []
+
+        if self.path:
+            m = re.match('\$\{\s*(.*)\s*\}', self.path)
+            response = eval(m.group(1))
+
+        for entry in response:
+            flattened_entry = deep_freeze(entry)
+            if flattened_entry not in self.seen_entries:
+                new_entries.append(entry)
+            self.seen_entries.add(flattened_entry)
+
+        return new_entries
+
+
+def deep_freeze(x):
+    if isinstance(x, str) or not hasattr(x, "__len__") :
+        return x
+    if hasattr(x, "keys") and hasattr(x, "values") :
+        return frozendict({deep_freeze(k) : deep_freeze(v) for k,v in x.items()})
+    if hasattr(x, "__getitem__") :
+        return tuple(map(deep_freeze, x))
+
+    return frozenset(map(deep_freeze,x))
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
+
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/request/ota/__init__.py b/platypush/backend/http/request/ota/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/request/ota/booking/__init__.py b/platypush/backend/http/request/ota/booking/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 295fb348..1f1a4051 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ websocket-client
 # HTTP backend support
 flask
 
+# HTTP poll backend support
+frozendict
+
 # Database plugin support
 sqlalchemy
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 484f58c8..408bc6a9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ setup(
         'Support for Apache Kafka backend': ['kafka-python'],
         'Support for Pushbullet backend': ['requests', 'websocket-client'],
         'Support for HTTP backend': ['flask'],
+        'Support for HTTP poll backend': ['frozendict'],
         'Support for database plugin': ['sqlalchemy'],
         'Support for Philips Hue plugin': ['phue'],
         'Support for MPD/Mopidy music server plugin': ['python-mpd2'],
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ setup(
         'Support for text2speech plugin': ['mplayer'],
         'Support for OMXPlayer plugin': ['omxplayer'],
         'Support for YouTube in the OMXPlayer plugin': ['youtube-dl'],
-        'Support for Google Assistant': ['google-assistant-sdk[samples]'],
+        'Support for Google Assistant': ['google-assistant-library'],
         # 'Support for Flic buttons': ['git+ssh://git@github.com/50ButtonsEach/fliclib-linux-hci']
     },
 )