Lukazlim: Replace dependency `requests` with `httpx` (#12744)

* Replace dependency `requests` with `httpx`

Fixes #12742
Signed-off-by: Lim, Lukaz Wei Hwang <lukaz.wei.hwang.lim@intel.com>

* updating DIRECTORY.md

* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

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Signed-off-by: Lim, Lukaz Wei Hwang <lukaz.wei.hwang.lim@intel.com>
Co-authored-by: Lim, Lukaz Wei Hwang <lukaz.wei.hwang.lim@intel.com>
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