old_contents: import requests
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
  from credentials import app_key, user_key, corp_id, report_id
  
  base_url = 'https://prod3.agileticketing.net/api/reporting.svc/xml/render'
  date = '&DatePicker=thisweek'
  report = '&MembershipMultiPicker=130&filename=memberactivity.xml'
  
  url = '{}{}{}{}{}{}{}'.format(base_url, app_key, user_key, corp_id, report_id,
                                date, report)
  # r = requests.get(url)
  # text = r.text
  # xml = text[3:]
  # root = ET.fromstring(xml)
  
  tree = ET.parse('data.xml')
  root = tree.getroot()
  
  members = root[1]
  collections = members[3]
  details = collections[0]
  
  first_name = details[2].text
  # print(first_name)
  
  for name in root.iter('{Membership_MemberList_Extract}FirstName'):
      print(name.text)
  
  for name in root.iter():
      print(name.tag)
  
new_contents: import requests
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
  from credentials import app_key, user_key, corp_id, report_id
  
  base_url = 'https://prod3.agileticketing.net/api/reporting.svc/xml/render'
  date = '&DatePicker=thisweek'
  report = '&MembershipMultiPicker=130&filename=memberactivity.xml'
  
  url = '{}{}{}{}{}{}{}'.format(base_url, app_key, user_key, corp_id, report_id,
                                date, report)
  # r = requests.get(url)
  # text = r.text
  # xml = text[3:]
  # root = ET.fromstring(xml)
  
  tree = ET.parse('data.xml')
  root = tree.getroot()
  
  members = root[1]
  collection = members[3]
  summary = root[0].attrib
  record_count = int(summary['Record_Count'])
  
  members = []
  
  
  def append_contacts(collection):
      '''Populates the contact and address dictionaries and then appends them to
      a contacts list.
  
      Arguments:
          contacts = The list the dictionary will be appended to.
      '''
      contact = {}
      address = {}
  
      contact['email_addresses'] = [collection[7].text]
      contact['first_name'] = collection[2].text.title()
      contact['last_name'] = collection[4].text.title()
      contact['home_phone'] = collection[19][0].attrib
      contact['custom_field 1'] = collection[26].text
  
      contact['addresses'] = [address]
  
      address['line1'] = collection[9].text
      address['line2'] = collection[10].text
      address['city'] = collection[11].text.title()
      address['state_code'] = collection[12].text
      address['postal_code'] = collection[13].text
  
      members.append(contact)
  
  for count in range(record_count):
      append_contacts(collection[count])
  
  print(members)
  
subject: Create dict out of member info and append to list