old_contents: import requests
  from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
  import pickle
  import os
  
  def save_meps():
      url = "http://www.votewatch.eu//en/term8-european-parliament-members.html?limit=804"
      path = os.path.expanduser("~")
  
      r = requests.get(url)
      r.encoding = 'utf-8'
      soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, "html.parser")
      meps = soup.find_all('tr')
      countries = soup.find_all('td', class_='margin_image middle_align')
  
      idx = []
      i = 0
      for mep, country in zip(meps[1:], countries):
          i += 1
          ids = [i, mep.find('div').text.strip().lower(), country.text.strip().lower()]
          idx.append(ids)
  
      meps_path = os.path.join(path, ".meps")
      with open(meps_path, 'wb') as f:
          pickle.dump(idx, f, -1)
      print("File `.meps` generated in home directory")
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      save_meps()
new_contents: import requests
  from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
  import pickle
  import os
  
  def save_meps():
      # TODO - make this configurable
      url = "http://www.votewatch.eu//en/term9-european-parliament-members.html?limit=1000"
      path = os.path.expanduser("~")
  
      r = requests.get(url)
      r.encoding = 'utf-8'
      soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, "html.parser")
      meps = soup.find_all('tr')
      countries = soup.find_all('td', class_='margin_image middle_align')
  
      idx = []
      i = 0
      for mep, country in zip(meps[1:], countries):
          i += 1
          ids = [i, mep.find('div').text.strip().lower(), country.text.strip().lower()]
          idx.append(ids)
  
      meps_path = os.path.join(path, ".meps")
      with open(meps_path, 'wb') as f:
          pickle.dump(idx, f, -1)
      print("File `.meps` generated in home directory")
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      save_meps()
  
subject: Update url for new term