old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  import json
  import xlrd
  import requests
  
  URL = (
      "https://www.hnb.hr/documents/20182/121798/tf-pp-ds-vbb-xlsx-e-vbb.xlsx/"
      "06982c63-13e3-4aa0-846d-afb7956ee731"
  )
  
  
  def process():
      registry = []
  
      book = xlrd.open_workbook(file_contents=requests.get(URL).content)
      sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)
  
      for row in list(sheet.get_rows())[4:]:
          name, bank_code, bic = row[1:]
          if bank_code.value != "":
              registry.append(
                  {
                      "country_code": "HR",
                      "primary": True,
                      "bic": bic.value.upper().replace(" ", ""),
                      "bank_code": int(bank_code.value),
                      "name": name.value,
                      "short_name": name.value,
                  }
              )
      return registry
  
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      with open("schwifty/bank_registry/generated_hr.json", "w") as fp:
          json.dump(process(), fp, indent=2)
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  import json
  import xlrd
  import requests
  
  URL = (
      "https://www.hnb.hr/documents/20182/121798/tf-pp-ds-vbb-xlsx-e-vbb.xlsx/"
      "06982c63-13e3-4aa0-846d-afb7956ee731"
  )
  
  
  def process():
      registry = []
  
      book = xlrd.open_workbook(file_contents=requests.get(URL).content)
      sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)
  
      for row in list(sheet.get_rows())[4:]:
          name, bank_code, bic = row[1:]
          registry.append(
              {
                  "country_code": "HR",
                  "primary": True,
                  "bic": bic.value.upper().replace(" ", ""),
                  "bank_code": int(bank_code.value),
                  "name": name.value,
                  "short_name": name.value,
              }
          )
      return registry
  
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      with open("schwifty/bank_registry/generated_hr.json", "w") as fp:
          json.dump(process(), fp, indent=2)
  
subject: Remove unnecessary if statement