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+import requests
+from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
+import csv
+
+from passwords import *
+
+#credentialRanges = {"6": {"min": "20176", "max": "20350"}}
+
+memberLevels = ["CMS Staff",
+                "CMS Weekends Only",
+                "CMS Weekdays Only",
+                "CMS Unlimited",
+                "CMS Nights & Weekends"]
+
+ET.register_namespace("hid", "http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX")
+ET.register_namespace("hid", "http://www.hidcorp.com/VertX")
+XML = ET.Element("VertXMessage")
+#TODO: both those might need more stuff:
+#      recordOffset="0" recordCount="4" moreRecords="false"
+cardholders = ET.SubElement(XML, "hid:Cardholders",
+                            attrib={"action": "AD", "recordOffset": "0"})
+credentials = ET.SubElement(XML, "hid:Credentials", attrib={"action": "AD"})
+
+def doRequest(xml):
+    return requests.get(
+        'https://172.18.51.11/cgi-bin/vertx_xml.cgi',
+        params={'XML': b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' + ET.tostring(xml)},
+        auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(DOOR_USERNAME, DOOR_PASSWORD),
+        verify=False)
+
+
+def makeRoleSet(roleSetID, scheduleID):
+    roleSet = ET.SubElement(XML, "hid:RoleSet", attrib={"action": "UD",
+                                                        "roleSetID": str(roleSetID)})
+    roles = ET.SubElement(roleSet, "hid:Roles")
+    ET.SubElement(roles, "hid:Role", attrib={"roleID": str(roleSetID),
+                                             "scheduleID": str(scheduleID),
+                                             "resourceID": "0"})
+
+def makeCardHolder(id, fname, lname):
+    attrib={"cardhlderID": str(id),
+            "forename": fname,
+            "surname": lname,
+            # "email": "", #TODO
+            # "phone": "", #TODO
+            "roleSetID": str(id)}
+    ET.SubElement(cardholders, "hid:Cardholder", attrib=attrib)
+
+def makeCredential(cardNum, cardHolderID):
+    ET.SubElement(credentials, "hid:Credential",
+                  attrib={"isCard": "true", #TODO: needed?
+                          "cardNumber": str(cardNum),
+                          "cardholderID": str(cardHolderID),
+                          "formatID": "6"})
+
+def handleRow(index, row):
+    makeCardHolder(index, row["First Name"], row["Last Name"])
+
+    memberLevel = [roleSetID for roleSetID, name in enumerate(memberLevels, 1)
+                   if row[name] != ""]
+    if len(memberLevel) == 1:
+        makeRoleSet(index, memberLevel[0])
+    else:
+        print(row["First Name"], row["Last Name"], "has no/too many member levels!")
+
+    if row["Access Card Number"] != "":
+        makeCredential(row["Access Card Number"], index)
+
+def deleteStuff():
+    delXML = ET.Element("VertXMessage")
+    queryXML = ET.Element("VertXMessage")
+    ET.SubElement(queryXML, "hid:Credentials", attrib={"action": "LR"})
+    r = doRequest(queryXML)
+    respXML = ET.XML(r.text)
+
+    for cred in respXML[0]:
+        ET.SubElement(delXML, "hid:Credentials",
+                      attrib={"action": "DD",
+                              "isCard": "true",
+                              "rawCardNumber": cred.attrib["rawCardNumber"]})
+
+    for ii in range(1, 300):
+        ET.SubElement(delXML, "hid:Cardholders",
+                      attrib={"action": "DD", "cardholderID": str(ii)})
+
+    r = doRequest(delXML)
+    print(r.text)
+
+def main():
+    deleteStuff()
+
+    # Include schedules.xml fragment
+    # with open("schedules.xml") as f:
+    #     root = ET.XML(f.read())
+    #     for e in root:
+    #         XML.append(e)
+
+    with open("export-16.csv") as f:
+        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
+        for index, row in enumerate(reader, 1):
+            handleRow(index, row)
+
+    with open("/home/adam/scratch/test.xml", "wb") as f:
+        f.write(ET.tostring(XML))
+
+    r = doRequest(XML)
+    print(r.status_code, r.text)
+
+# if __name__ == '__main__':
+#     main()
+main()