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diff --git a/include/py/hikvision/util.py b/include/py/hikvision/util.py
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+import requests
+import hashlib
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
+def xml_to_dict(xml_data: str) -> dict:
+    # Parse the XML data
+    root = ET.fromstring(xml_data)
+
+    # Function to remove namespace from the tag name
+    def remove_namespace(tag):
+        return tag.split('}')[-1]  # Splits on '}' and returns the last part, the actual tag name without namespace
+
+    # Function to recursively convert XML elements to a dictionary
+    def elem_to_dict(elem):
+        tag = remove_namespace(elem.tag)
+        elem_dict = {tag: {}}
+
+        # If the element has attributes, add them to the dictionary
+        elem_dict[tag].update({'@' + remove_namespace(k): v for k, v in elem.attrib.items()})
+
+        # Handle the element's text content, if present and not just whitespace
+        text = elem.text.strip() if elem.text and elem.text.strip() else None
+        if text:
+            elem_dict[tag]['#text'] = text
+
+        # Process child elements
+        for child in elem:
+            child_dict = elem_to_dict(child)
+            child_tag = remove_namespace(child.tag)
+            if child_tag not in elem_dict[tag]:
+                elem_dict[tag][child_tag] = []
+            elem_dict[tag][child_tag].append(child_dict[child_tag])
+
+        # Simplify structure if there's only text or no children and no attributes
+        if len(elem_dict[tag]) == 1 and '#text' in elem_dict[tag]:
+            return {tag: elem_dict[tag]['#text']}
+        elif not elem_dict[tag]:
+            return {tag: ''}
+
+        return elem_dict
+
+    # Convert the root element to dictionary
+    return elem_to_dict(root)
+
+
+def sha256_hex(input_string: str) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(input_string.encode()).hexdigest()