diff --git a/bgg_connection.py b/bgg_connection.py
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+import requests
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from pydantic import HttpUrl
+
+def url_to_xml_object(url: HttpUrl) -> ET.Element:
+    r = requests.get(url)
+    root = ET.fromstring(r.content)
+    return root