code: def response_body_to_dict(http_requests_response, content_type, xml_root_element_name=None, is_list=False):
      
  
      logger.info("Converting response body from API (XML or JSON) to Python dict")
      if HEADER_REPRESENTATION_JSON == content_type:
          try:
              return http_requests_response.json()
          except Exception, e:
              logger.error("Error parsing the response to JSON. Exception:" + str(e))
              raise e
      else:
          assert xml_root_element_name is not None,\
              "xml_root_element_name is a mandatory param when body is in XML"
  
          try:
              response_body = _xml_to_dict(http_requests_response.content)[xml_root_element_name]
          except Exception, e:
              logger.error("Error parsing the response to XML. Exception: " + str(e))
              raise e
  
          if is_list and response_body is not None:
              response_body = response_body.popitem()[1]
  
          return response_body
docs: Convert a XML or JSON response in a Python dict
      :param http_requests_response: 'Requests (lib)' response
      :param content_type: Expected content-type header value (Accept header value in the request)
      :param xml_root_element_name: For XML requests. XML root element in response.
      :param is_list: For XML requests. If response is a list, a True value will delete list node name
      :return: Python dict with response.