code: def get_balance(self):
          
  
          xml_root = self.__init_xml('Balance')
  
          response = clockwork_http.request(BALANCE_URL, etree.tostring(xml_root, encoding='utf-8'))
          data_etree = etree.fromstring(response['data'])
  
          err_desc = data_etree.find('ErrDesc')
          if err_desc is not None:
              raise clockwork_exceptions.ApiException(err_desc.text, data_etree.find('ErrNo').text)
  
          result = {}
          result['account_type'] = data_etree.find('AccountType').text
          result['balance'] = data_etree.find('Balance').text
          result['currency'] = data_etree.find('Currency').text
          return result
docs: Check the balance fot this account.
             Returns a dictionary containing:
             account_type: The account type
             balance: The balance remaining on the account
             currency: The currency used for the account balance. Assume GBP in not set