a very small client for Namecheap API that I needed for automation

namecheap.py

from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import requests

NAMECHEAP_URL = "https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response"

class NamecheapClient:
    
    def __init__(self, api_key, api_user, user_name, client_ip):
        self.api_key = api_key
        self.api_user = api_user
        self.user_name = user_name
        self.client_ip = client_ip
    
    @property
    def base_payload(self):
        return {
            "ApiUser": self.api_user,
            "UserName": self.user_name,
            "ApiKey": self.api_key,
            "ClientIp": self.client_ip
        }
    
    def make_request(self, payload):
        for k, v in self.base_payload.items():
            payload[k] = v
        response = requests.get(NAMECHEAP_URL, params=payload)
        root = ET.fromstring(response.text)
        if root.get("Status") != "OK":
            raise Exception("API Error." + response.text)
        
        return root
    
    def get_hosts(self, domain, email_type=False):
        payload = {}
        payload['Command'] = 'namecheap.domains.dns.getHosts'

        self.add_domain(domain, payload)

        root = self.make_request(payload)
        if root.get("Status") != "OK":
            raise Exception

        hosts = [{
                "Address": raw_host.get("Address"),
                "HostName": raw_host.get("Name"),
                "MXPref": raw_host.get("MXPref"),
                "RecordType": raw_host.get("Type"),
                "TTL": raw_host.get("TTL")
            } for raw_host in root[3][0]]
        
        if email_type:
            hosts.append(root[3][0].get("EmailType"))
        
        return hosts
    
    def add_domain(self, domain, payload):
        sld, tld = domain.split(".")
        payload["TLD"] = tld
        payload["SLD"] = sld
    
    def set_hosts(self, domain, hosts, email_type):
        payload = {}
        payload['EmailType'] = email_type
        payload["Command"] = "namecheap.domains.dns.setHosts"
        self.add_domain(domain, payload)
        
        for index, host in enumerate(hosts, 1):
            for key, value in host.items():
                payload[key + str(index)] = value
        
        self.make_request(payload)
        return True
    
    def add_host(self, domain, host):
        current_hosts = self.get_hosts(domain, True)
        
        
        email_type = current_hosts[-1]
        new_hosts = current_hosts[:-1]
        new_hosts.append(host)
        
        return self.set_hosts(domain, new_hosts, email_type)
    
    def delete_host(self, domain, host_name):
        current_hosts = self.get_hosts(domain, True)
        
        email_type = current_hosts[-1]
        new_hosts = list(filter(lambda host: host["HostName"] != host_name, current_hosts[:-1]))
        return self.set_hosts(domain, new_hosts, email_type)