def xmlToDict(element):
    return dict(field1=element.findtext('tag1'), field2=element.findtext(
        'tag2'))

def loadRow(aDict):
    f = MyObjectLoadForm(aDict)
if f.is_valid():
    f.save()

def parseAndLoad(someFile):
    doc = ET.parse(someFile).getroot()
How to externally populate a Django model?