from lxml import etree
t = etree.fromstring(gmp.send_command('<get_tasks task_id="fa43a011-077e-489b-bf9f-b7173cc555b6"/>').encode())
task = t.find('.//task')
print('status=' + (task.findtext('status') or '?'))
print('progress=' + (task.findtext('progress') or '?'))
print('report_count=' + str(len(task.findall('.//report'))))