Release v0.5.5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.5.5
+Released 04 May 2015
+
+Highlights:
+* Added: force ID3v2.3 during post processing (#2121)
+* Added: MusicBrainz authentication (#2125)
+* Added: Email notifications (addresses #1045)
+* Fixed: Kickass url updated to kickass.to (#2119)
+* Fixed: Piratebay returning 0 bytes for all files
+* Fixed: Albums stopped automatically refreshing when adding an artist
+* Fixed: Min/max sizes for target bitrate
+* Fixed: Don't filter any results if looking for a specific download
+* Fixed: Sort by size in the specific download table
+* Fixed: Deal with beets recommendation.none correctly
+* Improved: Close dialog window automatically when choosing a specific download
+* Improved: Move some repetitive log messages to debug level
+
+The full list of commits can be found [here](https://github.com/rembo10/headphones/compare/v0.5.4...v0.5.5).
+
 ## v0.5.4
 Released 05 February 2015
 

data/interfaces/default/album.html

@@ -337,6 +337,21 @@
         });
     }
 
+    jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
+		"title-numeric-pre": function ( a ) {
+			var x = a.match(/title="*(-?[0-9\.]+)/)[1];
+			return parseFloat( x );
+		},
+
+		"title-numeric-asc": function ( a, b ) {
+			return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
+		},
+
+        "title-numeric-desc": function ( a, b ) {
+            return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0));
+        }
+    } );
+
 	$(document).ready(function()	{
 		getAlbumInfo();
 		initThisPage();

data/interfaces/default/config.html

@@ -786,6 +786,10 @@
                                         Embed lyrics
                                         <input type="checkbox" name="embed_lyrics" value="1" ${config['embed_lyrics']}>
                                     </label>
+                                    <label title="Use ID3v2.3 instead of ID3v2.4">
+                                        Tag using ID3v2.3
+                                        <input type="checkbox" name="idtag" value="1" ${config['idtag']}>
+                                    </label>
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="row">
                                     <label>
@@ -1104,6 +1108,39 @@
                                 </div>
                             </fieldset>
 
+                           <fieldset>
+                                <h3>Email</h3>
+                                <div class="row checkbox">
+                                    <input type="checkbox" name="email_enabled" id="email" value="1" ${config['email_enabled']} /><label>Enable Email Notifications</label>
+                                </div>
+                                <div id="email_options">
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <label>From</label><input type="text" name="email_from" value="${config['email_from']}" size="254">
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <label>To</label><input type="text" name="email_to" value="${config['email_to']}" size="254">
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <label>SMTP Server</label><input type="text" name="email_smtp_server" value="${config['email_smtp_server']}" size="254">
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <label>SMTP User</label><input type="text" name="email_smtp_user" value="${config['email_smtp_user']}" size="254">
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <label>SMTP Password</label><input type="password" name="email_smtp_password" value="${config['email_smtp_password']}" size="50">
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row checkbox">
+                                        <input type="text" class="override-float" name="email_smtp_port" value="${config['email_smtp_port']}" size="4"><label>SMTP Port</label>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row checkbox">
+                                        <input type="checkbox" name="email_tls" value="1" ${config['email_tls']} /><label>TLS</label>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row checkbox">
+                                        <input type="checkbox" name="email_onsnatch" value="1" ${config['email_onsnatch']} /><label>Notify on snatch?</label>
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                            </fieldset>
+
                             <fieldset>
                             </td>
                     </tr>
@@ -1416,6 +1453,17 @@
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label>Port</label><input type="text" name="customport" value="${config['customport']}" size="8">
                                     </div>
+                                    <div class="row checkbox">
+                                        <input type="checkbox" name="customauth" id="customauth" value="1" ${config['customauth']} /><label>Requires Authentication</label>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div id="customauth_options">
+                                        <div class="row">
+                                            <label>Username</label><input type="text" class="customuser" name="customuser" value="${config['customuser']}" size="20">
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="row">
+                                            <label>Password</label><input type="password" class="custompass" name="custompass" value="${config['custompass']}" size="15"><br>
+                                        </div>
+                                    </div>
                                     <div class="row">
                                         <label>Sleep Interval</label><input type="text" name="customsleep" value="${config['customsleep']}" size="4">
                                     </div>
@@ -1526,6 +1574,25 @@
                     $('#api_key').val(data);
             });
         });
+                if ($("#customauth").is(":checked"))
+                        {
+                            $("#customauth_options").show();
+                        }
+                else
+                        {
+                            $("#customauth_options").hide();
+                        }
+
+                $("#customauth").click(function(){
+                        if ($("#customauth").is(":checked"))
+                        {
+                            $("#customauth_options").slideDown();
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            $("#customauth_options").slideUp();
+                        }
+                });
                 if ($("#enable_https").is(":checked"))
                         {
                             $("#https_options").show();
@@ -1866,6 +1933,26 @@
                         }
                 });
 
+               if ($("#email").is(":checked"))
+                        {
+                            $("#email_options").show();
+                        }
+                else
+                        {
+                            $("#email_options").hide();
+                        }
+
+                $("#email").click(function(){
+                        if ($("#email").is(":checked"))
+                        {
+                            $("#email_options").slideDown();
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            $("#email_options").slideUp();
+                        }
+                });
+
                 if ($("#songkick").is(":checked"))
                         {
                             $("#songkickoptions").show();
@@ -2074,6 +2161,7 @@
                 initConfigCheckbox("#use_whatcd");
                 initConfigCheckbox("#api_enabled");
                 initConfigCheckbox("#enable_https");
+                initConfigCheckbox("#customauth");
 
 
                 $('#twitterStep1').click(function () {

headphones/config.py

@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'CUE_SPLIT': (int, 'General', 1),
     'CUE_SPLIT_FLAC_PATH': (str, 'General', ''),
     'CUE_SPLIT_SHNTOOL_PATH': (str, 'General', ''),
+    'CUSTOMAUTH': (int, 'General', 0),
     'CUSTOMHOST': (str, 'General', 'localhost'),
+    'CUSTOMPASS': (str, 'General', ''),
     'CUSTOMPORT': (int, 'General', 5000),
     'CUSTOMSLEEP': (int, 'General', 1),
+    'CUSTOMUSER': (str, 'General', ''),
     'DELETE_LOSSLESS_FILES': (int, 'General', 1),
     'DESTINATION_DIR': (str, 'General', ''),
     'DETECT_BITRATE': (int, 'General', 0),
@@ -54,6 +57,15 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'DOWNLOAD_SCAN_INTERVAL': (int, 'General', 5),
     'DOWNLOAD_TORRENT_DIR': (str, 'General', ''),
     'DO_NOT_OVERRIDE_GIT_BRANCH': (int, 'General', 0),
+    'EMAIL_ENABLED': (int, 'Email', 0),
+    'EMAIL_FROM': (str, 'Email', ''),
+    'EMAIL_TO': (str, 'Email', ''),
+    'EMAIL_SMTP_SERVER': (str, 'Email', ''),
+    'EMAIL_SMTP_USER': (str, 'Email', ''),
+    'EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD': (str, 'Email', ''),
+    'EMAIL_SMTP_PORT': (int, 'Email', 25),
+    'EMAIL_TLS': (int, 'Email', 0),
+    'EMAIL_ONSNATCH': (int, 'Email', 0),
     'EMBED_ALBUM_ART': (int, 'General', 0),
     'EMBED_LYRICS': (int, 'General', 0),
     'ENABLE_HTTPS': (int, 'General', 0),
@@ -92,6 +104,7 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'HTTP_PROXY': (int, 'General', 0),
     'HTTP_ROOT': (str, 'General', '/'),
     'HTTP_USERNAME': (str, 'General', ''),
+    'IDTAG': (int, 'Beets', 0),
     'IGNORED_WORDS': (str, 'General', ''),
     'IGNORED_FOLDERS': (list, 'Advanced', []),
     'IGNORED_FILES': (list, 'Advanced', []),

headphones/helpers.py

@@ -173,15 +173,15 @@ def piratesize(size):
     factor = float(split[0])
     unit = split[1].upper()
     
-    if unit == 'MiB':
+    if unit == 'MIB':
         size = factor * 1048576
     elif unit == 'MB':
         size = factor * 1000000
-    elif unit == 'GiB':
+    elif unit == 'GIB':
         size = factor * 1073741824
     elif unit == 'GB':
         size = factor * 1000000000
-    elif unit == 'KiB':
+    elif unit == 'KIB':
         size = factor * 1024
     elif unit == 'KB':
         size = factor * 1000

headphones/mb.py

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def startmb():
     elif headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "custom":
         mbhost = headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMHOST
         mbport = int(headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMPORT)
+        mbuser = headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMUSER
+        mbpass = headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMPASS
         sleepytime = int(headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMSLEEP)
     elif headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "headphones":
         mbhost = "144.76.94.239"
@@ -69,12 +71,16 @@ def startmb():
         mb_lock.minimum_delta = sleepytime
 
     # Add headphones credentials
-    if headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "headphones":
+    if headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "headphones" or headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMAUTH:
-        if not mbuser and mbpass:
+        if not mbuser or not mbpass:
-            logger.warn("No username or password set for VIP server")
+            logger.warn("No username or password set for MusicBrainz server")
         else:
             musicbrainzngs.hpauth(mbuser, mbpass)
 
+    # Let us know if we disable custom authentication
+    if not headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMAUTH and headphones.CONFIG.MIRROR == "custom":
+        musicbrainzngs.disable_hpauth()
+
     logger.debug('Using the following server values: MBHost: %s, MBPort: %i, Sleep Interval: %i', mbhost, mbport, sleepytime)
 
     return True

headphones/notifiers.py

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ import json
 import oauth2 as oauth
 import pythontwitter as twitter
 
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+import smtplib
+import email.utils
+
+
 class GROWL(object):
     """
     Growl notifications, for OS X.
@@ -827,3 +832,31 @@ class SubSonicNotifier(object):
         # Invoke request
         request.request_response(self.host + "musicFolderSettings.view?scanNow",
             auth=(self.username, self.password))
+
+class Email(object):
+
+    def notify(self, subject, message):
+
+        message = MIMEText(message, 'plain', "utf-8")
+        message['Subject'] = subject
+        message['From'] = email.utils.formataddr(('Headphones', headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_FROM))
+        message['To'] = headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_TO
+
+        try:
+            mailserver = smtplib.SMTP(headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_SERVER, headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_PORT)
+
+            if (headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_TLS):
+                mailserver.starttls()
+
+            mailserver.ehlo()
+
+            if headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_USER:
+                mailserver.login(headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_USER, headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD)
+
+            mailserver.sendmail(headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_FROM, headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_TO, message.as_string())
+            mailserver.quit()
+            return True
+
+        except Exception, e:
+            logger.warn('Error sending Email: %s' % e)
+            return False

headphones/postprocessor.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import itertools
 import headphones
 
 from beets import autotag
+from beets import config as beetsconfig
 from beets.mediafile import MediaFile, FileTypeError, UnreadableFileError
 from beetsplug import lyrics as beetslyrics
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ postprocessor_lock = threading.Lock()
 
 
 def checkFolder():
-    logger.info("Checking download folder for completed downloads (only snatched ones).")
+    logger.debug("Checking download folder for completed downloads (only snatched ones).")
 
     with postprocessor_lock:
         myDB = db.DBConnection()
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def checkFolder():
             else:
                 logger.info("No folder name found for " + album['Title'])
 
-    logger.info("Checking download folder finished.")
+    logger.debug("Checking download folder finished.")
 
 def verify(albumid, albumpath, Kind=None, forced=False):
 
@@ -513,6 +514,12 @@ def doPostProcessing(albumid, albumpath, release, tracks, downloaded_track_list,
         mpc = notifiers.MPC()
         mpc.notify()
 
+    if headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_ENABLED:
+        logger.info(u"Sending Email notification")
+        email = notifiers.Email()
+        subject = release['ArtistName'] + ' - ' + release['AlbumTitle']
+        email.notify(subject, "Download and Postprocessing completed")
+
 
 def embedAlbumArt(artwork, downloaded_track_list):
     logger.info('Embedding album art')
@@ -858,7 +865,7 @@ def correctMetadata(albumid, release, downloaded_track_list):
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error('Error getting recommendation: %s. Not writing metadata', e)
             return
-        if str(rec) == 'recommendation.none':
+        if str(rec) == 'Recommendation.none':
             logger.warn('No accurate album match found for %s, %s -  not writing metadata', release['ArtistName'], release['AlbumTitle'])
             return
 
@@ -874,6 +881,14 @@ def correctMetadata(albumid, release, downloaded_track_list):
 
         autotag.apply_metadata(info, mapping)
         
+        # Set ID3 tag version
+        if headphones.CONFIG.IDTAG:
+            beetsconfig['id3v23'] = True
+            logger.debug("Using ID3v2.3")
+        else:
+            beetsconfig['id3v23'] = False
+            logger.debug("Using ID3v2.4")
+
         for item in items:
             try:
                 item.write()
@@ -1053,6 +1068,8 @@ def renameUnprocessedFolder(path, tag):
 
 def forcePostProcess(dir=None, expand_subfolders=True, album_dir=None):
 
+    logger.info('Force checking download folder for completed downloads')
+	
     ignored = 0
 
     if album_dir:

headphones/searcher.py

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def do_sorted_search(album, new, losslessOnly, choose_specific_download=False):
     myDB = db.DBConnection()
     albumlength = myDB.select('SELECT sum(TrackDuration) from tracks WHERE AlbumID=?', [album['AlbumID']])[0][0]
 
-    if headphones.CONFIG.PREFER_TORRENTS == 0:
+    if headphones.CONFIG.PREFER_TORRENTS == 0 and not choose_specific_download:
 
         if NZB_PROVIDERS and NZB_DOWNLOADERS:
             results = searchNZB(album, new, losslessOnly, albumlength)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def do_sorted_search(album, new, losslessOnly, choose_specific_download=False):
         if not results and TORRENT_PROVIDERS:
             results = searchTorrent(album, new, losslessOnly, albumlength)
 
-    elif headphones.CONFIG.PREFER_TORRENTS == 1:
+    elif headphones.CONFIG.PREFER_TORRENTS == 1 and not choose_specific_download:
 
         if TORRENT_PROVIDERS:
             results = searchTorrent(album, new, losslessOnly, albumlength)
@@ -247,10 +247,10 @@ def do_sorted_search(album, new, losslessOnly, choose_specific_download=False):
         torrent_results = None
 
         if NZB_PROVIDERS and NZB_DOWNLOADERS:
-            nzb_results = searchNZB(album, new, losslessOnly, albumlength)
+            nzb_results = searchNZB(album, new, losslessOnly, albumlength, choose_specific_download)
 
         if TORRENT_PROVIDERS:
-            torrent_results = searchTorrent(album, new, losslessOnly, albumlength)
+            torrent_results = searchTorrent(album, new, losslessOnly, albumlength, choose_specific_download)
 
         if not nzb_results:
             nzb_results = []
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ def more_filtering(results, album, albumlength, new):
             targetsize = albumlength / 1000 * int(headphones.CONFIG.PREFERRED_BITRATE) * 128
             logger.info('Target size: %s' % helpers.bytes_to_mb(targetsize))
             if headphones.CONFIG.PREFERRED_BITRATE_LOW_BUFFER:
-                low_size_limit = targetsize - (targetsize * int(headphones.CONFIG.PREFERRED_BITRATE_LOW_BUFFER) / 100)
+                low_size_limit =  targetsize * int(headphones.CONFIG.PREFERRED_BITRATE_LOW_BUFFER) / 100
             if headphones.CONFIG.PREFERRED_BITRATE_HIGH_BUFFER:
-                high_size_limit = targetsize + (targetsize * int(headphones.CONFIG.PREFERRED_BITRATE_HIGH_BUFFER) / 100)
+                high_size_limit = targetsize * int(headphones.CONFIG.PREFERRED_BITRATE_HIGH_BUFFER) / 100
                 if headphones.CONFIG.PREFERRED_BITRATE_ALLOW_LOSSLESS:
                     allow_lossless = True
 
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ def get_year_from_release_date(release_date):
     return year
 
 
-def searchNZB(album, new=False, losslessOnly=False, albumlength=None):
+def searchNZB(album, new=False, losslessOnly=False, albumlength=None, choose_specific_download=False):
     reldate = album['ReleaseDate']
     year = get_year_from_release_date(reldate)
 
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ def searchNZB(album, new=False, losslessOnly=False, albumlength=None):
     results = [result for result in resultlist if verifyresult(result[0], artistterm, term, losslessOnly)]
 
     # Additional filtering for size etc
-    if results:
+    if results and not choose_specific_download:
         results = more_filtering(results, album, albumlength, new)
 
     return results
@@ -946,7 +946,11 @@ def send_to_downloader(data, bestqual, album):
         b2msg = 'From ' + provider + '<br></br>' + name
         boxcar = notifiers.BOXCAR()
         boxcar.notify('Headphones snatched: ' + title, b2msg, rgid)
-
+    if headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_ENABLED and headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_ONSNATCH:
+        logger.info(u"Sending Email notification")
+        email = notifiers.Email()
+        message = 'Snatched from ' + provider + '. ' + name
+        email.notify(title, message)
 
 def verifyresult(title, artistterm, term, lossless):
 
@@ -1014,7 +1018,7 @@ def verifyresult(title, artistterm, term, lossless):
     return True
 
 
-def searchTorrent(album, new=False, losslessOnly=False, albumlength=None):
+def searchTorrent(album, new=False, losslessOnly=False, albumlength=None, choose_specific_download=False):
     global gazelle  # persistent what.cd api object to reduce number of login attempts
 
     # rutracker login
@@ -1092,7 +1096,7 @@ def searchTorrent(album, new=False, losslessOnly=False, albumlength=None):
         if headphones.CONFIG.KAT_PROXY_URL:
             providerurl = fix_url(set_proxy(headphones.CONFIG.KAT_PROXY_URL))
         else:
-            providerurl = fix_url("https://kickass.so")
+            providerurl = fix_url("https://kickass.to")
 
         # Build URL
         providerurl = providerurl + "/usearch/" + ka_term
@@ -1521,7 +1525,7 @@ def searchTorrent(album, new=False, losslessOnly=False, albumlength=None):
     results = [result for result in resultlist if verifyresult(result[0], artistterm, term, losslessOnly)]
 
     # Additional filtering for size etc
-    if results:
+    if results and not choose_specific_download:
         results = more_filtering(results, album, albumlength, new)
 
     return results

headphones/webserve.py

@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ class WebInterface(object):
           myDB = db.DBConnection()
           album = myDB.action('SELECT * from albums WHERE AlbumID=?', [AlbumID]).fetchone()
           searcher.send_to_downloader(data, bestqual, album)
+          return json.dumps({'result':'success'})
+        else:
+          return json.dumps({'result':'failure'})
 
     @cherrypy.expose
     def unqueueAlbum(self, AlbumID, ArtistID):
@@ -877,6 +880,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
         cherrypy.response.headers['Content-type'] = 'application/json'
         return json_albums
 
+    @cherrypy.expose
     def getArtistjson(self, ArtistID, **kwargs):
         myDB = db.DBConnection()
         artist = myDB.action('SELECT * FROM artists WHERE ArtistID=?', [ArtistID]).fetchone()
@@ -1142,6 +1146,9 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "customhost": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMHOST,
             "customport": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMPORT,
             "customsleep": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMSLEEP,
+            "customauth": checked(headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMAUTH),
+            "customuser": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMUSER,
+            "custompass": headphones.CONFIG.CUSTOMPASS,
             "hpuser": headphones.CONFIG.HPUSER,
             "hppass": headphones.CONFIG.HPPASS,
             "songkick_enabled": checked(headphones.CONFIG.SONGKICK_ENABLED),
@@ -1151,7 +1158,17 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "cache_sizemb": headphones.CONFIG.CACHE_SIZEMB,
             "file_permissions": headphones.CONFIG.FILE_PERMISSIONS,
             "folder_permissions": headphones.CONFIG.FOLDER_PERMISSIONS,
-            "mpc_enabled": checked(headphones.CONFIG.MPC_ENABLED)
+            "mpc_enabled": checked(headphones.CONFIG.MPC_ENABLED),
+            "email_enabled": checked(headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_ENABLED),
+            "email_from": headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_FROM,
+            "email_to": headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_TO,
+            "email_smtp_server": headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_SERVER,
+            "email_smtp_user": headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_USER,
+            "email_smtp_password": headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD,
+            "email_smtp_port": int(headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_SMTP_PORT),
+            "email_tls": checked(headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_TLS),
+            "email_onsnatch": checked(headphones.CONFIG.EMAIL_ONSNATCH),
+            "idtag": checked(headphones.CONFIG.IDTAG)
         }
 
         # Need to convert EXTRAS to a dictionary we can pass to the config:
@@ -1196,7 +1213,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "nma_enabled", "nma_onsnatch", "pushalot_enabled", "pushalot_onsnatch", "synoindex_enabled", "pushover_enabled",
             "pushover_onsnatch", "pushbullet_enabled", "pushbullet_onsnatch", "subsonic_enabled", "twitter_enabled", "twitter_onsnatch",
             "osx_notify_enabled", "osx_notify_onsnatch", "boxcar_enabled", "boxcar_onsnatch", "songkick_enabled", "songkick_filter_enabled",
-            "mpc_enabled"
+            "mpc_enabled", "email_enabled", "email_tls", "email_onsnatch", "customauth", "idtag"
         ]
         for checked_config in checked_configs:
             if checked_config not in kwargs:

lib/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py

@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ user = password = ""
 hostname = "musicbrainz.org"
 _client = ""
 _useragent = ""
+mb_auth = False
 
 def auth(u, p):
 	"""Set the username and password to be used in subsequent queries to
@@ -284,9 +285,16 @@ def hpauth(u, p):
     """Set the username and password to be used in subsequent queries to
     the MusicBrainz XML API that require authentication.
     """
-    global hpuser, hppassword
+    global hpuser, hppassword, mb_auth
     hpuser = u
     hppassword = p
+    mb_auth = True
+
+def disable_hpauth():
+    """Disable the authentication for MusicBrainz XML API
+    """
+    global mb_auth
+    mb_auth = False
 
 def set_useragent(app, version, contact=None):
     """Set the User-Agent to be used for requests to the MusicBrainz webservice.
@@ -635,7 +643,7 @@ def _mb_request(path, method='GET', auth_required=False, client_required=False,
     req.add_header('User-Agent', _useragent)
 
     # Add headphones credentials
-    if hostname == '144.76.94.239:8181':
+    if mb_auth:
         base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (hpuser, hppassword)).replace('\n', '')
         req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)