python-musicbrainzngs 0.1-1 / usr / share / pyshared / musicbrainzngs / musicbrainz.py

# This file is part of the musicbrainzngs library
# Copyright (C) Alastair Porter, Adrian Sampson, and others
# This file is distributed under a BSD-2-Clause type license.
# See the COPYING file for more information.

import urlparse
import urllib2
import urllib
import mbxml
import re
import threading
import time
import logging
import httplib
import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
from xml.parsers import expat

_version = "0.1"
_log = logging.getLogger("python-musicbrainz-ngs")


# Constants for validation.

VALID_INCLUDES = {
	'artist': [
		"recordings", "releases", "release-groups", "works", # Subqueries
		"various-artists", "discids", "media",
		"aliases", "tags", "user-tags", "ratings", "user-ratings", # misc
		"artist-rels", "label-rels", "recording-rels", "release-rels",
		"release-group-rels", "url-rels", "work-rels"
	], 
	'label': [
		"releases", # Subqueries
	    "discids", "media",
	    "aliases", "tags", "user-tags", "ratings", "user-ratings", # misc
		"artist-rels", "label-rels", "recording-rels", "release-rels",
		"release-group-rels", "url-rels", "work-rels"
	],
	'recording': [
		"artists", "releases", # Subqueries
	    "discids", "media", "artist-credits",
	    "tags", "user-tags", "ratings", "user-ratings", # misc
		"artist-rels", "label-rels", "recording-rels", "release-rels",
		"release-group-rels", "url-rels", "work-rels"
	],
	'release': [
		"artists", "labels", "recordings", "release-groups", "media",
		"artist-credits", "discids", "puids", "echoprints", "isrcs",
		"artist-rels", "label-rels", "recording-rels", "release-rels",
		"release-group-rels", "url-rels", "work-rels", "recording-level-rels",
		"work-level-rels"
	],
	'release-group': [
		"artists", "releases", "discids", "media",
		"artist-credits", "tags", "user-tags", "ratings", "user-ratings", # misc
		"artist-rels", "label-rels", "recording-rels", "release-rels",
		"release-group-rels", "url-rels", "work-rels"
	],
	'work': [
		"artists", # Subqueries
	    "aliases", "tags", "user-tags", "ratings", "user-ratings", # misc
		"artist-rels", "label-rels", "recording-rels", "release-rels",
		"release-group-rels", "url-rels", "work-rels"
	],
	'discid': [
		"artists", "labels", "recordings", "release-groups", "puids",
		"echoprints", "isrcs"
	],
	'echoprint': ["artists", "releases"],
	'puid': ["artists", "releases", "puids", "echoprints", "isrcs"],
	'isrc': ["artists", "releases", "puids", "echoprints", "isrcs"],
	'iswc': ["artists"],
}
VALID_RELEASE_TYPES = [
	"nat", "album", "single", "ep", "compilation", "soundtrack", "spokenword",
	"interview", "audiobook", "live", "remix", "other"
]
VALID_RELEASE_STATUSES = ["official", "promotion", "bootleg", "pseudo-release"]
VALID_SEARCH_FIELDS = {
	'artist': [
		'arid', 'artist', 'sortname', 'type', 'begin', 'end', 'comment',
		'alias', 'country', 'gender', 'tag'
	],
	'release-group': [
		'rgid', 'releasegroup', 'reid', 'release', 'arid', 'artist',
		'artistname', 'creditname', 'type', 'tag'
	],
	'release': [
		'reid', 'release', 'arid', 'artist', 'artistname', 'creditname',
		'type', 'status', 'tracks', 'tracksmedium', 'discids',
		'discidsmedium', 'mediums', 'date', 'asin', 'lang', 'script',
		'country', 'date', 'label', 'catno', 'barcode', 'puid'
	],
	'recording': [
		'rid', 'recording', 'isrc', 'arid', 'artist', 'artistname',
		'creditname', 'reid', 'release', 'type', 'status', 'tracks',
		'tracksrelease', 'dur', 'qdur', 'tnum', 'position', 'tag'
	],
	'label': [
		'laid', 'label', 'sortname', 'type', 'code', 'country', 'begin',
		'end', 'comment', 'alias', 'tag'
	],
	'work': [
		'wid', 'work', 'iswc', 'type', 'arid', 'artist', 'alias', 'tag'
	],
}


# Exceptions.

class MusicBrainzError(Exception):
	"""Base class for all exceptions related to MusicBrainz."""
	pass

class UsageError(MusicBrainzError):
	"""Error related to misuse of the module API."""
	pass

class InvalidSearchFieldError(UsageError):
	pass

class InvalidIncludeError(UsageError):
	def __init__(self, msg='Invalid Includes', reason=None):
		super(InvalidIncludeError, self).__init__(self)
		self.msg = msg
		self.reason = reason

	def __str__(self):
		return self.msg

class InvalidFilterError(UsageError):
	def __init__(self, msg='Invalid Includes', reason=None):
		super(InvalidFilterError, self).__init__(self)
		self.msg = msg
		self.reason = reason

	def __str__(self):
		return self.msg

class WebServiceError(MusicBrainzError):
	"""Error related to MusicBrainz API requests."""
	def __init__(self, message=None, cause=None):
		"""Pass ``cause`` if this exception was caused by another
		exception.
		"""
		self.message = message
		self.cause = cause
	
	def __str__(self):
		if self.message:
			msg = "%s, " % self.message
		else:
			msg = ""
		msg += "caused by: %s" % str(self.cause)
		return msg

class NetworkError(WebServiceError):
	"""Problem communicating with the MB server."""
	pass

class ResponseError(WebServiceError):
	"""Bad response sent by the MB server."""
	pass


# Helpers for validating and formatting allowed sets.

def _check_includes_impl(includes, valid_includes):
    for i in includes:
        if i not in valid_includes:
            raise InvalidIncludeError("Bad includes", "%s is not a valid include" % i)
def _check_includes(entity, inc):
    _check_includes_impl(inc, VALID_INCLUDES[entity])

def _check_filter(values, valid):
	for v in values:
		if v not in valid:
			raise InvalidFilterError(v)

def _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	"""Check that the status or type values are valid. Then, check that
	the filters can be used with the given includes. Return a params
	dict that can be passed to _do_mb_query.
	"""
	if isinstance(release_status, basestring):
		release_status = [release_status]
	if isinstance(release_type, basestring):
		release_type = [release_type]
	_check_filter(release_status, VALID_RELEASE_STATUSES)
	_check_filter(release_type, VALID_RELEASE_TYPES)

	if release_status and "releases" not in includes:
		raise InvalidFilterError("Can't have a status with no release include")
	if release_type and ("release-groups" not in includes and
					     "releases" not in includes):
		raise InvalidFilterError("Can't have a release type with no "
								 "release-group include")

	# Build parameters.
	params = {}
	if len(release_status):
		params["status"] = "|".join(release_status)
	if len(release_type):
		params["type"] = "|".join(release_type)
	return params


# Global authentication and endpoint details.

user = password = ""
hostname = "musicbrainz.org"
_client = ""
_useragent = ""

def auth(u, p):
	"""Set the username and password to be used in subsequent queries to
	the MusicBrainz XML API that require authentication.
	"""
	global user, password
	user = u
	password = p

def set_useragent(app, version, contact=None):
    """ Set the User-Agent to be used for requests to the MusicBrainz webservice.
    This should be set before requests are made."""
    global _useragent, _client
    if contact is not None:
        _useragent = "%s/%s python-musicbrainz-ngs/%s ( %s )" % (app, version, _version, contact)
    else: 
        _useragent = "%s/%s python-musicbrainz-ngs/%s" % (app, version, _version)
    _client = "%s-%s" % (app, version)
    _log.debug("set user-agent to %s" % _useragent)

# Rate limiting.

limit_interval = 1.0
limit_requests = 1

def set_rate_limit(new_interval=1.0, new_requests=1):
	"""Sets the rate limiting behavior of the module. Must be invoked
	before the first Web service call.  Specify the number of requests
	(`new_requests`) that may be made per given interval
	(`new_interval`).
	"""
	global limit_interval
	global limit_requests
	limit_interval = new_interval
	limit_requests = new_requests

class _rate_limit(object):
	"""A decorator that limits the rate at which the function may be
	called. The rate is controlled by the `limit_interval` and
	`limit_requests` global variables.  The limiting is thread-safe;
	only one thread may be in the function at a time (acts like a
	monitor in this sense). The globals must be set before the first
	call to the limited function.
	"""
	def __init__(self, fun):
		self.fun = fun
		self.last_call = 0.0
		self.lock = threading.Lock()
		self.remaining_requests = None # Set on first invocation.

	def _update_remaining(self):
		"""Update remaining requests based on the elapsed time since
		they were last calculated.
		"""
		# On first invocation, we have the maximum number of requests
		# available.
		if self.remaining_requests is None:
			self.remaining_requests = float(limit_requests)

		else:
			since_last_call = time.time() - self.last_call
			self.remaining_requests += since_last_call * \
									   (limit_requests / limit_interval)
			self.remaining_requests = min(self.remaining_requests,
										  float(limit_requests))

		self.last_call = time.time()

	def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
		with self.lock:
			self._update_remaining()

			# Delay if necessary.
			while self.remaining_requests < 0.999:
				time.sleep((1.0 - self.remaining_requests) *
						   (limit_requests / limit_interval))
				self._update_remaining()

			# Call the original function, "paying" for this call.
			self.remaining_requests -= 1.0
			return self.fun(*args, **kwargs)


# Generic support for making HTTP requests.

# From pymb2
class _RedirectPasswordMgr(urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgr):
	def __init__(self):
		self._realms = { }

	def find_user_password(self, realm, uri):
		# ignoring the uri parameter intentionally
		try:
			return self._realms[realm]
		except KeyError:
			return (None, None)

	def add_password(self, realm, uri, username, password):
		# ignoring the uri parameter intentionally
		self._realms[realm] = (username, password)

class _DigestAuthHandler(urllib2.HTTPDigestAuthHandler):
	def get_authorization (self, req, chal):
		qop = chal.get ('qop', None)
		if qop and ',' in qop and 'auth' in qop.split (','):
			chal['qop'] = 'auth'

		return urllib2.HTTPDigestAuthHandler.get_authorization (self, req, chal)

class _MusicbrainzHttpRequest(urllib2.Request):
	""" A custom request handler that allows DELETE and PUT"""
	def __init__(self, method, url, data=None):
		urllib2.Request.__init__(self, url, data)
		allowed_m = ["GET", "POST", "DELETE", "PUT"]
		if method not in allowed_m:
			raise ValueError("invalid method: %s" % method)
		self.method = method

	def get_method(self):
		return self.method


# Core (internal) functions for calling the MB API.

def _safe_open(opener, req, body=None, max_retries=8, retry_delay_delta=2.0):
	"""Open an HTTP request with a given URL opener and (optionally) a
	request body. Transient errors lead to retries.  Permanent errors
	and repeated errors are translated into a small set of handleable
	exceptions. Returns a file-like object.
	"""
	last_exc = None
	for retry_num in range(max_retries):
		if retry_num: # Not the first try: delay an increasing amount.
			_log.debug("retrying after delay (#%i)" % retry_num)
			time.sleep(retry_num * retry_delay_delta)

		try:
			if body:
				f = opener.open(req, body)
			else:
				f = opener.open(req)

		except urllib2.HTTPError, exc:
			if exc.code in (400, 404):
				# Bad request, not found, etc.
				raise ResponseError(cause=exc)
			elif exc.code in (503, 502, 500):
				# Rate limiting, internal overloading...
				_log.debug("HTTP error %i" % exc.code)
			else:
				# Other, unknown error. Should handle more cases, but
				# retrying for now.
				_log.debug("unknown HTTP error %i" % exc.code)
			last_exc = exc
		except httplib.BadStatusLine, exc:
			_log.debug("bad status line")
			last_exc = exc
		except httplib.HTTPException, exc:
			_log.debug("miscellaneous HTTP exception: %s" % str(exc))
			last_exc = exc
		except urllib2.URLError, exc:
			raise NetworkError(cause=exc)
		except IOError, exc:
			raise NetworkError(cause=exc)
		else:
			# No exception! Yay!
			return f
	
	# Out of retries!
	raise NetworkError("retried %i times" % max_retries, last_exc)

# Get the XML parsing exceptions to catch. The behavior chnaged with Python 2.7
# and ElementTree 1.3.
if hasattr(etree, 'ParseError'):
	ETREE_EXCEPTIONS = (etree.ParseError, expat.ExpatError)
else:
	ETREE_EXCEPTIONS = (expat.ExpatError)

@_rate_limit
def _mb_request(path, method='GET', auth_required=False, client_required=False,
				args=None, data=None, body=None):
	"""Makes a request for the specified `path` (endpoint) on /ws/2 on
	the globally-specified hostname. Parses the responses and returns
	the resulting object.  `auth_required` and `client_required` control
	whether exceptions should be raised if the client and
	username/password are left unspecified, respectively.
	"""
	args = dict(args) or {}

	if _useragent == "":
		raise UsageError("set a proper user-agent with "
						 "musicbrainz.set_useragent(\"application name\", \"application version\", \"contact info (preferably URL or email for your application)\")")

	if client_required:
		args["client"] = _client

	# Encode Unicode arguments using UTF-8.
	for key, value in args.items():
		if isinstance(value, unicode):
			args[key] = value.encode('utf8')

	# Construct the full URL for the request, including hostname and
	# query string.
	url = urlparse.urlunparse((
		'http',
		hostname,
		'/ws/2/%s' % path,
		'',
		urllib.urlencode(args),
		''
	))
	_log.debug("%s request for %s" % (method, url))
	
	# Set up HTTP request handler and URL opener.
	httpHandler = urllib2.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=0)
	handlers = [httpHandler]
	opener = urllib2.build_opener(*handlers)

	# Add credentials if required.
	if auth_required:
		if not user:
			raise UsageError("authorization required; "
							 "use musicbrainz.auth(u, p) first")
		passwordMgr = _RedirectPasswordMgr()
		authHandler = _DigestAuthHandler(passwordMgr)
		authHandler.add_password("musicbrainz.org", (), user, password)
		handlers.append(authHandler)
	
	# Make request.
	req = _MusicbrainzHttpRequest(method, url, data)
	req.add_header('User-Agent', _useragent)
	_log.debug("requesting with UA %s" % _useragent)
	if body:
		req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/xml; charset=UTF-8')
	f = _safe_open(opener, req, body)

	# Parse the response.
	try:
		return mbxml.parse_message(f)
	except etree.ParseError, exc:
		raise ResponseError(cause=exc)
	except UnicodeError, exc:
		raise ResponseError(cause=exc)

def _is_auth_required(entity, includes):
	""" Some calls require authentication. This returns
	True if a call does, False otherwise
	"""
	if "user-tags" in includes or "user-ratings" in includes:
		return True
	elif entity.startswith("collection"):
		return True
	else:
		return False

def _do_mb_query(entity, id, includes=[], params={}):
	"""Make a single GET call to the MusicBrainz XML API. `entity` is a
	string indicated the type of object to be retrieved. The id may be
	empty, in which case the query is a search. `includes` is a list
	of strings that must be valid includes for the entity type. `params`
	is a dictionary of additional parameters for the API call. The
	response is parsed and returned.
	"""
	# Build arguments.
	_check_includes(entity, includes)
	auth_required = _is_auth_required(entity, includes)
	args = dict(params)
	if len(includes) > 0:
		inc = " ".join(includes)
		args["inc"] = inc

	# Build the endpoint components.
	path = '%s/%s' % (entity, id)
	return _mb_request(path, 'GET', auth_required, args=args)

def _do_mb_search(entity, query='', fields={}, limit=None, offset=None):
	"""Perform a full-text search on the MusicBrainz search server.
	`query` is a free-form query string and `fields` is a dictionary
	of key/value query parameters. They keys in `fields` must be valid
	for the given entity type.
	"""
	# Encode the query terms as a Lucene query string.
	query_parts = [query.replace('\x00', '').strip()]
	for key, value in fields.iteritems():
		# Ensure this is a valid search field.
		if key not in VALID_SEARCH_FIELDS[entity]:
			raise InvalidSearchFieldError(
				'%s is not a valid search field for %s' % (key, entity)
			)

		# Escape Lucene's special characters.
		value = re.sub(r'([+\-&|!(){}\[\]\^"~*?:\\])', r'\\\1', value)
		value = value.replace('\x00', '').strip()
		if value:
			query_parts.append(u'%s:(%s)' % (key, value))
	full_query = u' '.join(query_parts).strip()
	if not full_query:
		raise ValueError('at least one query term is required')

	# Additional parameters to the search.
	params = {'query': full_query}
	if limit:
		params['limit'] = str(limit)
	if offset:
		params['offset'] = str(offset)

	return _do_mb_query(entity, '', [], params)

def _do_mb_delete(path):
	"""Send a DELETE request for the specified object.
	"""
	return _mb_request(path, 'DELETE', True, True)

def _do_mb_put(path):
	"""Send a PUT request for the specified object.
	"""
	return _mb_request(path, 'PUT', True, True)

def _do_mb_post(path, body):
	"""Perform a single POST call for an endpoint with a specified
	request body.
	"""
	return _mb_request(path, 'PUT', True, True, body=body)


# The main interface!

# Single entity by ID
def get_artist_by_id(id, includes=[], release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status, release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("artist", id, includes, params)

def get_label_by_id(id, includes=[], release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status, release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("label", id, includes, params)

def get_recording_by_id(id, includes=[], release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status, release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("recording", id, includes, params)

def get_release_by_id(id, includes=[], release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status, release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("release", id, includes, params)

def get_release_group_by_id(id, includes=[], release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status, release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("release-group", id, includes, params)

def get_work_by_id(id, includes=[]):
	return _do_mb_query("work", id, includes)


# Searching

def artist_search(query='', limit=None, offset=None, **fields):
	"""Search for artists by a free-form `query` string and/or any of
	the following keyword arguments specifying field queries:
	arid, artist, sortname, type, begin, end, comment, alias, country,
	gender, tag
	"""
	return _do_mb_search('artist', query, fields, limit, offset)

def label_search(query='', limit=None, offset=None, **fields):
	"""Search for labels by a free-form `query` string and/or any of
	the following keyword arguments specifying field queries:
	laid, label, sortname, type, code, country, begin, end, comment,
	alias, tag
	"""
	return _do_mb_search('label', query, fields, limit, offset)

def recording_search(query='', limit=None, offset=None, **fields):
	"""Search for recordings by a free-form `query` string and/or any of
	the following keyword arguments specifying field queries:
	rid, recording, isrc, arid, artist, artistname, creditname, reid,
	release, type, status, tracks, tracksrelease, dur, qdur, tnum,
	position, tag
	"""
	return _do_mb_search('recording', query, fields, limit, offset)

def release_search(query='', limit=None, offset=None, **fields):
	"""Search for releases by a free-form `query` string and/or any of
	the following keyword arguments specifying field queries:
	reid, release, arid, artist, artistname, creditname, type, status,
	tracks, tracksmedium, discids, discidsmedium, mediums, date, asin,
	lang, script, country, date, label, catno, barcode, puid
	"""
	return _do_mb_search('release', query, fields, limit, offset)

def release_group_search(query='', limit=None, offset=None, **fields):
	"""Search for release groups by a free-form `query` string and/or
	any of the following keyword arguments specifying field queries:
	rgid, releasegroup, reid, release, arid, artist, artistname,
	creditname, type, tag
	"""
	return _do_mb_search('release-group', query, fields, limit, offset)

def work_search(query='', limit=None, offset=None, **fields):
	"""Search for works by a free-form `query` string and/or any of
	the following keyword arguments specifying field queries:
	wid, work, iswc, type, arid, artist, alias, tag
	"""
	return _do_mb_search('work', query, fields, limit, offset)


# Lists of entities
def get_releases_by_discid(id, includes=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_type=release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("discid", id, includes, params)

def get_recordings_by_echoprint(echoprint, includes=[], release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status, release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("echoprint", echoprint, includes, params)

def get_recordings_by_puid(puid, includes=[], release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status, release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("puid", puid, includes, params)

def get_recordings_by_isrc(isrc, includes=[], release_status=[], release_type=[]):
	params = _check_filter_and_make_params(includes, release_status, release_type)
	return _do_mb_query("isrc", isrc, includes, params)

def get_works_by_iswc(iswc, includes=[]):
	return _do_mb_query("iswc", iswc, includes)

# Browse methods
# Browse include are a subset of regular get includes, so we check them here
# and the test in _do_mb_query will pass anyway.
def browse_artist(recording=None, release=None, release_group=None, includes=[], limit=None, offset=None):
    # optional parameter work?
    _check_includes_impl(includes, ["aliases", "tags", "ratings", "user-tags", "user-ratings"])
    p = {}
    if recording: p["recording"] = recording
    if release: p["release"] = release
    if release_group: p["release-group"] = release_group
    #if work: p["work"] = work
    if len(p) > 1:
        raise Exception("Can't have more than one of recording, release, release_group, work")
    if limit: p["limit"] = limit
    if offset: p["offset"] = offset
    return _do_mb_query("artist", "", includes, p)

def browse_label(release=None, includes=[], limit=None, offset=None):
    _check_includes_impl(includes, ["aliases", "tags", "ratings", "user-tags", "user-ratings"])
    p = {"release": release}
    if limit: p["limit"] = limit
    if offset: p["offset"] = offset
    return _do_mb_query("label", "", includes, p)

def browse_recording(artist=None, release=None, includes=[], limit=None, offset=None):
    _check_includes_impl(includes, ["artist-credits", "tags", "ratings", "user-tags", "user-ratings"])
    p = {}
    if artist: p["artist"] = artist
    if release: p["release"] = release
    if len(p) > 1:
        raise Exception("Can't have more than one of artist, release")
    if limit: p["limit"] = limit
    if offset: p["offset"] = offset
    return _do_mb_query("recording", "", includes, p)

def browse_release(artist=None, label=None, recording=None, release_group=None, release_status=[], release_type=[], includes=[], limit=None, offset=None):
    # track_artist param doesn't work yet
    _check_includes_impl(includes, ["artist-credits", "labels", "recordings"])
    p = {}
    if artist: p["artist"] = artist
    #if track_artist: p["track_artist"] = track_artist
    if label: p["label"] = label
    if recording: p["recording"] = recording
    if release_group: p["release-group"] = release_group
    if len(p) > 1:
        raise Exception("Can't have more than one of artist, label, recording, release_group")
    if limit: p["limit"] = limit
    if offset: p["offset"] = offset
    filterp = _check_filter_and_make_params("releases", release_status, release_type)
    p.update(filterp)
    if len(release_status) == 0 and len(release_type) == 0:
        raise InvalidFilterError("Need at least one release status or type")
    return _do_mb_query("release", "", includes, p)

def browse_release_group(artist=None, release=None, release_type=[], includes=[], limit=None, offset=None):
    _check_includes_impl(includes, ["artist-credits", "tags", "ratings", "user-tags", "user-ratings"])
    p = {}
    if artist: p["artist"] = artist
    if release: p["release"] = release
    if len(p) > 1:
        raise Exception("Can't have more than one of artist, release")
    if limit: p["limit"] = limit
    if offset: p["offset"] = offset
    filterp = _check_filter_and_make_params("release-groups", [], release_type)
    p.update(filterp)
    if len(release_type) == 0:
        raise InvalidFilterError("Need at least one release type")
    return _do_mb_query("release-group", "", includes, p)

# browse_work is defined in the docs but has no browse criteria

# Collections
def get_all_collections():
	# Missing <release-list count="n"> the count in the reply
	return _do_mb_query("collection", '')

def get_releases_in_collection(collection):
	return _do_mb_query("collection", "%s/releases" % collection)

# Submission methods

def submit_barcodes(barcodes):
	"""
	Submits a set of {release1: barcode1, release2:barcode2}
	Must call auth(user, pass) first
	"""
	query = mbxml.make_barcode_request(barcodes)
	return _do_mb_post("release", query)

def submit_puids(puids):
	query = mbxml.make_puid_request(puids)
	return _do_mb_post("recording", query)

def submit_echoprints(echoprints):
	query = mbxml.make_echoprint_request(echoprints)
	return _do_mb_post("recording", query)

def submit_isrcs(isrcs):
	raise NotImplementedError

def submit_tags(artist_tags={}, recording_tags={}):
	""" Submit user tags.
	    Artist or recording parameters are of the form:
	    {'entityid': [taglist]}
	"""
	query = mbxml.make_tag_request(artist_tags, recording_tags)
	return _do_mb_post("tag", query)

def submit_ratings(artist_ratings={}, recording_ratings={}):
	""" Submit user ratings.
	    Artist or recording parameters are of the form:
	    {'entityid': rating}
	"""
	query = mbxml.make_rating_request(artist_ratings, recording_ratings)
	return _do_mb_post("rating", query)

def add_releases_to_collection(collection, releases=[]):
	# XXX: Maximum URI length of 16kb means we should only allow ~400 releases
	releaselist = ";".join(releases)
   	_do_mb_put("collection/%s/releases/%s" % (collection, releaselist))

def remove_releases_from_collection(collection, releases=[]):
	releaselist = ";".join(releases)
   	_do_mb_delete("collection/%s/releases/%s" % (collection, releaselist))