genius.py

Python wrapper for Genius API

With genius.py, enjoy an easy-to-use interface to interact with Genius API

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Features
• Install
• Getting Started
• References

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Features

• Feature rich interface
• Easy to use
• Lyrics web scraper

Install

pip install geniusdotpy

Getting Started

To get started...

1. Get your Client Access Token here

2. Create a new Genius object

   from geniusdotpy.genius import Genius
   
   # Get your client access token from https://genius.com/api-clients
   client_access_token = "token"
   
   # Create a GeniusBuilder object
   genius = Genius(client_access_token=client_access_token)
   
   # Search for a track by ID
   track1 = genius.search_track_by_id(378195)
   print(repr(track1))
   
   # Search artist by ID
   artist1 = genius.search_artist(track1.artist.id)
   print(repr(artist1))
   
   # Search for a track by query
   track3 = genius.search("Beat It")[0]
   print(repr(track3))
   
   # Search tracks by artist
   tracks: list[Track] = genius.search_track_by_artist(artist_id=16775)
   track4 = tracks[0]
   print(repr(track4))
   
   # Retrieve lyrics
   track4.get_lyrics()
   print(track4.lyrics)

3. ???

4. Profit

References

Genius API

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Created with 💖 by jjoeldaniel