Snippets

Here are some snippets showcasing how the library can be used.

• Getting artist using API, PublicAPI and Genius

• All the songs of an artist

• Artist’s least popular song

• YouTube URL of artist’s songs

• Searching for a song by lyrics

Getting artist using API, PublicAPI and Genius

The following snippet will be the same for all methods that are available in API and PublicAPI (or have a public_api parameter if you’re using Genius).

from lyricsgenius import API, PublicAPI, Genius

api = API(token)
public = PublicAPI()
genius = Genius(token)

# API
api.artist(1665)

# PublicAPI
public.artist(1665)

# Genius
# can get it using both API and PublicAPI
genius.artist(1665)
genius.artist(1665, public_api=True)

All the songs of an artist

from lyricsgenius import Genius

genius = Genius(token)
genius.search_artist('Andy Shauf')
artist.save_lyrics()

Artist’s least popular song

genius = Genius(token)

artist = genius.search_artist('Andy Shauf', max_songs=1)
page = 1
songs = []
while page:
    request = genius.artist_songs(artist._id,
                                      sort='popularity',
                                      per_page=50,
                                      page=page,
                                      # public_api=Tru
                                      )
    # public_api=True will make the call using the public API
    songs.extend(request['songs'])
    page = request['next_page']
least_popular_song = genius.search_song(songs[-1]['title'], artist.name)
print(least_popular_song.lyrics)

YouTube URL of artist’s songs

import json
# we have saved the songs with artist.save_lyrics() before this
with open('saved_file.json') as f:
    data = json.load(f)
for song in data['songs']:
    links = song['media']
    if links:
        for media in links:
            if media['provider'] == 'youtube':
                print(print(['song'] + ': ' + media['url'])
                break

Searching for a song by lyrics

Using search_lyrics:

from lyricsgenius import Genius

genius = Genius(token)

request = genius.search_lyrics('Jeremy can we talk a minute?')
for hit in request['sections'][0]['hits']:
    print(hit['result']['title'])

Using search_all:

from lyricsgenius import Genius

genius = Genius(token)

request = genius.search_all('Jeremy can we talk a minute?')
for hit in request['sections'][2]['hits']:
    print(hit['result']['title'])