README.md

genius-lyrics-api

A JavaScript package for non-browser environments that leverages Genius API to find (and scrape) song lyrics and album covers.

Installation

Install with npm

npm install --save genius-lyrics-api

Or install with Yarn

yarn add genius-lyrics-api

Usage

Get the Genius Developer Access Token

import { getLyrics, getSong } from 'genius-lyrics-api';

const options = {
	apiKey: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
	title: 'Posthumous Forgiveness',
	artist: 'Tame Impala',
	optimizeQuery: true
};

getLyrics(options).then((lyrics) => console.log(lyrics));

getSong(options).then((song) =>
	console.log(`${song.id} - ${song.title} - ${song.url} - ${song.albumArt} - ${song.lyrics}`)
);

Types

type options {
	title: string;
	artist: string;
	apiKey: string;		// Genius developer access token
	optimizeQuery?: boolean; // (optional, default: false) If true, perform some cleanup to maximize the chance of finding a match
	authHeader?: boolean; // (optional, default: false) Whether to include auth header in the search request
}

🚨 If title or artist is unknown, pass an empty string.

type song {
	id: number;		// Genius song id
	title: string;          // Song title
	url: string;		// Genius webpage URL for the song
	lyrics: string;		// Song lyrics
	albumArt: string;	// URL of the album art image (jpg/png)
}

type searchResult {
	id: number;		// Genius song id
	url: string;		// Genius webpage URL for the song
	title: string;		// Song title
	albumArt: string;	// URL of the album art image (jpg/png)
}

Methods

genius-lyrics-api exposes the following methods:

getLyrics(options | url)

Accepts options or the url to a Genius song.
Returns a promise that resolves to a string containing lyrics. Returns null if no lyrics are found.

getAlbumArt(options)

Accepts an options object.
Returns a promise that resolves to a url (string) to the song's album art. Returns null if no url is found.

getSong(options)

Accepts an options object.
Returns a promise that resolves to an object of type song. Returns null if song is not found.

searchSong(options)

Accepts an options object.
Returns a promise that resolves to an array of type searchResult. Returns null if no matches are found.

getSongById(id: (number | string), access_token: string)

Accepts a valid Genius song ID. IDs can be found using the searchSong method.
Returns a promise that resolves to an object of type song.