fastgenius 0.0.3

A Python wrapper around the Genius API for large scale applications

Installation

pip install fastgenius

Usage

>>> import fastgenius
>>> genius = fastgenius.Genius('client_access_token')

>>> genius.get_artist('Madonna')
Artist(Madonna)

>>> genius.get_artist('Madona')
Artist(Madona (D’Lamotta))

>>> genius.get_artist(['Madonna', 'TuPac'])
{'Madonna': Artist(Madonna), 'TuPac': Artist(2Pac)}

>>> artists = genius.get_artist(['Madonna', 'TuPac'])
>>> artists['Madonna'].songs
[]

>>> artists = genius.get_artist(['Madonna', 'TuPac'], get_songs=True)
>>> artists['Madonna'].songs
[Song(Madonna - Into the Groove (Extended Remix)),
 Song(Leo The Kind - Material Girl),
 Song(Madonna - Masterpiece - MDNA World Tour / Live 2012),
 Song(Genius Polska Tłumaczenia - Madonna & Quavo - Future),
 ...]

>>> artists['Madonna'].songs[0].lyrics
"\\nAnd you can dance\\nFor inspiration\\nCome on\\nI'm waiting\\nCome, ..."

>>> big_syke = genius.get_artist('Big Syke', get_songs=True)
>>> len(big_syke.songs)
78

>>> big_syke = genius.get_artist('Big Syke', get_songs=True, primary_artist_only=True)
>>> len(big_syke.songs)
17