wrap-genius

Unofficial python wrapper for genius.com's API

Setup

wrap-genius is supported on Python 3.8+ and it can be installed using pip.

pip install wrap-genius

To be able to use it, you'll need to create an API client for genius.com and get a CLIENT ACCESS TOKEN.

Quickstart

The genius wrapper library provides a convenient interface to interact with the Genius API, allowing you to search for songs, artists, and retrieve information about them. This documentation will guide you through the available functionalities of the library with examples.

Initialization

To start using the genius wrapper library, you need to initialize an instance of the Genius class. This requires an access token, which you can obtain from the Genius API.

from genius import Genius

g = Genius(access_token="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN")

Search All

You can use the search_all method to search for songs or artists. It returns a generator that yields search results. Here are some examples:

# Search for an artist
songs = g.search_all("Dua Lipa", page_limit=1) # page_limit is 10 by default, use conservatively if not needed
print(next(songs).title)  # Get the first song
print([song.title for song in songs])  # Get the rest of the songs

# Search for a song
songs = g.search_all("My Iron Lung", page_limit=1)
print(next(songs).title)

# Search for a song by an artist
songs = g.search_all("White Light Gorillaz", page_limit=1)
print(next(songs).title)

Output:

New Rules
['Scared to Be Lonely', 'Don’t Start Now', 'IDGAF', 'Levitating', 'One Kiss', 'Blow Your Mind (Mwah)', 'Break My Heart', 'Be the One', 'Kiss and Make Up', 'Physical', 'Levitating (Remix)', 'UN DÍA (ONE DAY)', 'Electricity', 'We’re Good', 'Homesick', 'Dua Lipa', 'Love Again', 'Dua Lipa & BLACKPINK - Kiss and Make Up (Romanized)', 'Hotter Than Hell']

My Iron Lung

White Light

Search Artist

You can use the search_artist method to search for an artist by their name. It returns an Artist object representing the artist. Here is an example:

artist = g.search_artist("Radiohead")
print(artist)  # Artist object
print(artist.alternate_names)
print(artist.followers_count)
print(artist.description[:100] + "..." if len(artist.description) > 100 else artist.description)
print(artist.header_image_url)
print(artist.id)
print(artist.name)
print(artist.is_verified)
print(list(itertools.islice(artist.songs, 5)))
print(list(itertools.islice(artist.songs_by_popularity, 5)))
print(artist.url)

Search Song

You can use the search_all method to search for a specific song. It returns a generator that yields song objects. Here is an example:

songs = g.search_all("Karma Police Radiohead", page_limit=1)
song = next(songs)
print(song)  # Song object
print(song.album)
print(song.artist)
print(song.pageviews)
print(song.song_art_image_url)
print(song.title)
print(song.title_with_featured)
print(song.hot)
print(song.description)
print(song.recording_location)
print(song.release_date)
print(song.release_date_for_display)
print(song.features)
print(song.media)
print(song.writers)
print(song.producers)
print(song.samples)
print(song.sampled_in)
print(song.interpolates)
print(song.interpolated_by)
print(song.is_cover)
print(song.is_live)
print(song.is_remix)
print(song.cover_of)
print(song.covered_by)
print(song.remix_of)
print(song.remixed_by)
print(song.live_version_of)
print(song.performed_live_as)
print("\n".join(song.lyrics))

Get Artist Information

You can use the get_artist method to retrieve detailed information about an artist by their ID. Here is an example:

artist = g.get_artist(604)
print(artist)  # Artist object

Get Song Information

You can use the get_song method to retrieve detailed information about a song by its ID. Here is an example:

song = g.get_song(378195)
print(song)  # Song object

Get Album Information

You can use the get_all_album_songs method to retrieve information about an album by the artist's ID. Here is an example:

song=g.get_song(378195)
album = song.album
print(album.name)
print(album.artist)
print(album.cover_art_url)
print(album.id)
print(album.url)
print(list(album.songs))