Genius Scraper
Pricing
Pay per event
Extract song lyrics, metadata, and artist data from Genius.com. Get titles, full lyrics text, release dates, Spotify/YouTube/Apple Music links, writer and producer credits, and pageview stats. Search songs, scrape artist discographies, or target specific URLs. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.
You can access the Genius Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "searchQueries": ["Bohemian Rhapsody"],10 "artistUrls": [],11 "songUrls": [],12 "maxSongs": 10,13 "includeLyrics": True,14}15
16# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish17run = client.actor("automation-lab/genius-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)18
19# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)20print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])21for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():22 print(item)23
24# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Genius Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: