Genius Scraper
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Genius Scraper
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The Genius.com scraper extracts songs and lyrics from the platform. It fetches details from song, album, artist pages, supports tag-based retrieval, searches, and includes comments. Simplify accessing and analyzing music content from Genius.com.
You can access the Genius Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can 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.
1# Set API token
2API_TOKEN=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>
3
4# Prepare Actor input
5cat > input.json << 'EOF'
6{
7 "startUrls": [
8 "https://genius.com/Fifty-fifty-cupid-twin-version-lyrics",
9 "https://genius.com/albums/Fifty-fifty/The-beginning-cupid",
10 "https://genius.com/artists/Drake",
11 "https://genius.com/tags/pop",
12 "https://genius.com/search?q=tiktok"
13 ],
14 "search": "rap",
15 "searchMode": "song",
16 "maxItems": 20,
17 "endPage": 1,
18 "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
19 "customMapFunction": "(object) => { return {...object} }",
20 "proxy": {
21 "useApifyProxy": true
22 }
23}
24EOF
25
26# Run the Actor using an HTTP API
27# See the full API reference at https://docs.apify.com/api/v2
28curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/epctex~genius-scraper/runs?token=$API_TOKEN" \
29 -X POST \
30 -d @input.json \
31 -H 'Content-Type: application/json'Genius Scraper API
Below, you can find a list of relevant HTTP API endpoints for calling the Genius Scraper Actor. For this, you’ll need an Apify account. Replace <YOUR_API_TOKEN> in the URLs with your Apify API token, which you can find under Integrations in Apify Console. For details, see the API reference .
Run Actor
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/epctex~genius-scraper/runs?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>Note: By adding the method=POST query parameter, this API endpoint can be called using a GET request and thus used in third-party webhooks. Please refer to our Run Actor API documentation .
Run Actor synchronously and get dataset items
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/epctex~genius-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>Note: This endpoint supports both POST and GET request methods. However, only the POST method allows you to pass input data. For more information, please refer to our Run Actor synchronously and get dataset items API documentation .
Get Actor
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/epctex~genius-scraper?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>For more information, please refer to our Get Actor API documentation .
Actors can be used to scrape web pages, extract data, or automate browser tasks. Use the Genius Scraper API programmatically via the Apify API.
You can choose from:
You can start Genius Scraper with the Apify API by sending an HTTP POST request to the Run Actor endpoint. An Actor’s input and its content type can be passed as a payload of the POST request, and additional options can be specified using URL query parameters. The Genius Scraper is identified within the API by its ID, which is the creator’s username and the name of the Actor.
When the Genius Scraper run finishes you can list the data from its default dataset (storage) via the API or you can preview the data directly on Apify Console .
epctexActor Metrics
7 monthly users
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2 stars
>99% runs succeeded
Created in Jun 2023
Modified 7 hours ago
