Genius Scraper
3 days trial then $5.00/month - No credit card required now
Genius Scraper
3 days trial then $5.00/month - No credit card required now
The Genius.com scraper extracts songs and lyrics from the platform. It fetches details from song, album, artist pages, supports tag-based retrieval, searches, and includes comments. Simplify accessing and analyzing music content from Genius.com.
You can access the Genius Scraper programmatically from your own JavaScript applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11 "startUrls": [
12 "https://genius.com/Fifty-fifty-cupid-twin-version-lyrics",
13 "https://genius.com/albums/Fifty-fifty/The-beginning-cupid",
14 "https://genius.com/artists/Drake",
15 "https://genius.com/tags/pop",
16 "https://genius.com/search?q=tiktok"
17 ],
18 "search": "rap",
19 "searchMode": "song",
20 "maxItems": 20,
21 "endPage": 1,
22 "extendOutputFunction": ($) => { return {} },
23 "customMapFunction": (object) => { return {...object} },
24 "proxy": {
25 "useApifyProxy": true
26 }
27};
28
29// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
30const run = await client.actor("epctex/genius-scraper").call(input);
31
32// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
33console.log('Results from dataset');
34console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
35const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
36items.forEach((item) => {
37 console.dir(item);
38});
39
40// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsGenius Scraper API in JavaScript
The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Genius Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
npm install apify-clientOther API clients include:
epctexActor Metrics
7 monthly users
-
2 stars
>99% runs succeeded
Created in Jun 2023
Modified 16 hours ago
