Genius Scraper
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Genius Scraper
3 days trial then $5.00/month - No credit card required now
The Genius.com scraper extracts songs and lyrics from the platform. It fetches details from song, album, artist pages, supports tag-based retrieval, searches, and includes comments. Simplify accessing and analyzing music content from Genius.com.
You can access the Genius Scraper programmatically from your own Python applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9 "startUrls": [
10 "https://genius.com/Fifty-fifty-cupid-twin-version-lyrics",
11 "https://genius.com/albums/Fifty-fifty/The-beginning-cupid",
12 "https://genius.com/artists/Drake",
13 "https://genius.com/tags/pop",
14 "https://genius.com/search?q=tiktok",
15 ],
16 "search": "rap",
17 "searchMode": "song",
18 "maxItems": 20,
19 "endPage": 1,
20 "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
21 "customMapFunction": "(object) => { return {...object} }",
22 "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True },
23}
24
25# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
26run = client.actor("epctex/genius-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
27
28# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
29print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
30for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
31 print(item)
32
33# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startGenius Scraper API in Python
The 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:
epctexActor Metrics
7 monthly users
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2 stars
>99% runs succeeded
Created in Jun 2023
Modified 11 hours ago
