# Genius API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/medialab-ai/genius-api/  
**Provider:** MediaLab.AI — https://apis.io/providers/medialab-ai/  
**Base URL:** https://api.genius.com/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.genius.com/

Genius API is one of 2 APIs that [MediaLab.AI](https://apis.io/providers/medialab-ai/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Music, Lyrics, Annotations, Content, and Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and a support channel.

The Genius API exposes the music knowledge community behind genius.com: annotations (crowd-sourced explanations attached to a fragment of a document), referents (the fragments annotations attach to), songs, artists, web pages and search. All requests are authenticated with OAuth 2.0 - read-only endpoints can use a client access token, while annotation creation, management and voting require user-authorized scopes. Responses are JSON wrapped in a meta/response envelope. Commercial use requires a license from Genius.

## Machine-readable artifacts (9)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.genius.com/
- **APIReference** — https://docs.genius.com/#resources
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.genius.com/#getting-started
- **Authentication** — https://docs.genius.com/#authentication
- **SignUp** — https://genius.com/api-clients
- **TermsOfService** — https://genius.com/static/terms
- **PrivacyPolicy** — https://genius.com/static/privacy_policy
- **Support** — https://support.genius.com/hc/en-us
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/medialab-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other MediaLab.AI APIs (1)

- [Imgur API](https://apis.io/apis/medialab-ai/imgur-api/)

## Tags

Music, Lyrics, Annotations, Content, Search

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/medialab-ai/genius-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/medialab-ai/.