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Genius Get Song Example

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Genius Get Song Example is an example object payload from Genius, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.genius.com/songs/378195?text_format=plain",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_CLIENT_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "Accept": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "meta": { "status": 200 },
    "response": {
      "song": {
        "id": 378195,
        "title": "Alright",
        "full_title": "Alright by Kendrick Lamar",
        "artist_names": "Kendrick Lamar",
        "primary_artist": {
          "id": 1421,
          "name": "Kendrick Lamar",
          "is_verified": true,
          "followers_count": 9876543
        },
        "album": {
          "id": 56682,
          "name": "To Pimp A Butterfly",
          "url": "https://genius.com/albums/Kendrick-lamar/To-pimp-a-butterfly"
        },
        "url": "https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-alright-lyrics",
        "release_date": "2015-06-30",
        "release_date_for_display": "June 30, 2015",
        "song_art_image_url": "https://images.genius.com/song-art.jpg",
        "lyrics_state": "complete",
        "annotation_count": 142,
        "description": { "plain": "The fourth single from To Pimp A Butterfly." },
        "media": [
          { "provider": "youtube", "type": "video", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY" }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}