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Genius Search Example

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Genius Search 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

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{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.genius.com/search?q=Kendrick%20Lamar%20Alright",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_CLIENT_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "Accept": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "meta": { "status": 200 },
    "response": {
      "hits": [
        {
          "type": "song",
          "index": "song",
          "result": {
            "id": 1234567,
            "title": "Alright",
            "full_title": "Alright by Kendrick Lamar",
            "artist_names": "Kendrick Lamar",
            "primary_artist": {
              "id": 1421,
              "name": "Kendrick Lamar",
              "url": "https://genius.com/artists/Kendrick-lamar",
              "is_verified": true
            },
            "url": "https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-alright-lyrics",
            "release_date": "2015-06-30",
            "song_art_image_thumbnail_url": "https://images.genius.com/abc.jpg",
            "lyrics_state": "complete",
            "annotation_count": 142
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}