Genius · OAuth Scopes

Genius OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

Genius publishes 4 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Genius API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://api.genius.com/oauth/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

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Scopes: 4 Flows: authorizationCode Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://api.genius.com/oauth/authorize

Token URL
https://api.genius.com/oauth/token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (4)

Scope	Description	Flows
create_annotation	Create new annotations.	authorizationCode
manage_annotation	Edit or delete the user's annotations.	authorizationCode
me	Access account profile of the authenticated user.	authorizationCode
vote	Upvote, downvote, or remove a vote on annotations.	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/genius-openapi.yml
schemes:
- name: GeniusOAuth2
  source: openapi/genius-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://api.genius.com/oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://api.genius.com/oauth/token
  description: |-
    Genius uses OAuth 2.0 with the authorization-code flow. Apps are
    registered at https://genius.com/api-clients.
scopes:
- scope: create_annotation
  description: Create new annotations.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/genius-openapi.yml
- scope: manage_annotation
  description: Edit or delete the user's annotations.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/genius-openapi.yml
- scope: me
  description: Access account profile of the authenticated user.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/genius-openapi.yml
- scope: vote
  description: Upvote, downvote, or remove a vote on annotations.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/genius-openapi.yml