# Genius Album API Documentation

<p>Get one Genius album by id: name, artists, release date, cover art, description text, performances and relationships.</p>

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/genius-api/genius_album](https://scrappa.co/docs/genius-api/genius_album)
- **API group:** Genius API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/genius/album`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | integer | Yes | Genius album id. Example: 337082. |

## Example response

```json
{
    "data": {
        "album": {
            "id": 337082,
            "url": "https://genius.com/albums/Kendrick-lamar/Damn",
            "name": "DAMN.",
            "full_title": "DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar",
            "release_date_for_display": "April 14, 2017"
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "billable": true,
        "proxy_tier": "mobile-proxies",
        "technology": "http",
        "endpoint_family": "album"
    },
    "success": true
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 404 | Not Found | Genius has no resource for this id or path. This response is not billable. |
| 422 | Validation Error | A parameter is missing or invalid. No upstream request is made. This response is not billable. |
| 503 | Genius Temporarily Unavailable | Genius did not answer in time or the request was blocked. Retry after a short pause. This response is not billable. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)