Get a Genius chart: songs, albums, artists or referents (trending annotations). Every item carries page views. The response has no total. Request the next page until a page has no items. Artist and referent charts only support chart_genre all. Referent items have no lyric line.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
This endpoint has no required query parameters.
5 optional filters available.
string
Optional
songs, albums, artists or referents. Default: songs.
example
string
Optional
all, pop, rap, rock, country or electronic. Default: all.
example
string
Optional
all_time, day, week or month. Default: day.
example
integer
Optional
Page number, starting at 1. Default: 1.
1
integer
Optional
Results per page, 1-50. Default: 20.
10
Response Schema
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Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"chart_items": [
{
"item": {
"id": 3039923,
"url": "https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-humble-lyrics",
"stats": {
"pageviews": 12358095
},
"title": "HUMBLE.",
"full_title": "HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar",
"lyrics_url": "https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-humble-lyrics",
"artist_names": "Kendrick Lamar",
"lyrics_state": "complete",
"annotation_count": 21,
"song_art_image_url": "https://images.genius.com/483306c535608c27f9e3781b854dc91d.1000x1000x1.png",
"release_date_for_display": "March 30, 2017"
},
"type": "song"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"proxy_tier": "mobile-proxies",
"technology": "http",
"endpoint_family": "chart"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Not Found
Genius has no resource for this id or path. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false
},
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested Genius resource was not found."
},
"success": false
}Validation Error
A parameter is missing or invalid. No upstream request is made. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"id": [
"The id field is required."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Genius Temporarily Unavailable
Genius did not answer in time or the request was blocked. Retry after a short pause. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "Genius is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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