# Genius Referent API Documentation

<p>Get one referent by id with its annotations as plain text. The annotated lyric line is not returned.</p>

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

## 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 referent id. Example: 35874550. |

## Example response

```json
{
    "data": {
        "referent": {
            "id": 35874550,
            "url": "https://genius.com/35874550",
            "song_id": 3039923,
            "annotations": [
                {
                    "id": 35874550,
                    "body": {
                        "plain": "Kendrick describes a single decisive move."
                    },
                    "verified": false,
                    "votes_total": 12
                }
            ],
            "classification": "accepted"
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "billable": true,
        "proxy_tier": "mobile-proxies",
        "technology": "http",
        "endpoint_family": "referent"
    },
    "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)