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Genius Referents API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/genius/referents

List the referents of a song with their annotations as plain text, votes, authors and verification. The annotated lyric line is not returned.

Genius Referents API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/genius/referents
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
song_id = 1234567890
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "data": {
        "referents": [
            {
                "id": 35874550,
                "url": "https://genius.com/35874550",
                "song_id": 3039923,
                "annotations": [
                    {
                        "id": 35874550,
                        "body": {
                            "plain": "Kendrick describes a single decisive move."
                        },
                        "verified": false,
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

2 optional filters available.

song_id integer Required

Genius song id. Example: 3039923.

Example value 1234567890
page integer Optional

Page number, starting at 1. Default: 1.

Example value 1
per_page integer Optional

Results per page, 1-50. Default: 20.

Example value 10

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

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data meta success
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "data": {
        "referents": [
            {
                "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": "referents"
    },
    "success": true
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

404

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
}
422

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"
}
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.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": true
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
        "message": "Genius is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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