# Genius Referents Multi API Documentation

<p>Get up to 20 referents by id in one call. The annotated lyric line is not returned.</p>

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

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ids` | string | Yes | Comma separated referent ids, up to 20. Example: 35874550,18522490. |

## Example response

```json
{
    "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_multi"
    },
    "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)