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Genius Annotations API

Community annotations attached to lyric fragments.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Genius Annotations API is one of 9 APIs that Genius publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 9 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Annotations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and 9 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 8 operations across 6 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.genius.com.

8 operations 6 paths 15 schemas 2 DELETE3 GET1 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.genius.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, HTTP Bearer
Contact
Genius API Support
License
Genius API Terms of Use
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Genius Annotations API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (GeniusOAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 4 scopes. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (client_access_token) (ClientAccessToken).

  • GeniusOAuth2 — Genius uses OAuth 2.0 with the authorization-code flow. Apps are registered at https://genius.com/api-clients.
  • ClientAccessToken — Client-only access token issued at app registration. Sufficient for read-only endpoints (search, songs, artists, albums, annotations, referents, webpages/looku…

Paths & Operations 8

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 2 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Annotations 8

Community annotations attached to lyric fragments.

GET
/annotations/{id}
Get Annotation
getAnnotation 2 params → 200404
DELETE
/annotations/{id}
Delete Annotation
deleteAnnotation 1 param → 204401404
POST
/annotations
Create Annotation
createAnnotation body → 201400401
GET
/annotations/{id}/edits
Get Annotation Edits
getAnnotationEdits 1 param → 200
GET
/annotations/{id}/comments
Get Annotation Comments
getAnnotationComments 3 params → 200
PUT
/annotations/{id}/vote
Upvote Annotation
upvoteAnnotation 1 param → 200401
DELETE
/annotations/{id}/vote
Remove Annotation Vote
removeAnnotationVote 1 param → 200401
PUT
/annotations/{id}/downvote
Downvote Annotation
downvoteAnnotation 1 param → 200401

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Annotation (18 properties), Referent (14 properties), User (12 properties), Annotatable (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RichText
object
Genius represents textual content in multiple formats. Which key is present depends on the textformat query parameter.
4 properties
AnnotationVersion
object
5 properties
Meta
object
Wrapper metadata included on every response.
2 properties 1 required
AnnotationResponse
object
2 properties
CommentListResponse
object
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required
CreateAnnotationRequest
object
3 properties 3 required
AnnotationEditListResponse
object
2 properties
Comment
object
6 properties
VoteResponse
object
2 properties
Annotation
object
18 properties
Annotatable
object
7 properties
AnnotationAuthor
object
3 properties
User
object
12 properties
Referent
object
A referent is a fragment of text on a page that one or more annotations are attached to.
14 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

genius-annotations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Genius publishes across the network.

Genius Account API
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Genius Albums API
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Genius Artists API
AE Profile APIs.io
Genius Referents API
AE Profile APIs.io
Genius Search API
AE Profile APIs.io
Genius Songs API
AE Profile APIs.io
Genius Users API
AE Profile APIs.io
Genius Web Pages API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
genius:genius-annotations-api
Base URL
https://api.genius.com
Docs
https://docs.genius.com/
Provider
Genius
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