Genius Search API
Full-text search across the Genius corpus.
Genius Search 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 Search. 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 1 operation across 1 path, 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Genius Search 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 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Full-text search across the Genius corpus.
Schemas 15
The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Song (28 properties), Annotation (18 properties), Artist (16 properties), Referent (14 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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