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Genius Scraper API

Access any Genius page using our Genius Scraper API. Point one API request at a Genius URL and get structured JSON back while we get past CAPTCHAs, IP rate limiting, IP blocking, and headless-browser detection through residential proxies. Get back fields like song title, artist name, full lyrics, songwriter credits as structured JSON.

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Request

curl "https://api.chocodata.com/api/v1/universal/get?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://www.genius.com/"

JSON Response

200 OK

{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.genius.com/",
  "status": 200,
  "content": "parsed Genius page content..."
  // + more fields
}

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Genius is served through the Universal Web Scraper API

You scrape Genius with Chocodata's Universal Web Scraper API: point it at any Genius URL and get the page back as structured JSON. Residential proxies, rotation, and retries are handled for you, with no Genius-specific setup. The same API key and credits work here as on every dedicated endpoint.

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About Genius

Genius is a database of song lyrics with crowd-sourced annotations explaining their meaning, plus artist and album pages. Public song pages expose lyrics, song and artist names, contributing writers, release info, and annotation text that are worth scraping.

Scraping note: Song-page URLs follow an artist-plus-title slug ending in -lyrics, and lyric text is injected via JavaScript into a container element rather than served as plain static HTML.

Example Genius page

https://genius.com/Example-artist-example-song-lyrics

Pass a URL like this as url= to the Universal Web Scraper API and get it back as JSON.

Fields you can extract from Genius

check_small song title check_small artist name check_small full lyrics check_small songwriter credits check_small album/release date check_small annotation text

Common use: A lyric-analysis project scrapes Genius song pages to collect lyrics and writer credits for a corpus of tracks.

Everything you need to scrape Genius

Residential proxies keep your own IP out of every request, the JSON comes back clean, and 1,000 free requests a month let you prove genius scraper works before you add a card.

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Clean structured JSON

The Genius page comes back as JSON in the parse mode you choose: auto, html, text, or json. No selectors to maintain for genius scraper.

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Bypasses CAPTCHAs and anti-bot defenses

We get past CAPTCHAs, IP rate limiting, IP blocking, and headless-browser detection on Genius using rotating, country-matched residential proxies, so requests look like real users and your own IP stays private.

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One API call

Scraping Genius is one simple API call. The same key works across our whole web scraping API: all 235 targets, any language, no SDK required.

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Geo-targeting and JS rendering

Pass a country for proxy geo-targeting and turn on JavaScript rendering when a Genius page needs it. genius data api handles dynamic content and region-locked results.

Scrape Genius in one API request

Point the Universal Web Scraper API at any Genius page and get structured JSON back. You supply the URL; Chocodata handles the blocks, rotation, and retries that make scrape genius hard to run yourself.

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Request

curl "https://api.chocodata.com/api/v1/universal/get?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://www.genius.com/"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.genius.com/",
  "status": 200,
  "content": "parsed Genius page content..."
  // + more fields
}

Parameters

Genius routes through the Universal Web Scraper API, so the parameters are the universal ones: the URL to fetch, an optional parse mode, and an optional country for proxy geo-targeting.

Parameter	Type	Required	Example
url	string	required	https://example.com
parse	enum	optional	auto
country	string	optional	us

Enum parameters accept a fixed set of values. For example, parse accepts auto, html, text, json.

What you can build with Genius data

Once the scraping API returns Genius search data as clean JSON, these are the patterns teams reach for most.

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Data Aggregation

Pull Genius search records into your own warehouse and analyze them on your terms.

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Market Intelligence

Track Genius search data over time to spot market shifts before competitors do.

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Competitor Monitoring

Watch rivals on Genius and alert your team when prices, ranks, or listings change.

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Lead Generation

Turn Genius search data into targeted lead lists and feed them into your CRM.

Why developers pick Chocodata for Genius

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Fast at the tail

Median 2.6 s per request with multi-tier retry, so latency stays predictable even when Genius fights back.

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Parity-checked output

The Universal scraper returns the live page faithfully in your chosen parse mode.

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One key, 235 targets

The same scraping API key that scrapes Genius works across every other target, with official Node, Python, and Go SDKs.

Simple pricing that scales with you

Start free with 1,000 requests a month and 5,000 credits, no credit card. Scale on monthly plans from $19, or top up pay-as-you-go at $0.90 per 1,000 successful requests. Only successful 2xx responses are billed, and every plan covers the full scraping API: all 235 targets and every endpoint.

Free

Forever free on signup

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Vibe

$19 / month

$0.70 / 1k effective

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Pro

$49 / month

$0.60 / 1k effective

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Custom

$100-$2k / month

Flat $0.50 / 1k effective at every level

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Pick Custom level

Pay-as-you-go top-up

$0.90 / 1,000 successful requests

Available on every plan including Free. Top up any time when included credits run out. Only 2xx responses charged. Balance never expires.

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Genius Scraper API FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Genius?

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Scraping publicly accessible Genius data is generally legal in the US under the Ninth Circuit's hiQ v. LinkedIn ruling, which held that scraping public web data does not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It does not override Genius's own Terms of Service, which are a contract matter, so check those for your use case and comply with data laws such as GDPR. This is general information, not legal advice.

How do I scrape Genius without getting blocked?

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You scrape Genius without getting blocked by sending the URL to the Universal Web Scraper API, which fetches it through rotating residential proxies and retries on soft blocks. Your own IP is never used, so Genius's anti-bot layer sees ordinary residential traffic instead of a server.

What data does the Genius Scraper API return?

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Through the Universal Web Scraper API you get the Genius page back as JSON: rendered HTML, plain text, or auto-parsed content depending on the parse mode you pass. You choose the URL, Chocodata returns the data.

How much does the Genius Scraper API cost?

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The Genius Scraper API costs nothing to start: the Free plan includes 1,000 requests per month (5,000 credits) across all 235 targets. After that, monthly plans begin at $19, or you top up pay-as-you-go at $0.90 per 1,000 successful requests. One request is 5 credits, and non-2xx responses are never charged.

Do I need a Genius account or login?

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No Genius login is needed for public pages. You point the Universal Web Scraper API at a publicly accessible Genius URL with your Chocodata API key; you do not hand over any Genius credentials. Login-gated content is not supported.

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