Genius · Schema

GeniusSong

A Genius song record returned by /songs/{id} and embedded in many list responses.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Genius numeric song ID.
title	string	Song title.
title_with_featured	string
full_title	string	Title rendered with primary artist.
artist_names	string
primary_artist	object
featured_artists	array
album	object
url	string	Public song page URL (source of lyric HTML).
path	string
release_date	stringnull
release_date_for_display	stringnull
song_art_image_url	string
song_art_image_thumbnail_url	string
header_image_url	string
header_image_thumbnail_url	string
lyrics_state	string
lyrics_owner_id	integer
annotation_count	integer
api_path	string
pyongs_count	integernull
stats	object
media	array
producer_artists	array
writer_artists	array

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/genius/blob/main/json-schema/genius-song-schema.json",
  "title": "GeniusSong",
  "description": "A Genius song record returned by /songs/{id} and embedded in many list responses.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "title", "url"],
  "properties": {
    "id":                            { "type": "integer", "description": "Genius numeric song ID." },
    "title":                         { "type": "string",  "description": "Song title." },
    "title_with_featured":           { "type": "string" },
    "full_title":                    { "type": "string",  "description": "Title rendered with primary artist." },
    "artist_names":                  { "type": "string" },
    "primary_artist":                { "$ref": "genius-artist-schema.json" },
    "featured_artists":              { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "genius-artist-schema.json" } },
    "album":                         { "$ref": "genius-album-schema.json" },
    "url":                           { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "Public song page URL (source of lyric HTML)." },
    "path":                          { "type": "string" },
    "release_date":                  { "type": ["string","null"], "format": "date" },
    "release_date_for_display":      { "type": ["string","null"] },
    "song_art_image_url":            { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "song_art_image_thumbnail_url":  { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "header_image_url":              { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "header_image_thumbnail_url":    { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "lyrics_state":                  { "type": "string", "enum": ["complete","incomplete","unreleased","not_for_release","none"] },
    "lyrics_owner_id":               { "type": "integer" },
    "annotation_count":              { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
    "api_path":                      { "type": "string" },
    "pyongs_count":                  { "type": ["integer","null"] },
    "stats": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "unreviewed_annotations":    { "type": "integer" },
        "hot":                       { "type": "boolean" },
        "pageviews":                 { "type": ["integer","null"] }
      }
    },
    "media": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "provider":   { "type": "string" },
          "type":       { "type": "string", "enum": ["video","audio"] },
          "url":        { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
          "start":      { "type": ["integer","null"] },
          "native_uri": { "type": ["string","null"] }
        }
      }
    },
    "producer_artists": { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "genius-artist-schema.json" } },
    "writer_artists":   { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "genius-artist-schema.json" } }
  }
}