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Genius

Genius — free tier with API key

🎬 MediaUNMONITORED
AUTH APIKEYCORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Genius exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://api.genius.com/apples

{
  "meta": {
    "status": 403,
    "message": "Action forbidden for current scope"
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.genius.com/apples"
const res = await fetch("https://api.genius.com/apples");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.genius.com/apples")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /apples awaits first probe
GET/applesPROBED

Genius — free tier with API key

GET/apples?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

GET/annotations/

Annotations — documented GET route.

GET/annotation/

Annotation — documented GET route.

GET/referents

Referents — documented GET route.

GET/songs/

Songs — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Genius: common questions

Is Genius free to use?

Yes — Genius is a free media API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Genius need an API key?

Yes — Genius needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Genius from the browser?

Yes — Genius returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Genius up right now?

Genius is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.