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Genius — free tier with API key

🎬 MediaDEADchecked 10h ago
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Genius exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

0HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Docs ↗
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 0 · dead
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Uptime history
0.0%90 days
0.0%30 days
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
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())

THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN

Endpoints · 6DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /apples no longer responds reliably
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

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

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 Rate limits: Unpublished.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?

As of our last scheduled check, Genius is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.