This repository contains code requisite to create a REST API for genius. In this repo you can find the Dockerfile that is used to create a container to host the API. This isn't necessary, but it is helpful.
If you want to use the docker image enter the command line and run:
docker pull josiahparry/genius-api:working
docker build -t josiahparry/genius-api .
docker run --rm -p 80:80 josiahparry/genius-api
Assuming everything went well, the api is now accessible from your local host.
An example query is http://localhost:80/track?artist=andrew bird&song=proxy war.
Therre is a file called genius.py which creates wrappers for the main function in genius. These being genius_lyrics(), genius_album(), and genius_tracklist().
Open the file, and run the code to create the functions.
If anyone wants to help and make a proper python library for this, please do that! I lack the skills.
If you wish to run this api locally without Docker it is quite simple. Clone the repository, open up R with the repo as your working directory and run source("launch_api.R").
Alternatively, you can open the launch_api.R file yourself and run the code manually. All is well.