@fantox01/lyrics-scraper
v3.0.1
Published
A simple yet most powerful scraper to get lyrics and thumbnail of any song from Genius Lyrics
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Description:
- This is a Scraper which can scrap and give you lyrics of any song that's available on Genius Offitial Site.
- This can return both album thumbnail and lyrics if they are available through thw power of web scraping.
- Scraping an website is not always allowed by the website owners. This project is made for educational purposes only.
Whats New on version 3.0.1
- Added ES6 Javascript and Typescript Support
- Updated code according to updated Genius Lyrics page HTML
- Added JS Doc for more clear implementation
- Added support for promises too
- Removed backwards compatibility for older version of this package (Use
npm i @fantox01/lyrics-scraper@latest
to update)
Installation:
npm i @fantox01/lyrics-scraper
yarn add @fantox01/lyrics-scraper
Usage:
- For ES5 Javascript
const getLyrics = require("@fantox01/lyrics-scraper");
const main = async () => {
const data = await getLyrics("Heat Waves");
console.log(data);
};
main();
- For ES6 Javascript / Typescript
import { getLyrics } from "@fantox01/lyrics-scraper";
const main = async () => {
const data = await getLyrics("Heat Waves");
console.log(data);
};
main();
Output:
- It will automatically format the lyrics and add new lines ("\n").
- Use
console.log(data.lyrics)
to for only lyrics andconsole.log(data.thumbnail)
to get only thumbnail.
{
status: 200,
url: 'https://genius.com/Glass-animals-heat-waves-lyrics',
album: 'Heat Waves by Glass Animals',
artist: 'Glass Animals',
release_date: 'June 29, 2020',
thumbnail: 'https://images.genius.com/25ffad8f4a6804e3efc869253f030baf.1000x1000x1.jpg',
lyrics: '[Intro]\n' +
'(Last night, all I think about is you)\n' +
"(Don't stop, baby, you can walk through)\n" +
"(Don't want, baby, think about you)\n" +
"(You know that I'm never gonna lose)\n" +
"Road shimmer wigglin' the vision\n" +
"Heat, heat waves, I'm swimmin' in a mirror\n" +
"Road shimmer wigglin' the vision\n" +
"Heat, heat waves, I'm swimmin' in a—\n" +
'\n' +
'[Chorus]\n' +
'Sometimes, all I think about is you\n' +
'Late nights in the middle of June\n' +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
"Can't make you happier now\n" +
'Sometimes, all I think about is you\n' +
'Late nights in the middle of June\n' +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
"Can't make you happier now\n" +
'\n' +
'[Verse 1]\n' +
"Usually, I put somethin' on TV\n" +
'So we never think about you and me\n' +
'But today, I see our reflections clearly\n' +
"In Hollywood, layin' on the screen\n" +
'You just need a better life than this\n' +
"You need somethin' I can never give\n" +
'Fake water all across the road\n' +
"It's gone now, the night has come, but\n" +
'\n' +
'[Chorus]\n' +
'Sometimes, all I think about is you\n' +
'Late nights in the middle of June\n' +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
"Can't make you happier now\n" +
'\n' +
'[Verse 2]\n' +
"You can't fight it, you can't breathe\n" +
"You say somethin' so lovin', but\n" +
'Now I gotta let you go\n' +
"You'll be better off in someone new\n" +
"I don't wanna be alone\n" +
'You know it hurts me too\n' +
'You look so broken when you cry\n' +
'One more and then I say goodbye\n' +
'\n' +
'[Chorus]\n' +
'Sometimes, all I think about is you\n' +
'Late nights in the middle of June\n' +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
"Can't make you happier now\n" +
'Sometimes, all I think about is you\n' +
'Late nights in the middle of June\n' +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
"Can't make you happier now\n" +
'\n' +
'[Bridge]\n' +
"I just wonder what you're dreamin' of\n" +
'When you sleep and smile so comfortable\n' +
'I just wish that I could give you that\n' +
"That look that's perfectly un-sad\n" +
'Sometimes, all I think about is you\n' +
'Late nights in the middle of June\n' +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
'\n' +
'[Chorus]\n' +
'Sometimes, all I think about is you\n' +
'Late nights in the middle of June\n' +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
"Can't make you happier now\n" +
'Sometimes, all I think about is you\n' +
'Late nights in the middle of June\n' +
"Heat waves been fakin' me out\n" +
"Can't make you happier now\n" +
'\n' +
'[Outro]\n' +
"Road shimmer wigglin' the vision\n" +
"Heat, heat waves, I'm swimmin' in a mirror\n" +
"Road shimmer wigglin' the vision\n" +
"Heat, heat waves, I'm swimmin' in a mirror"
}
Making of @fantox01/lyrics-scraper
How?
- Using Axios and Cheerio
- Axios - A promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js
- Cheerio - A fast, flexible, and elegant library for parsing and manipulating HTML and XML.
Why?
- IDK, scraping is fun to me and also legal upto a limited extend as long as you don't misuse it.
Contributions
- Made by FantoX
- I don't have any other contributors in this project yet. Feel free to contribute.
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