drain.lat API

GET /search

Search for songs on Genius by title or artist.

GET /api/v1/genius/search

string

required

Song name or artist name to search for. Can also use query parameter.

curl "https://drain.lat/api/v1/genius/search?q=bohemian+rhapsody" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://drain.lat/api/v1/genius/search?q=bohemian+rhapsody", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await res.json();

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://drain.lat/api/v1/genius/search",
    params={"q": "bohemian rhapsody"},
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
)
print(res.json())

array

Show result object

number

Song ID.

string

Song title.

string

Artist name.

number

Artist ID.

string

Artist image URL.

string

Album art URL.

string

Link to the song on Genius.

string

Release date.

number

Total page views.

number

Number of results returned.

Response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 12345,
      "title": "Bohemian Rhapsody",
      "artist": "Queen",
      "artistId": 123,
      "artistImage": "https://images.genius.com/...",
      "albumArt": "https://images.genius.com/...",
      "url": "https://genius.com/Queen-bohemian-rhapsody-lyrics",
      "releaseDate": "October 31, 1975",
      "pageviews": 5000000
    }
  ],
  "total": 1
}

GET /song

Get complete song data including full lyrics text.

GET /api/v1/genius/song

string

required

Song name or artist name to search for. Can also use query parameter.

curl "https://drain.lat/api/v1/genius/song?q=never+gonna+give+you+up" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://drain.lat/api/v1/genius/song?q=never+gonna+give+you+up", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await res.json();

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://drain.lat/api/v1/genius/song",
    params={"q": "never gonna give you up"},
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
)
print(res.json())

number

Song ID.

string

Song title.

string

Artist name.

number

Artist ID.

string

Artist image URL.

string

Album art URL.

string

Full lyrics text.

string

Link to the song on Genius.

string

Release date.

number

Total page views.

Response

{
  "id": 67890,
  "title": "Never Gonna Give You Up",
  "artist": "Rick Astley",
  "artistId": 456,
  "artistImage": "https://images.genius.com/...",
  "albumArt": "https://images.genius.com/...",
  "lyrics": "We're no strangers to love\nYou know the rules and so do I...",
  "url": "https://genius.com/Rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-lyrics",
  "releaseDate": "July 27, 1987",
  "pageviews": 10000000,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-31T00:00:00Z"
}

This endpoint scrapes lyrics from Genius pages and may take 5-10 seconds to respond.

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