Query & Scrape Genius Lyrics

index.js

const { get } = require('snekfetch');
const { load } = require('cheerio');

/**
 * Get the lyrics for a song using the Genius API
 *
 * @param {string} query What to search for
 * @returns {Promise<String>} Lyrics
 */

module.exports = query =>
	get('https://genius.com/api/search/song')
		.query({
			q: query.replace(/[[(].*?[)\]]/g, '').trim() || query,
			per_page: 1,
		})
		.then(res =>
			res.body.response.sections[0].hits.length
				? get(res.body.response.sections[0].hits[0].result.url)
				: Promise.reject(new Error(404))
		)
		.then(res => load(res.text))
		.then($ => $('.lyrics').text().trim());

package.json

{
	"author": "lloti <[email protected]> (https://dim.codes)",
	"name": "genius-lyrics-scraper",
	"version": "1.0.0",
	"description": "Query & Scrape Genius Lyrics",
	"private": true,
	"dependencies": {
		"cheerio": "^1.0.0-rc.2",
		"snekfetch": "*"
	}
}