Scrape lyrics by artist and album

To scrape lyrics by artist and album, you can use Python with libraries like requests, BeautifulSoup, and optionally pandas to organize data. However, many lyrics websites have terms of service that prohibit scraping, so use APIs where possible (like Genius API) or make sure you have permission to scrape.

Here’s an example using the Genius API, which is one of the most reliable ways to access lyrics:

Step 1: Set Up the Genius API

1. Get an access token from Genius API.

2. Install the required Python libraries:

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pip install requests beautifulsoup4

Step 2: Python Script to Scrape Lyrics by Artist and Album

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import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

GENIUS_API_TOKEN = 'YOUR_GENIUS_ACCESS_TOKEN'
BASE_URL = 'https://api.genius.com'

def get_album_songs(artist_name, album_name):
    headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {GENIUS_API_TOKEN}'}
    search_url = f"{BASE_URL}/search"
    params = {'q': f'{album_name} {artist_name}'}
    
    response = requests.get(search_url, params=params, headers=headers)
    json_data = response.json()
    
    songs = []
    for hit in json_data['response']['hits']:
        if artist_name.lower() in hit['result']['primary_artist']['name'].lower():
            songs.append({
                'title': hit['result']['title'],
                'url': hit['result']['url']
            })
    return songs

def scrape_lyrics(url):
    page = requests.get(url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text, 'html.parser')
    
    lyrics_div = soup.find('div', class_='lyrics')  # Old format
    if lyrics_div:
        return lyrics_div.get_text(strip=True)
    
    # Newer Genius page format
    lyrics_divs = soup.select('div[data-lyrics-container="true"]')
    lyrics = 'n'.join([div.get_text(strip=True, separator='n') for div in lyrics_divs])
    return lyrics

def get_album_lyrics(artist_name, album_name):
    songs = get_album_songs(artist_name, album_name)
    album_lyrics = {}
    
    for song in songs:
        try:
            lyrics = scrape_lyrics(song['url'])
            album_lyrics[song['title']] = lyrics
            print(f"Lyrics scraped for: {song['title']}")
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Failed to get lyrics for {song['title']}: {e}")
    
    return album_lyrics

# Example usage
artist = 'Coldplay'
album = 'Parachutes'
lyrics_dict = get_album_lyrics(artist, album)

for title, lyrics in lyrics_dict.items():
    print(f"n=== {title} ===n{lyrics}n")

Notes:

• Replace 'YOUR_GENIUS_ACCESS_TOKEN' with your actual Genius API token.

• Genius API search doesn’t return albums directly, so this uses a heuristic search by combining album and artist name.

• For full album support, consider combining this with manual mapping or scraping of tracklists from Wikipedia (using wikipedia module or similar).

• Scraping Genius HTML requires fallback handling due to format changes.

Let me know if you want the script to save lyrics to a file or handle multiple albums automatically.