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Scrape lyrics for a song by "Artist - Title", either straight from the command line, or in Node.js. Currently only supports Genius lyrics.

Get an API token for api.genius.com, and then put it in config.json as { "genius": { "token": "foobar" } }.

Then, run ./bin/lyrics. This only works on macOS, as it uses AppleScript to find out the active track.

const Lyrics = require('lyrics');

const fetcher = new Lyrics({
    genius: {
        token: 'foobar'
    }
});


// Get lyrics for a specific track (artist, title)
fetcher.getTrackLyrics('Noah', 'Chef')
  .then(lyrics => console.log(lyrics))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));


// Get lyrics for the current track active in Spotify or iTunes (macOS only)
fetcher.getCurrentTrackLyrics(['Spotify', 'iTunes'])
  .then(lyrics => console.log(lyrics))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));


// Find out the currently active track in Spotify or iTunes (macOS only)
fetcher.getCurrentTrack(['Spotify', 'iTunes'])
  .then(({ artist, title }) => console.log(artist, title))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

The config.json for bin/lyrics and the config object passed to Lyrics on construction are one and the same. They accept the following:

{
    "genius": {
        "token": String // Token for api.genius.com
    },
    "log": Boolean // Whether to log debug info to console (default: true)
}

macOS is natively supported using AppleScript to get the current track from Spotify or iTunes.

In Linux, you can get the current track using D-Bus, as Spotify implements the Media Player Remote Interfacing Specification (MPRIS). I have not tested it, but mpris-service is an available package.

There isn't a an osascript or D-Bus equivalent way of getting the current track from Spotify in Windows at the moment, as far as I know. The Spotify Web API also does not have an endpoint to get the /current/ track, though it does have an endpoint to fetch the last 50 played tracks -- but this does not include the current one, nor does it include any that played for less than 30 seconds.