STANDS4 Web Services:
Lyrics API
The Lyrics API from STANDS4 enables you to get album, artist and songs information for a given search term — along with direct links to the respected object pages on Lyrics.com.
Request URL:
https://www.stands4.com/services/v2/lyrics.php
Request parameters:
Parameter | Value | Required | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
uid | string | Y | Your API user id |
|
tokenid | string | Y | Your valid developer token id |
|
term | string | Y | The term you would like to search for |
|
artist | string | N | The name of the artist or band |
|
format | string | N | xml | The format in which you want the result returned (xml or json) |
Sample request URL:
https://www.stands4.com/services/v2/lyrics.php?uid=1001&tokenid=tk324324&term=forever%20young&artist=Alphaville&format=xml
Response elements:
Element | Description |
---|---|
results | Contains all of the query responses |
result | Contains each individual response |
song | The matching song title |
song-link | Direct link to the song's lyrics page on Lyrics.com |
artist | The artist the performs the song |
artist-link | Direct link to artist page on Lyrics.com |
album | The album name this song belongs to |
album-link | Direct link to album page on Lyrics.com |
Sample response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<results>
<result>
<song>
Forever Young
</song>
<song-link>
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8237688
</song-link>
<artist>
Johnny Cash
</artist>
<artist-link>
https://www.lyrics.com/artist/Johnny%20Cash/1548
</artist-link>
<album>
The Legend [Columbia]
</album>
<album-link>
https://www.lyrics.com/album/784490
</album-link>
</result>
</results>
{
"results": {
"result": {
"song": "Forever Young",
"song-link": "https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8237688",
"artist": "Johnny Cash",
"artist-link": "https://www.lyrics.com/artist/Johnny%20Cash/1548",
"album": "The Legend [Columbia]",
"album-link": "https://www.lyrics.com/album/784490"
}
}
}
Want to use this service?
The Lyrics API service is free to use for up to 100 queries per day.
For a premium commercial license, please contact us.