glyrics

A terminal thingy to get lyrics of a track from genius.com


Why

It was just getting tiring looking up lyrics like... okay maybe not that much maybe I was just bored and made this to kill time.

Install

$ [sudo] npm i glyrics -g

Usage

$ glyrics "track name"

and then follow onscreen instructions

TODO

- [ ] Make a GUI with all the genius.com features like viewing annotations and stuff

Contribution

You know what to do.. Just do any of the todos or add your own thing. Fork, make a new branch with your feature, submit a pull request!

Changelog

Added changelog in version 1.4.0, No changelog for older versions, Sorry 😕

1.8.0

- Fixed scraping logic

1.7.0

- Updated jsdom (I was using an ancient version)
- UserAgent change.
- Updated requests
- Ran prettier on entire project

1.6.1

- Better regex for highlighting
- replaced genius() with IIFE

1.6.0

- Bracket [] hightlighting for things like [Verse], [Chorus]. Makes it easier to read
- Refactoring and stuff
- Added LICENSE

1.5.0

- Not using node-genius anymore.
- Displays a more user friendly error if something goes wrong. (not dev friendly)

1.4.0

- Added a scrollable box (easier to read)
- Removed manual typing of number for selection of songs. Now using key arrows to navigate through the list of tracks
- Some other minor UI improvements

Notes

- I encourage that you get your own token at https://genius.com/api-clients
- Both the selection menu and the lyrics box support j and k keys for movement... Luckily.
- Works on Mac, Linux and even Android (Tested on termux). Install by yarn global add glyrics on Android.

By

@candhforlife
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