This function searches 'genius' artists by name

search_genius_artist(artist_name,
  access_token = Sys.getenv("GENIUS_API_TOKEN"))

Arguments

artist_name

String of artist name

access_token

Genius Web API token. Defaults to Sys.getenv('GENIUS_API_TOKEN').

Value

Returns a data frame with the artist's information

Details

All Genius API endpoints require an artist or song ID. The `search_` functions in this package try to search for the desired artists/songs to obtain their Genius ID and to use them later.

Examples

if (FALSE) { search_genius_artist('Arctic Monkeys') }