genius-lyrics

Custom component for Home Assistant to fetch song lyrics from Genius by tracking media player entities. Component allows service calls for custom automations.

Installation

With HACS

1. Open HACS Settings and add this repository (https://github.com/robert-alfaro/genius-lyrics) as a Custom Repository (use Integration as the category).
2. The Genius Lyrics page should automatically load (or find it in the HACS Store).
3. Click Install

Manual

Copy the genius_lyrics directory from custom_components in this repository, and place inside your Home Assistant installation's custom_components directory.

Setup

1. Install this integration via HACS or manually and reboot Home Assistant.

2. Configure Genius Lyrics via integrations page or press the blue button below.

   

3. Create markdown card in lovelace. All created sensors are named after the media player and appended with _lyrics.

   Below, media player foobar is just an example. Replace it with your media player's entity name.

   type: vertical-stack
   cards:
     - type: media-control
       entity: media_player.foobar
     - type: conditional
       conditions:
         - entity: sensor.foobar_lyrics
           state: "on"
       card:
         type: markdown
         content: >-
           ![image]({{
           states.sensor.foobar_lyrics.attributes.media_image }})
   
           ## {{ states.sensor.foobar_lyrics.attributes.media_artist }} - {{ states.sensor.foobar_lyrics.attributes.media_title }}
   
           {{ states.sensor.foobar_lyrics.attributes.media_lyrics }}

   The above lovelace card groups the media player and lyrics sensor together. The conditional portion will hide the lyrics sensor when the media player is off.

Example service call

Service optionally accepts entity_id. Returns response when omitted, otherwise updates sensor entity attributes.

JSON

{
  "media_artist": "Protoje",
  "media_title": "Mind of a King",
  "entity_id": "sensor.foobar_lyrics"
}

YAML

media_artist: "Protoje"
media_title: "Mind of a King"
entity_id: sensor.foobar_lyrics

Screenshot

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Thanks to

• @johnwmillr for lyricsgenius python package!