lyrics_api.py

#Code by: Mazikeen El Bezra, ID: 10832578,  documentation used: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation, https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/master/, adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFRzKmpepj4&t=1108s
''' function to return 30% of the lyrics of a requested song'''
def my_func():
    import requests #import request package which is used to import HTTP requests
    import json

    key= "&apikey=352a18cc5baa9cd34bd6fc0aa20c3401" #API key used to access the music API
    url="https://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/"

    print("Welcome to the lyrics search!\n")
    artist= input("What's the name of the song?-->")
    song= input("Who's the artist?-->")
    #calls api method needed with user's inputs
    api= url + "matcher.lyrics.get" + "?format=json&callback=callback" + "&q_artist=" + artist + "&q_track=" + song + key
    request = requests.get(api) #sends a GET request to the specified url to get data from server
    data = request.json() #parse it as a JSON object
    print(data['message']['body']['lyrics']['lyrics_body']) #access object lyrics and return the required object value