songtext

A command-line song lyric fetcher.

Inspired by @gleitz's howdoi. Name from the German word for "lyrics".

Installation

With pip:

$ pip install songtext

With distutils:

$ python setup.py install

Usage

Search by both artist name (-a, --artist) and song title (-t, --title):

    $ songtext -a pvris -t fire

    PVRIS: Fire
    -----------
    Don't blame your death on the shit in your head
    That you claimed ate you like a virus for days on end
    I watched you decay, watched you waste away
    Who'd you think you'd fool, baby, diggin' your own grave?

Option values that consist of more than one word need to be quoted:

    $ songtext -a 'nina simone' -t sinnerman

    Nina Simone: Sinnerman
    ----------------------
    Oh sinnerman, where you gonna run to?
    Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?
    Where you gonna run to?
    All along dem day

Punctuation is important too:

    $ songtext -a "shawn mendes" -t "theres nothing holdin me back"

    Your query did not match any tracks.


    $ songtext -a "shawn mendes" -t "there's nothing holdin' me back"

    Shawn Mendes: There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
    ---------------------------------------------
    I wanna follow her where she goes
    I think about her and she knows it
    I wanna let it take control
    'Cause every time that she gets closer

Note that paging is turned on by default. Use the --no-pager flag to turn it off.

Author

• @ysim