This is an Alfred 3 workflow to search Genius for lyrics. By default it will search for the currently playing track.

This workflow is not particularly easy for end-users to install. You will need to install Python 3 and register with Genius for an API token. If you think Python is a type of snake this might not be for you.

Installation:

Prep:

You'll need a Python 3 install with the requests package.

I used conda for this:

conda create -n alfred-genius python=3 requests

But feel free to use python3 from Homebrew or something else.

Configuration

• Set the PATH var for this workflow to your Python bin
• Set the GENIUS_TOKEN var to your Genius API token

Add to Alfred 5

ln -s path/to/alfred-genius "~/Library/Application Support/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.alfred-genius"

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Useful development links:

• https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/inputs/script-filter/json/
• https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/utilities/debug/
• https://github.com/dtinth/JXA-Cookbook/wiki/Getting-the-Application-Instance