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

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

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

1. Create a Genius.com access token:

   1. Sign up for a free account at genius.com if you don't have one.
   2. Open the New API Client page and fill in App Name, App Website URL, and Redirect URL (this won't be used).
   3. Once you've saved the new client, click the button to generate a Client Access Token (record this somewhere safe).

2. Install this integration

3. Enable Genius Lyrics in configuration.yaml by adding the following (substitute your access token from step 1):

   genius_lyrics:
     access_token: "3SxSxqZJOtz5fYlkFXv-12E-mgripD0XM7v0L091P3Kz22wT9ReCRNg0qmrYeveG"
     entities:
       - media_player.foobar

   The above configuration will create a sensor entity sensor.foobar_lyrics.

4. Create markdown card in lovelace:

   type: vertical-stack
   cards:
     - type: media-control
       entity: media_player.foobar
     - type: conditional
       conditions:
         - entity: sensor.foobar_lyrics
           state: 'on'
       card:
         type: markdown
         content: >-
           ## {{ 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.

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

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

Thanks to

• @johnwmillr for lyricsgenius python package!