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TRACK.SNIPPET.GET

Get the snippet for a given track.

A lyrics snippet is a very short representation of a song lyrics. It’s usually twenty to a hundred characters long and it’s calculated extracting a sequence of words from the lyrics.

Parameters

track_id
The musiXmatch track id

Authentication

This method requires authentication.

Examples

Request
Get the snippet for Titanium from David Guetta
track.snippet.get?track_id=16860631
Json Response
{
  "message": {
    "header": {
      "status_code": 200,
      "execute_time": 0.017257928848267
    },
    "body": {
      "snippet": {
        "snippet_language": "en",
        "restricted": 0,
        "instrumental": 0,
        "snippet_body": "You shoot me down, but I won't fall",
        "script_tracking_url": "http:\/\/tracking.musixmatch.com\/t1.0\/xcjSq2",
        "pixel_tracking_url": "http:\/\/tracking.musixmatch.com\/t1.0\/\/XHigoRKM",
        "html_tracking_url": "http:\/\/tracking.musixmatch.com\/t1.0\/fSkLiROnf",
        "updated_time": "2012-03-22T12:32:32Z"
      }
    }
  }
}
Request
Get the snippet for Everybody Talks from Neon Trees
track.snippet.get?track_id=16499261
Json Response
{
  "message": {
    "header": {
      "status_code": 200,
      "execute_time": 0.076300859451294
    },
    "body": {
      "snippet": {
        "snippet_language": "en",
        "restricted": 0,
        "instrumental": 0,
        "snippet_body": "And that was when I kissed her",
        "script_tracking_url": "http:\/\/tracking.musixmatch.com\/t1.0\/vP\/4tEM8IvAktR",
        "pixel_tracking_url": "http:\/\/tracking.musixmatch.com\/t1.0\/NFzFhcY8YtgTICf1",
        "html_tracking_url": "http:\/\/tracking.musixmatch.com\/t1.0\/1qIYKTNdc",
        "updated_time": "2012-03-12T11:56:56Z"
      }
    }
  }
}