# Tools for A Feminist Audit of Pop Music. # Copyright 2026 imacat. All rights reserved. # Authors: # imacat@mail.imacat.idv.tw (imacat), 2026/7/31 """The fetcher of the missing song lyrics. Fetches the lyrics of the songs without a cache file from the public lyrics APIs, Lyrics.ovh and LRCLIB, into the capture layer: the lyrics cache directory and the provenance CSV, each given as a positional command-line argument. The working store is only read, never written; the ``build-db`` subcommand assembles the captured files into the store on the next rebuild. A song that every API misses is reported in the missing lyrics CSV, also given as a positional command-line argument, which is rewritten on every run to reflect the current status. Misses are expected and do not fail the run. """ import argparse import csv import datetime import json import sys import time import urllib.parse import urllib.request from collections.abc import Sequence from dataclasses import dataclass from pathlib import Path from typing import Any import sqlalchemy as sa from sqlalchemy.orm import Session from .database import ds from .models import ( Artist, Role, Song, SongArtist, ) PROVENANCE_FIELDS: Sequence[str] = ( "song_id", "source", "method", "acquired_at", "note") """The header columns of the lyrics provenance CSV file.""" MISSING_FIELDS: Sequence[str] = ( "song_id", "title", "artist_credit", "reason") """The header columns of the missing lyrics report CSV file.""" USER_AGENT: str = ("pop-fem-audit-tools" " (https://github.com/imacat/pop-fem-audit)") """The User-Agent header sent on every HTTP request.""" TIMEOUT: float = 30.0 """The timeout of an HTTP request, in seconds.""" SLEEP_SECONDS: float = 1.0 """The delay between consecutive HTTP requests, in seconds.""" @dataclass class MissingLyrics: """One row of the missing lyrics report CSV file.""" song_id: int """The song ID.""" title: str """The song title.""" artist_credit: str """The artist credit of the song.""" reason: str """The reason the lyrics are missing.""" def to_row(self) -> list[str]: """Return this report entry as a CSV row. :return: The row values, in the column order. """ return [str(self.song_id), self.title, self.artist_credit, self.reason] def parse_args(argv: list[str] | None) -> argparse.Namespace: """Parse the command-line arguments. :param argv: The command-line arguments, or None for ``sys.argv``. :return: The parsed arguments. """ parser: argparse.ArgumentParser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Fetch the missing song lyrics from the" " public lyrics APIs into the capture layer.") parser.add_argument( "lyrics_dir", type=Path, help="the lyrics cache directory") parser.add_argument( "provenance_csv", type=Path, help="the lyrics provenance CSV file") parser.add_argument( "missing_csv", type=Path, help="the missing lyrics report CSV file") return parser.parse_args(argv) class LyricsFetcher: """A fetcher of song lyrics from the public lyrics APIs.""" def __init__(self) -> None: """Construct the fetcher.""" self.__sent: int = 0 """The number of the HTTP requests already sent.""" def fetch(self, artist: str, title: str) \ -> tuple[str, str] | None: """Fetch the lyrics of a song. The APIs are tried in order, Lyrics.ovh and then LRCLIB, stopping at the first hit. An HTTP or network error on an API counts as a miss on that API. :param artist: The artist name to query with. :param title: The song title to query with. :return: The lyrics text and the source name, or None when every API misses. """ lyrics: str | None = self.__fetch_ovh(artist, title) if lyrics is not None: return lyrics, "lyrics.ovh" lyrics = self.__fetch_lrclib(artist, title) if lyrics is not None: return lyrics, "lrclib" return None def __fetch_ovh(self, artist: str, title: str) -> str | None: """Fetch the lyrics of a song from Lyrics.ovh. :param artist: The artist name to query with. :param title: The song title to query with. :return: The lyrics text, or None on a miss. """ url: str = ("https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/" f"{urllib.parse.quote(artist, safe='')}/" f"{urllib.parse.quote(title, safe='')}") data: Any = self.__get_json(url) if isinstance(data, dict) \ and isinstance(data.get("lyrics"), str) \ and data["lyrics"] != "": return data["lyrics"] return None def __fetch_lrclib(self, artist: str, title: str) \ -> str | None: """Fetch the lyrics of a song from LRCLIB. :param artist: The artist name to query with. :param title: The song title to query with. :return: The plain lyrics text, or None on a miss. """ query: str = urllib.parse.urlencode( {"artist_name": artist, "track_name": title}) url: str = f"https://lrclib.net/api/get?{query}" data: Any = self.__get_json(url) if isinstance(data, dict) \ and isinstance(data.get("plainLyrics"), str) \ and data["plainLyrics"] != "": return data["plainLyrics"] return None def __get_json(self, url: str) -> Any: """Send a GET request and return the parsed JSON body. Consecutive requests are separated by a fixed delay. :param url: The URL to request. :return: The parsed JSON body, or None on any HTTP, network, or decoding error. """ if self.__sent > 0: time.sleep(SLEEP_SECONDS) self.__sent += 1 request: urllib.request.Request = urllib.request.Request( url, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT}) try: with urllib.request.urlopen( request, timeout=TIMEOUT) as response: return json.load(response) except (OSError, ValueError): return None def query_artist(session: Session, song_id: int) -> str: """Find the artist name to query the APIs with. :param session: The database session. :param song_id: The song ID. :return: The name of the primary-role artist with the lowest position. """ name: str | None = session.scalar( sa.select(Artist.name) .join(SongArtist, SongArtist.artist_id == Artist.id) .where(SongArtist.song_id == song_id, SongArtist.role == Role.PRIMARY) .order_by(SongArtist.position) .limit(1)) assert name is not None return name def save_lyrics(lyrics_dir: Path, song_id: int, lyrics: str) -> None: """Write the lyrics of a song into the cache directory. The cache directory is created when missing. :param lyrics_dir: The lyrics cache directory. :param song_id: The song ID. :param lyrics: The lyrics text. :return: None. :raises OSError: When the file cannot be written. """ lyrics_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) (lyrics_dir / f"{song_id}.txt").write_text( lyrics, encoding="utf-8") def append_provenance(path: Path, song_id: int, source: str) -> None: """Append a provenance row for a fetched lyrics file. The CSV file is created with the header row when missing. :param path: The lyrics provenance CSV file. :param song_id: The song ID. :param source: The source name of the fetched lyrics. :return: None. :raises OSError: When the file cannot be written. """ is_new: bool = not path.exists() path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) with open(path, "a", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as file: writer: Any = csv.writer(file) if is_new: writer.writerow(PROVENANCE_FIELDS) writer.writerow([song_id, source, "api-fetch", datetime.date.today().isoformat(), ""]) def write_missing(path: Path, misses: Sequence[MissingLyrics]) -> None: """Rewrite the missing lyrics report CSV file. The previous content is replaced, so the file reflects the current misses only. :param path: The missing lyrics report CSV file. :param misses: The report entries of the songs still without lyrics. :return: None. :raises OSError: When the file cannot be written. """ path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as file: writer: Any = csv.writer(file) writer.writerow(MISSING_FIELDS) writer.writerows(x.to_row() for x in misses) def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int: """Fetch the missing song lyrics from the public APIs. :param argv: The command-line arguments, or None for ``sys.argv``. :return: The exit status: 0 on success, misses included, non-zero on a setup error. """ args: argparse.Namespace = parse_args(argv) fetcher: LyricsFetcher = LyricsFetcher() fetched: int = 0 misses: list[MissingLyrics] = [] session: Session = ds.get_db() try: song: Song for song in session.scalars( sa.select(Song).order_by(Song.id)): if (args.lyrics_dir / f"{song.id}.txt").exists(): continue artist: str = query_artist(session, song.id) result: tuple[str, str] | None = fetcher.fetch( artist, song.title) if result is None: misses.append(MissingLyrics( song_id=song.id, title=song.title, artist_credit=song.artist_credit, reason="not found")) print(f"song {song.id} \"{song.title}\": miss", file=sys.stderr) continue lyrics: str source: str lyrics, source = result save_lyrics(args.lyrics_dir, song.id, lyrics) append_provenance(args.provenance_csv, song.id, source) fetched += 1 print(f"song {song.id} \"{song.title}\": {source}", file=sys.stderr) write_missing(args.missing_csv, misses) except (OSError, sa.exc.SQLAlchemyError) as error: print(f"error: {error}", file=sys.stderr) return 1 finally: session.close() print(f"done: {fetched} fetched, {len(misses)} missed", file=sys.stderr) return 0