All Requests Returning 404

[n1xxk]

The API was working fine with this song a couple hours ago, but it suddenly broke. This was the song I was using for testing: https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/Eminem/Without%20Me

[kwikenkwak]

I am experiencing exactly the same issue

[NTag]

I had to change the server hosting the service, and it seems lyricsmania blocked the IP address :/ not sure what I can do about that unfortunately, it's not that surprising given the volumes

[inglesuniversal]

Same issue here. If I find useful info I will gladly share it.

[vtsiatsos]

Hello!
Same issue. Is there a chance to fix it?

[Psych0somatic]

Is it possible to scrape/cache lyrics from API searches into a database for this project?
This would greatly cut down on repeat search queries to third party sites that’ve become so IP ban happy I can’t even maintain a stable Android lyric widget that makes 1-2 requests every 3 minutes (max). It’d also be a solid backup for pulling popular songs during these inevitable outages. You could start with a script that saves lyrics from (unique) user requested songs, then test redirecting future repeat requests to archives of those lyrics instead.

Alternative sources/workarounds on IP bans worth trying: pulling Google cache of website for requests, or using something similar to Archive.org’s Chrome extension that detects when a site’s down and redirects to the Archived site.

Regarding server space for hosting a dynamic lyrics database that updates in real-time — it could be hosted cheap/free in a separate GitHub repo. Some of the largest ad-lists compiled by ad-blockers are hosted on Git. Entire open-source eBook libraries (LibGen), and personal music libraries of tech enthusiasts tight on funds, use Git as a cloud service to store massive databases. Wouldn’t need much space to store HTML or .txt archives of lyrics to pull with this API.

Might also be worth looking into open-source projects scraping the web’s lyrics now that many lyrics sites are shutting down due to Genius (the site that wastes hours of my existence correcting lyrics), et al. Sourcing from those projects would stem reliance on third party lyric hosts.

Note: Last.FM’s generally overlooked for its lyrics and doesn’t IP ban. It’s lyrics are accurate, in addition to its arsenal of artist and song metadata, including superior artist bios than whatever service Apple Music uses, and puts Wiki’s dumpster fire stubs to shame — that haven’t carried over to MusicBrainz which focuses primarily on open-sourcing scrobbling. Might be a good alternative, plus it really deserves a solid FOSS archive before it’s gone for good.

[inglesuniversal]

Interesting approach, hope this can be implemented as an alternative. It sounds very feasible.

[dmckminard]

This seems to be very interesting indeed. I would love to participate in making this service operational again, although my knowledge in development is quite limited...

Wouldn't it be possible to imagine a simple system to host lyrics.ovh on our own server, which itself would update the lyrics located on a database, on a daily basis for example ?

[mknepper]

Is there an update on this issue? I'm still getting the same problem.

From dev tools in Chrome:
GET https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/Dream%20Theater/In%20the%20Name%20of%20God 404 (Not Found)

[prankush247]

This error is occuring again and for every request as well : Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) .{error: 'No lyrics found'} . Is this problem fixable at all now ?

[mycloudvip]

this is practically an abandoned project.

[GERARDHHH]

same here..