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# distribution.lyrics.get

> Returns the current processing status of a lyrics submission. When `status` is `success`, the response includes the indexed plain-text lyrics.



## OpenAPI

````yaml enterprises/distribution/openapi.json get /ws/1.1/distribution.lyrics.get
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Musixmatch Distribution API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    API for music distributors to submit releases and lyrics to the Musixmatch
    catalog.
servers:
  - url: https://api.musixmatch.com
security:
  - apiKey: []
paths:
  /ws/1.1/distribution.lyrics.get:
    get:
      tags:
        - Lyrics
      summary: distribution.lyrics.get
      description: >-
        Returns the current processing status of a lyrics submission. When
        `status` is `success`, the response includes the indexed plain-text
        lyrics.
      operationId: getLyrics
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lyrics_request_id'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/user_id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Current lyrics status.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LyricsStatusEnvelope'
              examples:
                success:
                  value:
                    message:
                      header:
                        status_code: 200
                        execute_time: 0.32
                      body:
                        lyrics:
                          lyrics_request_id: 123456
                          status: success
                          lyrics: |-
                            Line one
                            Line two
                            Line three
                progress:
                  value:
                    message:
                      header:
                        status_code: 200
                        execute_time: 0.32
                      body:
                        lyrics:
                          lyrics_request_id: 123456
                          status: progress
                failure:
                  value:
                    message:
                      header:
                        status_code: 200
                        execute_time: 0.32
                      body:
                        lyrics:
                          lyrics_request_id: 123456
                          status: failure
                          error: Could not process lyrics for this ISRC.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - provided user id not matching request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                message: user id not matching with request
                data:
                  error:
                    code: 403
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadGateway'
components:
  parameters:
    lyrics_request_id:
      name: lyrics_request_id
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: >-
        The lyrics request identifier returned by `POST
        /ws/1.1/distribution.lyrics.post`
    user_id:
      name: user_id
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The Musixmatch user ID obtained via token introspection
  schemas:
    LyricsStatusEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: object
          properties:
            header:
              type: object
              properties:
                status_code:
                  type: integer
                  description: HTTP status code
                execute_time:
                  type: number
                  description: Server-side execution time in seconds
            body:
              type: object
              properties:
                lyrics:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    lyrics_request_id:
                      type: integer
                      description: Unique identifier for this lyrics submission
                    status:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                        - pending
                        - progress
                        - success
                        - failure
                    lyrics:
                      type: string
                      description: Plain-text lyrics, present when `status` is `success`
                    error:
                      type: string
                      description: Error description when `status` is `failure`
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: object
          properties:
            header:
              type: object
              properties:
                status_code:
                  type: integer
                  description: HTTP status code
                execute_time:
                  type: number
                  description: Server-side execution time in seconds
            body:
              type: object
              properties:
                error:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    code:
                      oneOf:
                        - type: string
                        - type: number
                      description: Application-level error code
                    namespace:
                      type: string
                      description: Application-level error namespace
                    extraData:
                      description: Additional error context
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid API key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadGateway:
      description: >-
        Bad gateway — upstream service call failed or returned an unexpected
        response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      name: apikey
      in: query

````

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