lichess-api

🏆 A NodeJS wrapper for the Lichess API

Installation

Using npm:

$ npm install --save lichess-api

If you don't have or don't want to use npm:

$ cd ~/.node_modules
$ git clone git://github.com/gmontalvoriv/lichess-api.git

Test

$ make test

Usage Examples

Fetch one user

const lichess = require('lichess-api');

lichess.user('thibault', function (err, user) {
  console.log(user);
}

Fetch many users

lichess.user({ team: 'coders' }, function (err, users) {
  console.log(users);
}

Fetch user games

lichess.user.games('thibault', { with_analysis: 1 }, function (err, games) {
  console.log(games);
}

Fetch one game by ID

lichess.game('hXI0wVeZ', function (err, game) {
  console.log(game);
}

Fetch one game PGN by ID

lichess.game.export('hXI0wVeZ', function (err, pgn) {
  console.log(pgn.pgn_url);
}

Methods

Note: All parameters are optional

user

Fetch one or multiple users.

.user(options, callback)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type
team	filter users by team	String
nb	maximum number of users to return	Integer

user.games

Fetch user games.

.user.games(username, options, callback)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type
nb	maximum number of games to return per page	Integer
page	for pagination	Integer
with_analysis	include deep analysis data in the result	Integer
with_moves	include a list of PGN moves	Integer
with_opening	include opening information	Integer
with_movetimes	include move time information	Integer
rated	filter rated or casual games	Integer

game

Fetch one game by ID.

.game(game_id, options, callback)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type
with_analysis	include deep analysis data in the result	Integer
with_moves	include a list of PGN moves	Integer
with_opening	include opening information	Integer
with_movetimes	include move time information	Integer
with_fens	include a list of FEN states	Integer

game.export

Fetch one game PGN by ID.

.game.export(game_id, callback)

License

MIT © Gabriel Montalvo