Lichess

Lichess Challenges API

Send and receive challenges to play. To create a lot of challenges, consider [bulk pairing](#tag/bulk-pairings/POST/api/bulk-pairing) instead.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 11

GET /api/challenge List your challenges #
POST /api/challenge/{username} Create a challenge #
GET /api/challenge/{challengeId}/show Show one challenge #
POST /api/challenge/{challengeId}/accept Accept a challenge #
POST /api/challenge/{challengeId}/decline Decline a challenge #
POST /api/challenge/{challengeId}/cancel Cancel a challenge #
POST /api/challenge/ai Challenge the AI #
POST /api/challenge/open Open-ended challenge #
POST /api/challenge/{gameId}/start-clocks Start clocks of a game #
POST /api/round/{gameId}/add-time/{seconds} Add time to the opponent clock #
POST /api/token/admin-challenge Admin challenge tokens #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://lichess.org/api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lichess/refs/heads/main/openapi/lichess-challenges-api-openapi.yml
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AsyncAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lichess/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/lichess-asyncapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lichess/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lichess-game-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lichess/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lichess-user-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lichess/refs/heads/main/json-ld/lichess-context.jsonld
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SpectralRuleset
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lichess/refs/heads/main/rules/lichess-rules.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

lichess-challenges-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2.0.144
  title: Lichess.org API reference Challenges API
  contact:
    name: Lichess.org API
    url: https://lichess.org/api
    email: contact@lichess.org
  x-logo:
    url: https://lichess1.org/assets/logo/lichess-pad12.svg
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0-or-later
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
  description: '# Introduction

    Welcome to the reference for the Lichess API!'
servers:
- url: https://lichess.org
- url: https://lichess.dev
- url: http://localhost:{port}
  variables:
    port:
      default: '8080'
- url: http://l.org
tags:


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