Lichess

Lichess Teams API

Access and manage Lichess teams and their members.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 14

GET /api/team/{teamId}/swiss Get team swiss tournaments #
GET /api/team/{teamId} Get a single team #
GET /api/team/all Get popular teams #
GET /api/team/of/{username} Teams of a player #
GET /api/team/search Search teams #
GET /api/team/{teamId}/users Get members of a team #
GET /api/team/{teamId}/arena Get team Arena tournaments #
POST /team/{teamId}/join Join a team #
POST /team/{teamId}/quit Leave a team #
GET /api/team/{teamId}/requests Get join requests #
POST /api/team/{teamId}/request/{userId}/accept Accept join request #
POST /api/team/{teamId}/request/{userId}/decline Decline join request #
POST /api/team/{teamId}/kick/{userId} Kick a user from your team #
POST /team/{teamId}/pm-all Message all members #

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-teams-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-teams-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2.0.144
  title: Lichess.org API reference Teams 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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