Chess.com · Schema

Chess.com Player

Public Chess.com player profile as returned by /pub/player/{username}.

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Properties

Name Type Description
@id string Canonical API URL for the player.
url string Player profile URL on chess.com.
username string All-lowercase username.
player_id integer Non-changing Chess.com identifier.
name string
title string FIDE title abbreviation (GM, IM, etc.)
status string
avatar string
location string
country string URL to the country resource.
joined integer Unix timestamp.
last_online integer
followers integer
is_streamer boolean
twitch_url string
fide integer FIDE rating, when available.
verified boolean
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

chess-com-player-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chess-com/main/json-schema/chess-com-player-schema.json",
  "title": "Chess.com Player",
  "description": "Public Chess.com player profile as returned by /pub/player/{username}.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["@id", "url", "username", "player_id"],
  "properties": {
    "@id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Canonical API URL for the player."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Player profile URL on chess.com."
    },
    "username": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "All-lowercase username."
    },
    "player_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Non-changing Chess.com identifier."
    },
    "name": { "type": "string" },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "FIDE title abbreviation (GM, IM, etc.)",
      "enum": ["GM", "WGM", "IM", "WIM", "FM", "WFM", "NM", "WNM", "CM", "WCM"]
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["closed", "closed:fair_play_violations", "basic", "premium", "mod", "staff"]
    },
    "avatar": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "location": { "type": "string" },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL to the country resource."
    },
    "joined": { "type": "integer", "description": "Unix timestamp." },
    "last_online": { "type": "integer" },
    "followers": { "type": "integer" },
    "is_streamer": { "type": "boolean" },
    "twitch_url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "fide": { "type": "integer", "description": "FIDE rating, when available." },
    "verified": { "type": "boolean" }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

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