Lichess · OAuth Scopes

Lichess OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

Lichess publishes 23 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Lichess API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://lichess.org/api/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

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Scopes: 23 Flows: authorizationCode Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://lichess.org/oauth

Token URL
https://lichess.org/api/token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (23)

Scope	Description	Flows
board:play	Play with the Board API	authorizationCode
bot:play	Play with the Bot API. Only for [Bot accounts](#tag/bot/POST/api/bot/account/upgrade)	authorizationCode
challenge:bulk	Create, delete, query bulk pairings	authorizationCode
challenge:read	Read incoming challenges	authorizationCode
challenge:write	Create, accept, decline challenges	authorizationCode
email:read	Read your email address	authorizationCode
engine:read	Read your external engines	authorizationCode
engine:write	Create, update, delete your external engines	authorizationCode
follow:read	Read followed players	authorizationCode
follow:write	Follow and unfollow other players	authorizationCode
msg:write	Send private messages to other players	authorizationCode
preference:read	Read your preferences	authorizationCode
preference:write	Write your preferences	authorizationCode
puzzle:read	Read puzzle activity	authorizationCode
puzzle:write	Write puzzle activity	authorizationCode
racer:write	Create and join puzzle races	authorizationCode
study:read	Read private studies and broadcasts	authorizationCode
study:write	Create, update, delete studies and broadcasts	authorizationCode
team:lead	Manage teams (kick members, send PMs)	authorizationCode
team:read	Read private team information	authorizationCode
team:write	Join, leave teams	authorizationCode
tournament:write	Create tournaments	authorizationCode
web:mod	Use moderator tools (within the bounds of your permissions)	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://lichess.org/oauth
    tokenUrl: https://lichess.org/api/token
  description: Read [the introduction for how to make authenticated requests](#description/authentication).
scopes:
- scope: board:play
  description: Play with the Board API
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: bot:play
  description: Play with the Bot API. Only for [Bot accounts](#tag/bot/POST/api/bot/account/upgrade)
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: challenge:bulk
  description: Create, delete, query bulk pairings
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: challenge:read
  description: Read incoming challenges
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: challenge:write
  description: Create, accept, decline challenges
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: email:read
  description: Read your email address
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: engine:read
  description: Read your external engines
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: engine:write
  description: Create, update, delete your external engines
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: follow:read
  description: Read followed players
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: follow:write
  description: Follow and unfollow other players
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: msg:write
  description: Send private messages to other players
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: preference:read
  description: Read your preferences
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: preference:write
  description: Write your preferences
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: puzzle:read
  description: Read puzzle activity
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: puzzle:write
  description: Write puzzle activity
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: racer:write
  description: Create and join puzzle races
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: study:read
  description: Read private studies and broadcasts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: study:write
  description: Create, update, delete studies and broadcasts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: team:lead
  description: Manage teams (kick members, send PMs)
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: team:read
  description: Read private team information
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: team:write
  description: Join, leave teams
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: tournament:write
  description: Create tournaments
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
- scope: web:mod
  description: Use moderator tools (within the bounds of your permissions)
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml

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