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Lichess Authentication

Authentication

Lichess secures its APIs with oauth2 across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2 Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in:

Security Schemes

OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/lichess-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://lichess.org/oauth
    tokenUrl: https://lichess.org/api/token
    scopes: 23
  description: Read [the introduction for how to make authenticated requests](#description/authentication).
  sources:
  - openapi/lichess-openapi.yml