Lichess API doc & examples

October 15, 2025 · View on GitHub

API documentation
Example code
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Run locally

cd doc
pnpm install
pnpm serve

Now open http://localhost:8089/. You should see the generated API doc.

Make modifications to doc/specs/lichess-api.yaml, and reload the page to see your changes.

Check the yaml files for syntax errors:

pnpm spectral
pnpm lint

Format the yaml files

pnpm format

Publish (for maintainers)

The docs + npm package will be published automatically each day if there are changes, but if you want to publish changes immediately, you can trigger the publish workflow.

Option 1: In the Github UI, manually dispatch the publish workflow

Option 2: From the command line:

gh workflow run publish