Lichess Broadcasts API
Relay chess events on Lichess.[Official broadcasts](https://lichess.org/broadcast) are maintained by Lichess,but you can [create your own broadcasts](https://lichess.org/broadcast/new) to cover any live game or chess event.You will need to publish PGN on a public URL so that Lichess can pull updates from it.Alternatively, you can push PGN updates to Lichess using [this API endpoint](#tag/broadcasts/POST/api/broadcast/round/{broadcastRoundId}/push).Broadcasts are organized in tournaments, which have several rounds, which have several games.You must first create a tournament, then you can add rounds to them.
Lichess Broadcasts API is one of 23 APIs that Lichess publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Broadcasts. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 19 operations across 19 paths, and defines 44 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.144.
Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://lichess.org, https://lichess.dev, http://localhost:{port}, http://l.org.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Lichess Broadcasts API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 23 scopes.
OAuth2— Read [the introduction for how to make authenticated requests](description/authentication).
Paths & Operations 19
Across 19 paths, the API surfaces 19 operations — 13 GET, 6 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Relay chess events on Lichess. [Official broadcasts](https://lichess.org/broadcast) are maintained by Lichess, but you can [create your own broadcasts](https://lichess.org/broadca…
Schemas 44
The contract defines 44 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BroadcastForm (18 properties), BroadcastTour (13 properties), BroadcastRoundInfo (13 properties), BroadcastGameEntry (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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