A java wrapper for the Lichess API

This library aims to create a general purpase java wrapper for the Lichess API.

⚠️ This project is still in the early stages of developement.: All aspects of the api are subject to change. Please use this library for experimental purposes only.

This package is not part of the maven central repository (yet). It can however be imported through github packages, which requires authorization.

1. Generate a new github personal access token as described here
2. Update your home~.m2/settings.xml file to include your github username and the generated access token. It may look similar to this:

<settings xmlns="http:https://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http:https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http:https://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
    <localRepository/>
    <interactiveMode/>
    <offline/>
    <pluginGroups/>
    <servers>
        <server>
            <id>github</id>
            <username>YOUR_USERNAME</username>
            <password>YOUR_GITHUB_ACTION_TOKEN</password>
        </server>
    </servers>
    <mirrors/>
    <proxies/>
    <profiles/>
    <activeProfiles/>
</settings>

3. Include the following in your pom.xml file (please replace VERSION_NUMBER with the latest release version):

<project>
    ...    
    <repositories>
		<repository>
			<id>github</id>
			<name>GitHub Packages CapOfCave/Lichess4J</name>
			<url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/CapOfCave/Lichess4J/</url>
		</repository>
	</repositories>
    ...
    <dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>me.kecker</groupId>
			<artifactId>lichess4j</artifactId>
			<version>VERSION_NUMBER</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
</project>

4. Run

mvn install

to ensure everything was set up correctly.

For a full list of currently implemented features, please have a look at the endpoint coverage documentation .

Do you want to contribute to this library? We'd love your help. Please refer to our contribution guideline

If you want to run this project locally, please go through the following steps:

git clone https://github.com/CapOfCave/Lichess4J.git
cd Lichess4J/
mvn clean install

This will clone this repository, perform tests and build it.

The code in this project is licensed under MIT license. See the LICENSE file for a detailed description of rights and limitations when using this project.