PyChessCom

An asynchronous Python client for Chess.com's API

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Index

• Installation
• Usage
• Resources
• License
• Credits

Installation

Python 3.7 or higher is required

To install stable version from PyPI (recommended):

pip install pychesscom

To install development version:

$ git clone https://github.com/vopani/pychesscom
$ cd pychesscom
$ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Jupyter Notebook

from pychesscom import ChessComClient

client = ChessComClient()
response = await client.player.get_details('erik')
print(response)

Python Console

import asyncio
from pychesscom import ChessComClient

async def main():
	client = ChessComClient()
	response = await client.player.get_details('erik')
	print(response)

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main())

Resources

• Documentation: https://pychesscom.readthedocs.io/
• Tutorial: https://www.kaggle.com/rohanrao/introducing-pychesscom
• WGM Chess Dataset: https://www.kaggle.com/rohanrao/wgm-chess-games-dataset-preparation

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0

Credits

Chess.com API: https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api
Lichess Python client: https://github.com/amasend/lichess_python_SDK