Get Lichess User Profile — lic

Fetches the public user profile from Lichess. By default (raw = FALSE), returns a 1-row tidy tibble::tibble containing core user metadata, timestamps, and game counts. If raw = TRUE, returns the full parsed JSON list.

Usage

lic_user(username, raw = FALSE, token = lic_token())

lic_user_profile(username, raw = FALSE, token = lic_token())

Arguments

username: Lichess username.
raw: Logical. If TRUE, returns the raw nested list from Lichess API. Default is FALSE.
token: API access token. By default, retrieved via lic_token().

Value

A 1-row tibble::tibble (if raw = FALSE) or a nested list (if raw = TRUE).

Details

Lichess API Endpoint: GET /api/user/{username}

Official Documentation: https://lichess.org/api#tag/Users/operation/apiUser

Examples

lic_user("h8gi")
#> # A tibble: 1 × 18
#>   id    username title online patron created_at          seen_at            
#>   <chr> <chr>    <chr> <lgl>  <lgl>  <dttm>              <dttm>             
#> 1 h8gi  h8gi     NA    FALSE  FALSE  2019-10-22 16:37:29 2026-08-29 13:18:53
#> # ℹ 11 more variables: bio <chr>, country <chr>, location <chr>,
#> #   play_time_total_hours <dbl>, play_time_tv_hours <dbl>, count_all <int>,
#> #   count_rated <int>, count_win <int>, count_loss <int>, count_draw <int>,
#> #   url <chr>