Can't join api.chess.com - Chess Forums

tortoises3

Jul 28, 2019

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#1

Recently, I have tried, in the chess.com developer community, to access api.chess.com, both through chess.com and github. When I click on a link or project connected to api.chess.com, it show this error on the blank webpage.

{"status":"error","message":"Directory listing forbidden.","more_info":"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/developers"}

which I am confused about because I am a part on the developer group and should be on a listing in it or github. Also, it says that there is a missing page when I use the link to https:\/\/www.chess.com\/developers.
Does this happen to other people? How can I access api.chess.com?

MainframeSupertasker

Jul 28, 2019

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#2

{"status":"error","message":"Directory listing forbidden.","more_info":"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/developers"}
Same thing here, although im not a part of the devs

Difster

Jul 28, 2019

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#3

How are you trying to access it? Are you using Postman? cURL? Post your connection string. For example, if I use Postman and send a GET request to: https://api.chess.com/pub/player/difster I get the following JSON response.

{
"avatar": "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/56849480.ac5a7d96.200x200o.607c86ff7d6b.jpeg",
"player_id": 56849480,
"@id": "https://api.chess.com/pub/player/difster",
"url": "https://www.chess.com/member/Difster",
"username": "difster",
"followers": 35,
"country": "https://api.chess.com/pub/country/US",
"location": "Texas",
"last_online": 1564328872,
"joined": 1549117382,
"status": "premium",
"is_streamer": false
}