Chess.com Player Game Archive Scraper
Pricing
Pay per event
Harvest full game archives from Chess.com's open Published-Data API. Scrape PGN, time controls, accuracy scores, ECO openings, and per-game ratings for any player. Bulk username support. Also fetches player profiles, rating stats, and global leaderboards. No API key required.
You can access the Chess.com Player Game Archive Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",12 "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",13 "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",14 "maxItems": 10,15 "usernames": [16 "hikaru"17 ],18 "mode": "games"19};20
21// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish22const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/chess-com-player-game-archive-scraper").call(input);23
24// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)25console.log('Results from dataset');26console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);27const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();28items.forEach((item) => {29 console.dir(item);30});31
32// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Chess.com Player Game Archive Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: