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GET /v1/player

Player profile

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Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/chess-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/chess-api/v1/player" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/chess-api/v1/player", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/chess-api/v1/player");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/chess-api/v1/player",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "url": "https://www.chess.com/member/Hikaru",
        "name": "Hikaru Nakamura",
        "title": "GM",
        "avatar": "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/15448422.88c010c1.200x200o.3c5619f5441e.png",
        "joined": "2014-01-06T21:20:58.000Z",
        "league": "Legend",
        "status": "premium",
        "country": "US",
        "location": "Florida",
        "username": "hikaru",
        "verified": false,
        "followers": 1392718,
        "is_streamer": true,
        "last_online": "2026-05-29T09:23:22.000Z"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-05-30T05:35:00.100Z",
        "request_id": "1b5c24a9-0597-44d5-b9e9-7c1e1677587f"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Player retrieved",
    "success": true
}