lidata

A tool to download and filter Lichess data.

Building

Important

It depends on curl. This should already be installed on any linux distribution, but should be easy to install on windows or mac.

This tool uses cmake to build. Navigate to the directory wherein the project resides and create a build folder.

cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build --config Release

Using

Output of ./lidata --help

Downloads Lichess data, extracts it, then inserts into a csv file.
Usage:
  lidata [OPTION...]

  -h, --help             Print usage
  -t, --test             Runs test
  -r, --range arg        Download all months within the spcified range 
                         (default: 01/2013-01/2013)
      --temp_path arg    Temporary path for download and extraction 
                         (default: ./temp)
  -p, --path arg         Path for extracted data (default: ./data.csv)
      --min_rating arg   Minimum player rating
      --max_rating arg   Maximum player rating
      --termination arg  Allowed termination type
                         0 - Normal
                         1 - TimeForfeit
                         2 - Abandoned
                         3 - RulesInfranction
                         4 - Unterminated