Chess Move Validator API - Ruby Gem

Chess Move Validator verifies algebraic chess notation and identifies move types including castling, captures, checks, and promotions.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'apiverve_chessmovevalidator'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install apiverve_chessmovevalidator

Getting Started

Get your API key at APIVerve

Basic Usage

require 'apiverve_chessmovevalidator'

# Initialize the client
client = APIVerve::Chessmovevalidator::Client.new(api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY")

# Make a request
response = client.execute({ move: "Nf3" })

# Print the response
puts response

Error Handling

begin
  response = client.execute({ move: "Nf3" })
  puts response["data"]
rescue APIVerve::Chessmovevalidator::ValidationError => e
  puts "Validation error: #{e.errors.join(', ')}"
rescue APIVerve::Chessmovevalidator::APIError => e
  puts "API error: #{e.message}"
  puts "Status code: #{e.status_code}"
end

Debug Mode

# Enable debug logging
client = APIVerve::Chessmovevalidator::Client.new(
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  debug: true
)

Example Response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "move": "Nf3",
    "valid": true,
    "type": "piece move",
    "piece": "N",
    "capture": false,
    "check": false,
    "checkmate": false,
    "promotion": false
  }
}

Documentation

For more information, visit the API Documentation.

Support

• Website: https://apiverve.com/marketplace/chessmovevalidator?utm_source=ruby&utm_medium=readme
• Email: hello@apiverve.com

License

This gem is available under the MIT License.