GIBAccess

Easy to use API frontend for GIB - Ginsberg's Intelligent Bridgeplayer.

GIBRest Documentation

Bid Meanings
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Request
Endpoint http://gibrest.bridgebase.com/u_bm/u_bm.php
t: Unknown function (t=g seems to work for bid meanings)
s: Current bids (P-P-P-1s-2n-* = Pass, pass, one spade, two no trump, current bid)

Response
XML
<sc_bm request_id="<nothing ever seems to be here" t="<t from request>" s="<s from request>" err="<0 for good, >0 error>" c="<not sure what this is, usually n>" v="GIB version? Bid meanings version?">
    <r b="<bid, p = pass, 1s = one spade, etc>" m="<meaning>"/>
    more r entries for all possible bids
</sc_bm>


Dealer
===
Request
Endpoint http://gibrest.bridgebase.com/u_dealer/u_dealer.php
reuse: Unknown function (seems to be y or n, arcade uses y but I'm not sure what it does)
n: Unknown function (1 works)
c: Unknown function (arcade puts a long value in here, something to do with HCP? Blank works fine)
cb: Unknown function (large integer value, not sure what it does)

Response
XML
<sc_deals c="<not sure? seems to be a single digit number or n>" err="<error, 0 = ok>" errmsg="<error description? never seen anything in here>">
    <sc_deal north="<suit followed by cards in suit, samples to right>" east="SQT84HAJ2D4CQJ985" south="SJ753H95DAJ7CAK64" west="SK62HKT73DT95CT72"/>
</sc_deals>

Bidding and playing bot aka GIB
===
Request
Endpoint http://gibrest.bridgebase.com/u_bm/robot.php
sc: Unknown function (tp in arcade)
pov: Bot point of view (N, S, E, W)
d: Declarer (N for arcade but can be any direction)
v: Unknown function (usually just -)
s: Hand of south (card letters or numbesr seperated by "." for suits in this order: spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs [real ex. akq86.ak3.4.ak63] use t for 10)
w: Hand of west
n: Hand of north
e: Hand of east
h: All bids, followed by all played cards (ex. p-p-1s-2n-p-p-p-Dk-D3) first card after 3 bid passes

Response
<sc_bm [all params from above plus as follows - I have no idea what these mean]  o="" bm="n" ac="n" rc="0" c="y">
    <r type="<play or bid, depending>" card="<card, only present if play>" bid="<bid, only present if bid>"/>
</sc_bm>