New Posts For Thread: Problem getting market data using the free Betfair APIhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-apiHi,Hope someone can assist.I have written a Java app using the Betfair free API (Id 82) and have used it for years with horses (id 13) and greyhounds (id 15). I get the market information using the getEvents service ...I have developed some systems fFantastic, very much appreciated, i'll work on that and out into use. My previous posts were because i lost a years worth of copy&paste Racing Post Ratings which i'd love to retrieve one way or the other, my email is simonsimon141 at hotm etc if youhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708546#419708546Fantastic, very much appreciated, i'll work on that and out into use. My previous posts were because i lost a years worth of copy&paste Racing Post Ratings which i'd love to retrieve one way or the other, my email is simonsimon141 at hotm etc if youSat, 16 Jan 2010 14:37:18 -0600Hi Starfish and coffee,Yes, my application gets data from a number of sources including the Racing Post. Each morning my application parses the Racing Post and associated html pages building up a data structure which includes the days meetings, raceshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708542#419708542Hi Starfish and coffee,Yes, my application gets data from a number of sources including the Racing Post. Each morning my application parses the Racing Post and associated html pages building up a data structure which includes the days meetings, racesSat, 16 Jan 2010 14:19:22 -0600Eloise, i've asked in other threads, do you get data from Racing Post as well, or any other sources?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708502#419708502Eloise, i've asked in other threads, do you get data from Racing Post as well, or any other sources?Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:44:34 -0600Thanks all, especially JPL66 and ghetto Joe, problem solved.My application has an interface layer that implements the Betfair Service calls as methods. This was all implemented years ago when I first started to use the Betfair API, mostly cut and pashttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708498#419708498Thanks all, especially JPL66 and ghetto Joe, problem solved.My application has an interface layer that implements the Betfair Service calls as methods. This was all implemented years ago when I first started to use the Betfair API, mostly cut and pasFri, 15 Jan 2010 11:44:19 -0600Say I wanted to pull in the footie data for a particular day's coupon. Is that possible or not?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708494#419708494Say I wanted to pull in the footie data for a particular day's coupon. Is that possible or not?Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:13:09 -0600I've got a script that bets on the footie, and uses GetEvents.If you look at the API documentation, you'll see that GetEvents returns an array of events, and an array of MarketSummaries.14 is Football Fixtures, so that will return an event for each dhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708490#419708490I've got a script that bets on the footie, and uses GetEvents.If you look at the API documentation, you'll see that GetEvents returns an array of events, and an array of MarketSummaries.14 is Football Fixtures, so that will return an event for each dFri, 15 Jan 2010 08:56:08 -0600Just in case you don't get the answer you need here, it may be worth checking on the betfair developers forum.http://forum.bdp.betfair.com/https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708486#419708486Just in case you don't get the answer you need here, it may be worth checking on the betfair developers forum.http://forum.bdp.betfair.com/Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:48:21 -0600I use 1 for soccer, 7 for horses and 4339 for dogs.I seem to remember 13 and 15 not returning anything, but I can't remember why as I only spent about 5 mins on it before deciding to use 7 and 4339.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708482#419708482I use 1 for soccer, 7 for horses and 4339 for dogs.I seem to remember 13 and 15 not returning anything, but I can't remember why as I only spent about 5 mins on it before deciding to use 7 and 4339.Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:36:13 -0600If I had these symptoms I would suspect that I'd done a hard-coded patch for the markets, and then forgotten about it.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708478#419708478If I had these symptoms I would suspect that I'd done a hard-coded patch for the markets, and then forgotten about it.Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:22:08 -0600The soccer markets don't return the same as the racing markets as each match has sub markets, been a while since I've looked, why not try using getAllMarkets with the event type to get your markets ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494634/problem-getting-market-data-using-the-free-betfair-api?post_id=419708474#419708474The soccer markets don't return the same as the racing markets as each match has sub markets, been a while since I've looked, why not try using getAllMarkets with the event type to get your markets ?Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:35:37 -0600