New Posts For Thread: Developng a BOThttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-botI have a manual stategy using which I can grind out £500 to £1000 per week (working 8 to 10 hours a day, 5 or 6 days a week).I would like to automate this by writing a BOT. Many years ago I used to be a programmer (COBOL) and I was thinking of teacBTW I also run stuff on UbuntuThe API reference has SSL instructions for this platform, and it all worked fine for me by following the instructions on the site.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=542117861#542117861BTW I also run stuff on UbuntuThe API reference has SSL instructions for this platform, and it all worked fine for me by following the instructions on the site.Sat, 01 Nov 2014 20:34:56 -0500Firstly DO NOT bother with the old API - it is due to be retired this month.When you write your bot... make sure you build in some safety valves.For example...1. Logic to stop it spending your entire bank, you might not intend for it to do this, buthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=542117843#542117843Firstly DO NOT bother with the old API - it is due to be retired this month.When you write your bot... make sure you build in some safety valves.For example...1. Logic to stop it spending your entire bank, you might not intend for it to do this, butSat, 01 Nov 2014 20:32:04 -0500bet properly = lose ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=541962421#541962421bet properly = lose ?Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:01:00 -0500Why don't you bot using geeks bet properly instead of annoying everyone with your £3 bots.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=541904517#541904517Why don't you bot using geeks bet properly instead of annoying everyone with your £3 bots.Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:52:37 -0500I've been trying to follow Olias' guide and I keep getting the following error going through Session 5...c:\Users\Ross\Documents\PythonStuff>c:\Openssl-Win64\bin\opensslWARNING: can't open config file: C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\openssl.cfgOpenSSL> genrsahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=541904265#541904265I've been trying to follow Olias' guide and I keep getting the following error going through Session 5...c:\Users\Ross\Documents\PythonStuff>c:\Openssl-Win64\bin\opensslWARNING: can't open config file: C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\openssl.cfgOpenSSL> genrsaSat, 18 Oct 2014 07:32:28 -0500The new API is definitely simpler once you've got the damned thing set upYou need to do a lot of messing around with SSL certificates, application keys, session tokens, http configuration etc to get to that point though.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=541903709#541903709The new API is definitely simpler once you've got the damned thing set upYou need to do a lot of messing around with SSL certificates, application keys, session tokens, http configuration etc to get to that point though.Sat, 18 Oct 2014 06:46:53 -0500TOTGA Who are you trying to fool!I've just been trying to go through Olias' admirable guide, and have decided to abandon everything halfway through Step 5.For the record I was a professional software developer back in the early days of punched cards,https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=541897995#541897995TOTGA Who are you trying to fool!I've just been trying to go through Olias' admirable guide, and have decided to abandon everything halfway through Step 5.For the record I was a professional software developer back in the early days of punched cards,Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:00:53 -0500FATMax, my thoughts on that is that it has to do with the cross-matching that BF uses and not an outside bot.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=541840603#541840603FATMax, my thoughts on that is that it has to do with the cross-matching that BF uses and not an outside bot.Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:41:02 -0500try the disappearing act bot,when a horse is trading at say $1.50 you use the bot to display say $3.00,as soon as someone trys to take the $3.00 it will disappear before they get matched,then put it up again and again causing endless amounts of annoyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=541839417#541839417try the disappearing act bot,when a horse is trading at say $1.50 you use the bot to display say $3.00,as soon as someone trys to take the $3.00 it will disappear before they get matched,then put it up again and again causing endless amounts of annoyMon, 13 Oct 2014 02:29:35 -0500Thanks for that Olias, that's just what I've been looking for!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30361709/developng-a-bot?post_id=541811027#541811027Thanks for that Olias, that's just what I've been looking for!Sat, 11 Oct 2014 04:41:27 -0500