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I am leaving this alone tonight.
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Subject: Planned site outage - 31st January 2011
Date: 25/01/2011 18:26:52 GMT Standard Time From: Receive@emails.betfair.com I can't see any promo options list, but I haven't opted out of anything. Above is the email. |
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Check the contact address you have left in the 'My Profile' section.
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FWIW my email said it would all be done by 12:00
A tab ambitious, Betfair ? |
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Tad*
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If you look on "my profile", under contact details it has
"Keep me informed of Betfair's special offers and promotions" Is that Yes or No for you guys. I had "No". I NEVER seem to get emails about downtime, I wonder if it's related. |
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The email address BF has is correct though and I've had some emails in the past. Strange.
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for me it's not about the downtime ---an API that gives out wrong information is much worse than none at all!
anybody get stung? |
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Yeah nearly
API said one thing Betfair said another Who to believe? = Get out ! |
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"an API that gives out wrong information is much worse than none at all!"
Yes, exactly. Because I'd read on forum about downtime, I knew to be warey today but because web site looked fine I thought API would be fine. When it became obvious something was up, I cancelled a lot and watched rest carefully in web browser but .. it's not good. It would have been very easy for things to go badly wrong, for sure. |
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I can't find 'contact details' on my profile, only 'contacts' and that's empty.
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Ah, so this is why the Santander game was all wrong [:D]
All I need to do now is work out how I can sabotage this API stuff... |
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'My Profile'
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sure very wrong! Luckily I'm out now but things could have been very bad if I had been running a little more automated. Originally helpdesk did not acknowledge there was an issue with the API. I have called them again to seek reassurance in this matter which could have been very damaging to all concerned - not least my own confidence in the Betfair service. Betfair couldn't have left the API in a worse condition than half-cocked!
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Trev on "My Profile" in My Account (obviously the main account not forum or whatever) I have
Name and Password Player Protection Contact Details |
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Hehe, the 0-0 was trading way high before the goal, same as the Augsburg match before half time. Layers were piling in for some reason.
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It's one of the reasons I'm yet to try the automated world. It's obviously the way to go, but I've seen too many horrors for me to take the plunge.
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Ah yes, I have 'Yes' ticked there. Sounds like they don't inform 'NO's then! Bad show that.
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No feedback from the API. so they cannot see that their lays have been matched, I expect somebody may cop it!
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Templeton how could the API giving prices and odds for pre kick off 0-0 when it's 20-30 minutes in and 1-0 POSSIBLY go wrong :(
I wasn't burned (today) but surely some poor sods must be. |
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when u logged into betfair for the last few days it was there in huge black and white print that there was going to be no service from sunday 00.01 to lunchtime today.in fact it filled the whole page and u had to close it to view main site..but i am guessin most of you dont log into betfair anymore as ur using ur bots to log in.....dont use bots when betfair upgrade...use the main site...simply as..
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Just Checking, I don't know exactly what API is. I just logged onto this forum to find an explanation why the Santander match was mispriced and assumed this was the reason why.
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looks fixed now
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cache updating
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Yep, it should have been pulled altogether, what are they thinking of?
There's gonna be some tales of woe later. |
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API----An Application Programming Interface (API) is a particular set of rules and specifications that a software program can follow to access and make use of the services and resources provided by another particular software program..ie betfair
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I don't want to hijack the thread but what's the difference between a 'bot' and 'API'? Does a 'bot' access Betfair via an 'API'?
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ykick, betfair API isn't all about bots, it's the method ANY of the applications that work with Betfair use to work.
Secondly, that's also complete b0llocks about the "whenever logging on" thing, when I log onto the website I don't go to betfair THEN to the sport of choice, why would I? I go STRAIGHT to the sport like sport.betfair.com and that way, you didn't get a message. The only reason I knew about this was because of the forum. Thirdly, and most importantly, the website came up and was fine and the API was allowing people to use it, when it was plainly screwed. So what precisely, was your point, given what you just posted was easily and comprehensively torn apart? |
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Templeton Peck
Date Joined: 17 Sep 02 Add contact | Send message 31 Jan 11 21:29 Just Checking, I don't know exactly what API is. I just logged onto this forum to find an explanation why the Santander match was mispriced and assumed this was the reason why. API is betfair for the big boys. You can bet and you can do it with bells and whistles. It works out the maffs quicker than you can. |
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You've not seen me do the numbers game on Countdown [;)]
Hmm, I'll probably stick to my manual methods for two or three months and then look into it. |
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a bot would generally use the API to monitor markets and place lays/bets. the API is a gateway if you like where the computers can 'talk' without using a web browser.
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Thanks. I think I understand the basics. Like most things, it's not until you use it that you really know how it works.
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Using something like Gruss or GeeksToy connected through the API allows you to have many events open at once, and monitor all the events and your positions in them at the click of a mouse instantly. Prices auto update at your desired refresh rate. If you haven't watched an in-play horse race via the API you haven't lived :)
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Templeton the API is the system used by the applications like betfair rapid and geeks toy and bet angel and all those things people sometimes talk about.
You don't need them of course. The API is basically like a big computer jack socket that the applications plug into, it's a side route into betfair that works in parallel with the web interface, to do the same things. |
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the world and its ghosts knew wat was happening today with betfair.. past experiences of betfair upgrades means today becomes a non event..
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Thanks. I have seen vids of these things on Youtube so have a vague idea of what they look like/how they work.
Something tells me that in a few months time I'll be thinking to myself "how on earth did I try and manually do all of this"... |
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and JUST CHECKING..u must be the only person on earth who can log into betfair and not see a huge warning sign....i had a friend once and his nickname was danger..everytime he went looking for work on a farm the signs always said danger keep out...he never got passed the front gate haha
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Trevh
" If you haven't wartched an in play horse race via the API you haven't lived ". Explains everything that seems to be missing in my life. Tks. |
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ykickamoocow
Stop posting like a dinosaur. Get with it man. Use the API or nothing. Or is it use the API and end up with nothing ? |
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Frog, I know it sounds weird but watching the speed of the price changes and the money being matched is quite eye opening on a 0.3 second refresh in-play nag race. Mad as hatters.
The API is just a convenient way to have speedy access to any market and load up several markets at once, monitor them at a click of the mouse or even have them all (different events) on the same screen refreshing every 0.5 secs. Days like today are very rare, and you can tell instantly when there's a problem once you've used it a couple of times. There's no more risk than using the website. Give it a go Frog, you'll be suprised, I recommend Gruss at £6 per month. |