Its taken a while but Betfair finally have an API status page!
http://status.developer.betfair.com/
Betfair exchange API Status Page
You open up a socket with betfair, you then receive updates when there is an update as opposed to continually polling the api.to75ne wrote:what are the differences between "uk exchange api" and "exchange stream api"?
This reduces load on their servers and allows the user to receive updates as soon as they occur rather than waiting 200ms.
Betfair are using Kafka for this:
https://betsandbits.com/2016/01/27/exch ... ey-so-far/
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The exchange stream api sees to have been in beta testing for the chosen few for ages.
thanks for the explanation. i do not understand at all. way way above me, but thanks anyway.LinusP wrote:
You open up a socket with betfair, you then receive updates when there is an update as opposed to continually polling the api.
This reduces load on their servers and allows the user to receive updates as soon as they occur rather than waiting 200ms.
Betfair are using Kafka for this:
https://betsandbits.com/2016/01/27/exch ... ey-so-far/
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Basically it means you don't have to wait to receive price changes as they get sent to you when they change rather than you continually requesting them from the API. The benefits are less a lot less pointless data downloaded and quicker updates of prices compared to those using the regular API.
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Documentation can still to be found here: https://betfairdevelopersupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us