Betfair Golang Library

Betfair is the leading company in online betting exchange. They are currently developing the next generation API for developers which want to automate their betting systems. For more info, please refer to Betfair API-NG home.

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Please note that the only login method implemented is the non-interactive (bot) login.

TODO

• Betting API: order-related methods
• Betting API: listTimeRanges, listVenues
• Betting API: add all params to methods
• Betting API: add all params to market filter
• Betting API: improve support for horse racing

Quick usage

See examples/*.

Account info:

go run examples/account_info.go -conf=betfair_test.conf.json

Output:

Alessandro De Donno (it)
	Available: EUR x.xx
	Exposure : EUR 0.00

Football events in GB:

go run examples/football_events.go -conf=betfair_test.conf.json

Output:

(...)
2014-01-04 15:00:00 +0000 UTC: [GB] Barnsley v Coventry (40 markets)
2014-01-04 15:00:00 +0000 UTC: [GB] Bolton v Blackpool (40 markets)
2014-01-04 15:00:00 +0000 UTC: [GB] Stoke v Leicester (78 markets)
2014-01-04 15:00:00 +0000 UTC: [GB] West Brom v C Palace (78 markets)
2014-01-04 15:00:00 +0000 UTC: [GB] Wigan v MK Dons (40 markets)
2014-02-18 19:45:00 +0000 UTC: [GB] Man City v Barcelona (3 markets)
2014-01-04 17:15:00 +0000 UTC: [GB] Arsenal v Tottenham (78 markets)
2014-01-04 17:15:00 +0000 UTC: [GB] Fixtures 04 January   (1 markets)
(...)

Tests

To run tests, you have to provide your credentials in the file

betfair_test.conf.json

You can find a sample configuration file in the main directory:

betfair_test.conf.json.sample

Please note that only username, password, certfile and keyfile are mandatory.

License

The library is dual licensed. For free software/open source projects, please refer to GPLv3. For commercial projects, please contact the author.

Note

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