Betfair exchange API Status Page

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LinusP
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Its taken a while but Betfair finally have an API status page!

http://status.developer.betfair.com/
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Dallas
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Should finally help with all the confusion that gets caused each time there is any issues with it.
LinusP
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Betfair, how it should be done...

https://status.twilio.com/
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to75ne
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what are the differences between "uk exchange api" and "exchange stream api"?
LinusP
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to75ne wrote:what are the differences between "uk exchange api" and "exchange stream api"?
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/
spreadbetting
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The exchange stream api sees to have been in beta testing for the chosen few for ages.
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to75ne
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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/
thanks for the explanation. i do not understand at all. :lol: way way above me, but thanks anyway.
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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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to75ne
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thanks spreadbetting, reckon i will be content with as long as the little buttons are green nothing to worry about (much more my level). :)
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Euler
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The status page appears to be down?
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Dallas
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It was down yesterday afternoon too, not even sure if it came back on
pythonic
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It seems that after the developer forum they have now taken down the whole developer.betfair.com domain. Some of the documentation can be reached via a link from their main page.
ReddishShift
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Documentation can still to be found here: https://betfairdevelopersupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
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