Anybody used or recommend this book ?
I have dabbled with Visual Basic in the past.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Programming-Be ... NG+BETFAIR
Programming for Betfair
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marksmeets302
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Haven't read it, but have a look at the bdp.betfair.com and check out the api documentation. It's not that hard, except maybe for logging in, but there is example source code that explains it. By the way "not that hard" doesn't mean "not a lot of work".
PeterLe has read the book I believe, so worth asking his opinion.
Some comments made here about half way down:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78&p=102652
To be honest I'd probably just recommend a book or online course on programming in the language of your choice, then downloading the Betfair sample application, and reading the API documentation.
Playing around with the sample application should get you miles ahead and all the "plumbing" code like logging in will be there for you to see and step through line by line.
Some comments made here about half way down:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78&p=102652
To be honest I'd probably just recommend a book or online course on programming in the language of your choice, then downloading the Betfair sample application, and reading the API documentation.
Playing around with the sample application should get you miles ahead and all the "plumbing" code like logging in will be there for you to see and step through line by line.
Nothing much to add to my comments other than james has ceased support on it now, so that's a big consdieration.xitian wrote:PeterLe has read the book I believe, so worth asking his opinion.
I understand why he did this, you cant keep supporting it indefinetly. The problem will be, if Betfair change something slightly and the code is no longer valid.
I did encounter a few errors that I was able to fix myself, but there was one error that i couldnt clear. I painstaking checked every line of code and couldnt see an issure with it.
Eventually I got someone to look at it and he cleared the error for me.*
You will need to put lots of effort in.
I finished the project, but Im not using it on a day to day basis, I have my own Bots built in C# and I able able to modify them fairly easily, so I will stick to that.
Peter - I think it would be a good idea to include a Programming section.
Regards
Peter
* = The error in question was fixed with the following comments: "Your form constructor is expecting types string, string, long but you are attempting to pass string, string , string. When you retrieve items from a gridView cells you need to cast the data types back to the required types"
PPS - If you havent got an API key already, you will need to buy one at £299
