I've been looking in the betangel.exe.config file and noticed these two settings:
<add key="FullDepthRefreshDelay" value="3" />
<add key="FullVolumeRefreshDelay" value="5" />
If I change the value of both these to "1" then I seem to get a better response from Betfair. Has anyone else tried this and why are these set to 3 & 5 anyway? Is there a reason that I should be wary of?
Bet Angel config question
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andyfuller
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As I understand it the top call is pulling the full market depth and the other is pulling the full volume that has been traded. I assume 3 is three seconds and 5 is five seconds.
I would have thought the vast majority of people have no need to get this information any faster than that as there would be little benefit.
However, if everyone was pulling this data at say 1 second and you multiply it up by the total number of people using Bet Angel and you soon see a significant increase in the number of data calls being made to the Betfair API on the whole needlessly.
As we all know the API struggles on Saturdays when the number of people using it increases so I would assume these figures have been suggested by Betfair and used as a guideline by Bet Angel.
I would have thought the vast majority of people have no need to get this information any faster than that as there would be little benefit.
However, if everyone was pulling this data at say 1 second and you multiply it up by the total number of people using Bet Angel and you soon see a significant increase in the number of data calls being made to the Betfair API on the whole needlessly.
As we all know the API struggles on Saturdays when the number of people using it increases so I would assume these figures have been suggested by Betfair and used as a guideline by Bet Angel.