betfair.py is a Python wrapper for the Betfair API
$ pip install betfair.py
- Python >= 2.7 or >= 3.3
To run tests
$ py.test
You will need an Application Key to log in to the Betfair API. You can find instructions for creating a key at https://api.developer.betfair.com/services/webapps/docs/display/1smk3cen4v3lu3yomq5qye0ni/Application+Keys
For non-interactive login, you must generate a self-signed SSL certificate and upload it to your Betfair account. Betfair.py includes tools for simplifying this process. To create a self-signed certificate, run
invoke ssl
This will generate the following files in the certs directory
betfair.crt betfair.csr betfair.key betfair.pem
You can write SSL certificates to another directory by passing the
--name parameter
invoke ssl --name=path/to/certs/betfair
Once you have generated the files, you can upload the betfair.crt file to
Betfair at https://myaccount.betfair.com/accountdetails/mysecurity?showAPI=1.
Create a Betfair client and log in
from betfair import Betfair
client = Betfair('app_key', 'certs/betfair.pem')
client.login('username', 'password')
Refresh session token
client.keep_alive()
Log out
client.logout()
List all tennis markets
from betfair.models import MarketFilter
event_types = client.list_event_types(
MarketFilter(text_query='tennis')
)
print(len(event_types)) # 2
print(event_types[0].event_type.name) # 'Tennis'
tennis_event_type = event_types[0]
markets = client.list_market_catalogue(
MarketFilter(event_type_ids=[tennis_event_type.event_type.id])
)
markets[0].market_name # 'Djokovic Tournament Wins'
Joshua Carp (jmcarp)
MIT licensed. See the bundled LICENSE file for more details