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by **mr otter** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:04 pm

Hey folks, can anyone please point me in the right direction , i am ripping my hair (whats left of it) out here.the problem is i am trying to log a horses odds for a race into a table within so i can then run queries on. unfortunately every route i try i run into a brick wall.

does anyone have any sample code so create a log from all the updates to a spreadsheet?

by **Captain Sensible** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:43 pm

If it's only a horse and not the field's prices download the non-api version as that has a price logger incorporated

by **AndrewP** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:21 pm

I've recently looked into data logging with help from members of this forum and can now do what I want to. It isn't very polished but it may be of help to you if you could be more specific about what you are trying to do. E-mail or PM me.

Andrew

by **thunderfoot** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:46 pm

Captain Sensible wrote:If it's only a horse and not the field's prices download the non-api version as that has a price logger incorporated

So do I presume that the function ' Log individual price' available on Bet Trader isn't available on Betting Assistant ..... cos I can't find that feature on Bet Trader unless it's called something different now. :cry:

by **Captain Sensible** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:12 pm

Yep bet trader uses web scraping rather than the api calls. It's in the API terms you can't use it for price logging as other other vendors have to pay for the privilage of selling that data.

by **danjuma** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:52 am

So what is the main difference between the API and non-API version?

Does the information displayed by the non-API version (Betfair Trader) class as data request and count towards the 20 per sec max before being charged?

Cheers
Dan

by **Captain Sensible** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:31 pm

Yes all calls count towards the data request charges, betfair trader was Garys first version beofre the API came out or possibly before he could afford the api

Main difference is that Betfair trader is a cut down version of BA and no longer updated so missing most of BA's features. Think it's only around thru nostaglia and maybe some people still wanting to use it (odds logging etc) rather than any real reason.

by **danjuma** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:52 pm

Thanks for the explanation CS.

by **GaryRussell** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 5:07 pm

CS hit the nail on the head. We only support it because some users don't want to change.

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