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
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 a file named betfair.pem in the certs directory.
You can write SSL certificates to another directory by passing the
--name parameter
invoke ssl --name=path/to/certs/ssl
This will generate a file named ssl.pem in the path/to/certs/
directory. Once you have generated the SSL certificate, you can upload the
.pem file to Betfair at https://myaccount.betfair.com/account/authentication?showAPI=1.
Create a Betfair client and log in
from betfair import Betfair
client = Betfair('test', '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)) # 1
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