Help regarding refresh rate

[BotManCool]

Hi all,

I have been using a bot that a programming colleague of mine programmed for me 3 months ago. I've been using it to bet in-play daily - unfortunately, the programmer has disappeared and never supplied the source code... so now I'm having to pay someone to do the same bot but with some updates.

The bot tracked in-play prices on horses and placed bets when certain prices and other criteria were met. I was led to believe that the refresh rate was 20 times per second in-play, it certainly appears that fast when watching the software.

The programmer that is working on the new project tells me I can't obtain in-play prices at 20 times per second, but that's what the old software does, and I've never incurred any charges. Could somebody tell me what the new programmer should be looking at?

Thanks,

Mike

[McTash]

Last I remember reading, Betfair only update the api 5 times per second anyway. 20 requests would therefore be futile as you will be getting the same non refreshed data again and again.

EDIT: Is that date right or did i just necro this thread?