listMarketCatalogue can be very slow

[NickB]

Can someone explain why listMarketCatalogue can be so slow?

I use it to request all GB, win-only horse racing markets and it usually takes about 90 seconds to return.

Sample logs from my application below.

2013-09-20 05:39:32,300 INFO BF url: https://beta-api.betfair.com/rest/v1...rketCatalogue/

2013-09-20 05:39:32,306 INFO BF data: {"filter": {"marketCountries": ["GB"], "eventTypeIds": ["7"], "marketBettingTypes": ["ODDS"], "marketTypeCodes": ["WIN"]}, "marketProjection":["MARKET_DESCRIPTION"], "sort":"FIRST_TO_START", "maxResults":"100"}

2013-09-20 05:39:32,312 INFO BF hdrs: {'X-Application': 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx', 'X-Authentication': u'/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=', 'content-type': 'application/json'}

2013-09-20 05:40:05,844 INFO BF resp: [{"marketId":"1.111045706","marketName":"7f Mdn Stks","description":{"persistenceEnabled":true,"bs pMarket":true,"marketTime":"2013-09-20T12:20:00.000Z","suspendTime":"2013-09-20T12:20:00.000Z","bettingType":"ODDS","turnInPlay Enabled":true,"marketType":"WIN","marketBaseRate": 5.0,"discountAllowed":false,"wallet":"UK wallet","rules":"<table cellborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td><img src=\"http://content-cache.betfair.com/images/en_GB/homepage/RUKlogo.gif\" border=\"0\"></td><td width=\"5\">&nbsp;</td><td class=\"marketInfo_GreyText\">This meeting is on RACING UK</td></tr></table><br><a href=\"http://radio.betfair.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\" http://content-cache.betfair.com/images/en_GB/mr_tr.gif\" title=\"Timeform Radio\" border=\"0\"></a> <a href=\"http://form.timeform.betfair.com (snip)

Thanks for any help.
NickB

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Can someone explain why listMarketCatalogue can be so slow?

Thanks for any help.
NickB

mate is it cause you are using the beta ??

ie call

myBFdata.URL = "https://api-au.betfair.com/exchange/betting/json-rpc/v1" 'FOR AUS

'myBFdata.URL = "https://api.betfair.com/exchange/betting" 'FOR UK