Horse racing - 0 minutes to post / post time

[magicnail]

Just converted a good chunk of our old WSDL app written in Python to the new API-NG and I must say I'm greatly impressed with nearly everything about it, and the amount of code I've been able to throw out because of the inclusion of things like the COMPETITION additional data for listMarketCatalogue.

One thing I'm wondering about just at the moment is a necessary trigger for horse-racing, 0 minutes to post or post time. I've seen this on a few betting shops where you know that this time has hit, but right at the moment, I can't see if that's available by the new API, or if it is, where.

I know https://api.developer.betfair.com/se...s-MarketStatus is there, and it *may* hold the answer to what I'm after, but it doesn't really look like it.

Can I get this information? If so, how would I go about it?

[ForeTwo]

You can use listMarketCatalogue to get MARKET_START_TIME and create your own countdown.

[Mr Magoo]

I think the OP is asking if the API provides updated off-times or any live information about whether or not a race is soon to start. I don't think that the new API has this info.

If anyone else knows of a good source for this, I'd be interested too!

[magicnail]

I do already query and use that for listing races, but I was wondering if there was a *specific* post time notification of a race, when horses are called to the post? If not, I will create my own, but after seeing it in a few places, and the new features of API-NG, I just thought it would be worth asking if this too was available.

[magicnail]

I think the OP is asking if the API provides updated off-times or any live information about whether or not a race is soon to start. I don't think that the new API has this info.

If anyone else knows of a good source for this, I'd be interested too!

Exactly! Obviously our own custom countdown would be ok for this, but this type of data is often available at the track, and some online vendors. It's a lot more accurate than implementing your own.

If it's not available, I'll just implement a 10-minutes-to start countdown tick of once per minute, and continue doing it until the market declares as active / in-play.

[betdynamics]

There is nothing in the API that supports this.

It would be a great addition.

[Fred77]

"parading"
"going down"
"at the post"
"going behind" / "loading"
"delayed"
"off"

Would be most helpful. Many bookmakers provide such info, so I imagine it's easy for betfair to obtain it or that they have it already.