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Is there some sort of ID specific to a given sports team on the exchange? Or at least the closest thing to a team ID that is available through the api? For instance in a soccer game there are two teams, are there corresponding ids for the home and away teams I can retrieve through market or event id? I was under the impression selection ID might be the field I am interested in but am uncertain of this after some testing. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Hiya
As far as I understand, Betfair dont really use the concept of a team Id from the point of view of using that id to get data. If you look at say a fooball Match odds market, you have row 1 = home win, row 2 = away win, row 3 = draw. Each of those rows has a corresponding SelectionId
Example
Bayern Munich Home Win = 55774350
Mgladbach Away Win = 84649
Draw = 58805
Your code should make no assumptions about this however, dont say, ah its bayern munich so I know its selectionId is going to be 55774350.
Just from observation Betfair do tend to be consistent on football team selectionIds, but like i say that data isnt published and they make no promise it will remain consistent.
Regards Geoff
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Thank you very much. It is great to have selection ID clarified and if there are no intrinsic team IDs on the exchange ill try find another way of tracking them. CheersComment
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