Retrieving Betting Summary Volume, using Java Sample Code

[chase788]

Hi,

I am trying to piece this together step by step. I am trying to retrieve the Betting Summary Volume field in the events.

Total matched on this event: 70,451
Betting summary - Volume: 66,238

So I am starting with the sample Java code: https://github.com/betfair/API-NG-sa...ee/master/java

I am trying to retrieve football matches, this eventTypeID is always 7, which is horse racing. How can I edit this eventTypeID to football? I tried looking into the different folders but cannot the field to change to football. Thank you all!

List<EventTypeResult> r = jsonOperations.listEventTypes(marketFilter, applicationKey, sessionToken);
            System.out.println("2. Extract Event Type Id for Football...\n");
            for (EventTypeResult eventTypeResult : r) {
                if(eventTypeResult.getEventType().getName().equals("Horse Racing")){
                    System.out.println("3. EventTypeId for \"Horse Racing\" is: " + [COLOR="Red"]eventTypeResult.getEventType().getId()[/COLOR]+"\n");
                    eventTypeIds.add(eventTypeResult.getEventType().getId().toString());
                }
            }

[betdynamics]

Change

if(eventTypeResult.getEventType().getName().equals("Horse Racing")){

to

if(eventTypeResult.getEventType().getName().equals("Soccer")){

and change

System.out.println("3. EventTypeId for \"Horse Racing\" is: " + eventTypeResult.getEventType().getId()+"\n");

to

System.out.println("3. EventTypeId for \"Soccer\" is: " + eventTypeResult.getEventType().getId()+"\n");

What this code is doing is getting the EventTypeId that is associated with Horse Racing, so you need to change it to Soccer so that the correct EventTypeId is returned.

[chase788]

Thanks a lot. I did try this before posting, but it does not work.

If I change to soccer, the output is still horse racing.

            System.out.println("2. Extract Event Type Id for Soccer...\n");
            for (EventTypeResult eventTypeResult : r) {
                if(eventTypeResult.getEventType().getName().equals("Soccer")){
                    System.out.println("3. EventTypeId for \"Soccer\" is: " + eventTypeResult.getEventType().getId()+"\n");

                    eventTypeIds.add(eventTypeResult.getEventType().getId().toString());
                }
            }

Now the eventType shown is 1 instead of 7.

However, there are more java errors, maybe there is some mismatch due to the data type between Horse Racing and Soccer.

D:\Markets\java\ng>mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.betfair.aping.ApiNGDemo"
-Dexec.args="hSVZxnWPsp9ccO8x hGmrs0XmydrTLb5GITxL5ys+MrcxzFKW6Taj4PQLWh4= json-
rpc"
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[WARNING] Warning: killAfter is now deprecated. Do you need it ? Please comment
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Welcome to the Betfair API NG!
1.(listEventTypes) Get all Event Types...

2. Extract Event Type Id for Soccer...

3. EventTypeId for "Soccer" is: 1

4.(listMarketCataloque) Get next horse racing market in the UK...

5. Print static marketId, name and runners....

[WARNING]
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.
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at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAcces
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at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
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Caused by: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 0, Size: 0
at java.util.ArrayList.rangeCheck(ArrayList.java:638)
at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:414)
at com.betfair.aping.ApiNGJsonRpcDemo.start(ApiNGJson RpcDemo.java:82)
at com.betfair.aping.ApiNGDemo.main(ApiNGDemo.java:11 0)
... 6 more
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Final Memory: 11M/26M
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I will go poke around too. If anyone knows, please give a shout.

[betdynamics]

You asked how to get the EventId for Football (Soccer) and that is now what the program is doing. This is evidenced by the fact that the program returns the EventId as 1.

You still need to modify step 4 as it is geared towards Horse Racing.

For example, in step 4 there is no "WIN" market for Football matches. If you want to load the Match Odds market then change:

typesCode.add("WIN");

to

typesCode.add("MATCH_ODDS");

I can't help with your build issues as I don't actually use Java myself.

[chase788]

Thank you. I will try your suggestion.

[chase788]

Hi,

I changed the typesCode value to MATCH_ODDS and it works. But I do not know to proceed. For example, I want to retrieve today's matches, Win Lose Draw odds and total matched on this event (Win. Lose or Draw), and according to a keyword search "Bundesliga" or "Champions League".

The current output is:

3. EventTypeId for "Soccer" is: 1

4.(listMarketCataloque) Get next horse racing market in the UK...

5. Print static marketId, name and runners....

Market Name: Match Odds; Id: 1.114615088

Runner Name: Boreham Wood; Selection Id: 256120

Runner Name: Brentford; Selection Id: 78864

Runner Name: The Draw; Selection Id: 58805

6.(listMarketBook) Get volatile info for Market including best 3 exchange prices
available...

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 6.615 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2014-07-17T16:32:55+08:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 12M/85M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:\Markets\java\ng>

Hence, it seems that the latest match (marketID is 114615088) in UK which is Boreham vs Brentford is being displayed.


I am trying to link things up together. Where can I find the list of related soccer values or variables?

I looked at the documentation (https://api.developer.betfair.com/se...arketCatalogue), but I still find this confusing.

Is there is simple diagram that marks out the soccer variables?

Thank you.