C# The beginnings of a bot

[betdynamics]

This example is written for the API version 6, which is due to be retired on the 1st November.

[JACAB]

I've put this on Github if anyone is interested in carrying on development? I believe the creator has left Betfair.

https://github.com/sjdweb/lignite

It compiles in Visual Studio 2012 too.

Hello, thanks for this great job, just one question, would it be possible to get version for Visual Studio 2010?

Many thanks

[baggio1510]

I would like to carry on development of this project.

[sjdev]

I've put this on Github if anyone is interested in carrying on development? I believe the creator has left Betfair.

https://github.com/sjdweb/lignite

It compiles in Visual Studio 2012 too.

[MrLeusk]

Vs 2010

I am not able to get this running in VS 2010 after making the recommended changes. I keep getting :

AutoMarketLoader: Message:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

AM$ EXCEPTION: AutoMarketLoader: Stack Trace:System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Lignite.Engine.AutoMarketLoader.LoadMarkets()

If anyone has a fix, please let me know.

Thanks

[jpppuam]

Hello,
i've downloaded the aplication and correct the 2 lines.

i've configured the user and passwd account, and then "Start", but nothing happens ? Am i doing something wrong ?

thanks,
jppuam

[Ruggy]

Starter Prog Queries

Hi Vossie and everyone else.

Thanks for all the help you have given me so far (without knowing it )

Just started to look at C#, (although have been a developer for some time) is the example in the first post still a suitable starting point as it is a couple of years old. It works a treat in VS2010 however I thought I would check.

Also I've read this thread a few times and I was wondering if you have any documentation on how it all fits together (any documentation on what the parts in the solution explorer do and their importance), I've gone down a few blind alleys looking up XML and I think I'm slowly piecing it together. However I think I'm mixing up two ways of doing a bot. Although I have replaced (due to following the API Quickstart pdf).

<value>https://api.betfair.com/global/v3/BFapi.global.wsdl</value>
<value>https://api.betfair.com/global/v3/BFGlobalService.wsdl</value>

is this correct?

I'm also thinking of turning the UI into a browser based UI (as I'm a web developer and am not that versed in GUI apps), do you know of any problems with doing this?

thanks again for an excellent starter program.

[aubergine]

I tried to compile it and got 4 errors.

Error 3 Cannot implicitly convert type 'int?[]' to 'int[]' : Betfair.API.cs line 337
Error 4 Cannot implicitly convert type 'int[]' to 'int?[]' : Betfair.API.cs line 472
could not load referenced assembly ".../LigniteEngine.dll"
Metada file ".../Betfair.API.dll" could not be found

I guess the 2 last errors should be gone be fixing the two firsts...
How do I fix them?

cheers.

Note, these are quick hack fixes just to get it building, I have no idea of the actual impact of these changes:

Line 337:
marketToUpdate.eventHierarchy = (int[])bfMarket.eventHierarchy.Clone();

Line 472:
request.eventTypeIds = new int?[eventTypeIds.Length];

[nmpgaspar]

I tried to compile it and got 4 errors.

Error 3 Cannot implicitly convert type 'int?[]' to 'int[]' : Betfair.API.cs line 337
Error 4 Cannot implicitly convert type 'int[]' to 'int?[]' : Betfair.API.cs line 472
could not load referenced assembly ".../LigniteEngine.dll"
Metada file ".../Betfair.API.dll" could not be found

I guess the 2 last errors should be gone be fixing the two firsts...
How do I fix them?

cheers.

[stranger77]

klabor bee

How to make automat bet to Lay 2 euro any market ?

Use klabor bee tool to do it,

[sandstormed]

Erroe

When I click on the dropdown next to the yellow light I get the error:
"There is no region associated with the Invariant Culture (Culture ID: 0x7F)."
The code stops at:
public abstract class Helpers
public static string GetCurrencySymbol(string currency)
var regionInfo = (from c in CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.InstalledWin3 2Cultures)
let r = new RegionInfo(c.LCID)

I'm running Windows 7, which apparently behaves differently to Vista when it comes to invariant cultures.

So I changed the code to:
var regionInfo = new RegionInfo(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.C urrentUICulture.LCID);
foreach (var cultureInfo in CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures & ~CultureTypes.NeutralCultures))
{
if (!cultureInfo.Equals(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) )
{
var regionCulture = new RegionInfo(cultureInfo.LCID);
if(regionCulture.ISOCurrencySymbol == currency)
{
regionInfo = regionCulture;
}
}
}

[strik50000]

How to make automat bet to Lay 2 euro any market ?

[Gentlehag]

There are nullable Types.

You can fix it with some simple changes in code (note tested and no warranty)

in BetFairAPI.cs Line 472 change to

request.eventTypeIds = new int?[eventTypeIds.Length];

(insert the ? sign)

and Line 337 to

bfMarket.eventHierarchy.CopyTo(marketToUpdate.even tHierarchy,0);


this are just workarounds but it should keep the code running


BTW it would be a great way to change the apllication architecture to a kind of EBC Architecture and also it would be great using WPF as GUI :-)


If you need any advisory help let me know.

[Mapper]

VS express 2010

Could it be this apps recompliled in VS 2010? I cannot complite it again due to errors. Thanks!

[geraintwalesuk]

Hi

Great project, any plans on further development?

I've made a slight change to LoadMarkets() in AutoMarketLoader.cs

Before:

		    case QueryOperator.GREATER_THAN:
			if (Convert.ToDouble(propertyValue) >
			    Convert.ToDouble(query.Value))
			{
			    loadMarket[x] = false;
			}
			break;
		    case QueryOperator.LESS_THAN:
			if (Convert.ToDouble(propertyValue) <
			    Convert.ToDouble(query.Value))
			{
			    loadMarket[x] = false;
			}
			break;

After:

		    case QueryOperator.GREATER_THAN:
			if (Convert.ToDouble(propertyValue) <
			    Convert.ToDouble(query.Value))
			{
			    loadMarket[x] = false;
			}
			break;
		    case QueryOperator.LESS_THAN:
			if (Convert.ToDouble(propertyValue) >
			    Convert.ToDouble(query.Value))
			{
			    loadMarket[x] = false;
			}
			break;

I have added a few lines of code to BetfairAPI.PlaceBets() to allow for paper trading, but I'm not sure where to place the event handler to actually add a new bet so its processed by MarketProcessor? Any pointers would be very welcome.

Many thanks