Place my First Orderr

[TheLuMi]

Hello,

After looking at several posts, codes, etc...I am trying to place my first order and I run to this error which seems to be easy to resolve but I'm unable. Any help out there?

To make it simple I fixed the marketid, selectionid in the scipt

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#!/usr/bin/python
# coding:UTF-8

import urllib2
import json
import datetime
import sys
import requests
import urllib
import sqlite3

def callAping(url, request):
try:
req = urllib2.Request(url, request, headers)
response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
jsonResponse = response.read()
return jsonResponse

except urllib2.URLError:
print 'Oops there is some issue with the request'
exit()
except urllib2.HTTPError:
print 'Oops there is some issue with the request' + urllib2.HTTPError.getcode()
exit()

def placeBet(marketId, selectionId):
if( marketId is not None and selectionId is not None):
print 'Calling placeOrder for marketId :' + marketId + ' with selection id :' + str(selectionId)
place_order_Req = '{"marketId":"' + marketId + '","instructions":'\
'[{"selectionId":"' + str(
selectionId) + '","handicap":"0","side":"BACK","orderType":"LIMIT ","limitOrder":{"size":"4.00","price":"1.8","persi stenceType":"LAPSE"}}],"customerRef":"test12121212121"}'
endPoint = 'https://beta-api.betfair.com/rest/v1.0/placeOrders/'
"""
print place_order_Req
"""
place_order_Response = callAping(endPoint, place_order_Req)
place_order_load = json.loads(place_order_Response)
print 'Place order status is ' + place_order_load['status']
"""
print 'Place order error status is ' + place_order_load['errorCode']
"""
print 'Reason for Place order failure is ' + place_order_load['instructionReports'][0]['errorCode']
"""
print place_order_Response
"""

placeBet(1.122709508, 47973)

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the error message:

./PlaceOrder.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./PlaceOrder.py", line 46, in <module>
placeBet(1.122709508, 47973)
File "./PlaceOrder.py", line 27, in placeBet
print 'Calling placeOrder for marketId :' + marketId + ' with selection id :' + str(selectionId)
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'float' objects

[Franklin1]

print 'Calling placeOrder for marketId :' + marketId + ' with selection id :' + str(selectionId)

the error message:

./PlaceOrder.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./PlaceOrder.py", line 46, in <module>
placeBet(1.122709508, 47973)
File "./PlaceOrder.py", line 27, in placeBet
print 'Calling placeOrder for marketId :' + marketId + ' with selection id :' + str(selectionId)
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'float' objects

it looks to me like the error here is just to do with your print command which does not like concatenating marketId to your strong.

try this:

print 'Calling placeOrder for marketId :' + str(marketId) + ' with selection id :' + str(selectionId)

[TheLuMi]

Thanks for your answer, indeed this fixed the first error. there is a second error now. are you able to take a look at it, please?

./PlaceOrder.py
Calling placeOrder for marketId :1.122756433 with selection id :47973
Oops there is some issue with the request

[Franklin1]

where did you get this code? There could be many bugs between where you get to and making a successful request

you're getting an urllib2.URLError.

change your code to this:
except urllib2.URLError as e:

print str(e)

Also please post your place_order_Req string here (your cpde prints it)

[betdynamics]

This looks like very old code to me.

You are using the endpoint:

endPoint = 'https://beta-api.betfair.com/rest/v1.0/placeOrders/'

I'm not sure that even exists anymore!

The correct endpoint would be:

endPoint = 'https://api.betfair.com/exchange/betting/rest/v1.0/placeOrders/'

[TheLuMi]

Thanks for both of you, I got it to work and I placed my first bet. Interesting, I actually recvd an error message but bet was placed:

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Calling placeOrder for marketId :1.122758606 with selection id :47973
Place order status is SUCCESS
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./PlaceOrder.py", line 64, in <module>
placeBet(1.122758606, 47973)
File "./PlaceOrder.py", line 52, in placeBet
print 'Reason for Place order failure is ' + place_order_load['instructionReports'][0]['errorCode']
KeyError: 'errorCode'
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Here is the code again:

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def callAping(url, request):
try:
req = urllib2.Request(url, request, headers)
response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
jsonResponse = response.read()
return jsonResponse

except urllib2.URLError:
print 'Oops there is some issue with the request'
exit()
except urllib2.HTTPError:
print 'Oops there is some issue with the request' + urllib2.HTTPError.getcode()
exit()

def placeBet(marketId, selectionId):
if( marketId is not None and selectionId is not None):
print 'Calling placeOrder for marketId :' + str(marketId) + ' with selection id :' + str(selectionId)
place_order_Req = '{"marketId":"' + str(marketId) + '","instructions":'\
'[{"selectionId":"' + str(
selectionId) + '","handicap":"0","side":"BACK","orderType":"LIMIT ","limitOrder":{"size":"4.00","price":"1.8","persi stenceType":"LAPSE"}}],"customerRef":"test12121212121"}'
endPoint = 'https://api.betfair.com/exchange/betting/rest/v1.0/placeOrders/'
"""
print place_order_Req
"""
place_order_Response = callAping(endPoint, place_order_Req)
place_order_load = json.loads(place_order_Response)
print 'Place order status is ' + place_order_load['status']
"""
print 'Place order error status is ' + place_order_load['errorCode']
"""
print 'Reason for Place order failure is ' + place_order_load['instructionReports'][0]['errorCode']
"""
print place_order_Response
"""

headers = {'X-Application': appKey, 'X-Authentication': sessionToken, 'content-type': 'application/json',
'accept': 'application/json'}

placeBet(1.122758606, 47973)

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is it normal that I have this error?

[TheLuMi]

I think I got it now, just need help to display the betId ...