betfaiR

Having logged in using the betfair function, the environment contains the marketTypes method. This method can be used to get the various types of markets (eg. WINNER, HANDICAP, OVER_UNDER_25, etc), and the number of markets.

usage

bf$marketTypes(filter = marketFilter())

arguments

param	details
`filter`	select desired markets, see marketFilter for various parameters to filter by, or the relevant help pages on Betfair. If nothing is entered, all marketTypes are returned

return

The function returns a dataframe of market Types and the number of markets associated with that type.

variable	details
`marketType`	the type of market (eg. WINNER, HANDICAP, OVER_UNDER_25)
`marketCount`	the number of markets currently available associated with this market type

examples

library(betfaiR)
# login
bf <- betfair(usr = Sys.getenv("bf_usr"), pwd = Sys.getenv("bf_pwd"), key = Sys.getenv("bf_key"))

Login successful

# return all countries
tmp <- bf$marketTypes()
head(tmp)

  marketType marketCount
1   NONSPORT          52
2     WINNER          59
3    SPECIAL         111
4   STEWARDS           1
5     UNUSED          16
6  MATCH_BET          44

# return all horse racing events
tmp <- bf$marketTypes(filter = marketFilter(eventTypeIds = 7))
head(tmp)

     marketType marketCount
1       SPECIAL           9
2      STEWARDS           1
3 RACE_WIN_DIST           5
4   OTHER_PLACE         141
5           WIN         219
6         PLACE         166

# return all horse racing events whose start date is beyond next week
tmp <- bf$marketTypes(filter = marketFilter(eventTypeIds = 7, from = Sys.Date() + 
    7))
head(tmp)

    marketType marketCount
1 ANTEPOST_WIN          80
2      SPECIAL           6