API not available this morning

I logged in this morning to find the API was not available again. It appears to have had a dodgy time overnight according to the Betfair forum. After problems on Monday & Tuesday its a bit disconcerting to find problems again, but especially on Cheltenham trials day!

I’d like to point out again that Bet Angel is the only API application that can work with or without the API. From a simple concept of API / non API it has actually morphed into a whole suite of unique connection tools.

When we first adopted the API we had a number of requests to retain non API status, so we honoured that request. But we also wanted to give people the benefit of the API. Therefore we also developed hybrid modes, a mixture of both. We have found this gives customers the best of both worlds, in terms of functonality and speed. We constantly fiddle and tweak with the connection modes to get the best performance we can.

What are the markets like when the API is down? If Tuesday is anything to go by, very tradable. On Tuesday, excluding exceptionals, I had my best Tuesday for many months. While this was an unexpected bonus, I think we would all prefer a nice stable exchange.

Hopefully the API will return soon. As one of a number of back up measures, we often have a non API version ready but not refreshing in the background, just in case there is a problem at any point. If you want to play safe today we recommend you do the same. Better safe than sorry and if you are comitting good sums of money to the market, the last thing you want is not to be able to trade out of a position.

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