Betfair SP Scraper

The purpose of this application is to automate downloading of the Betfair SP csv files available at:

• Directory Listing of Betfair price files

Downloads are done asynchronously so it can download multiple files at once.

Coded in C#

Running the program

The program uses a command-line interface. After starting the the program the following commands are available to the user:

start
exit
stoptasks

If the user types 'start' the subsequent data must be provided:

• Country: 'uk' (United Kingdom), 'ire' (Ireland), 'aus' (Australia), 'usa' (USA), 'rsa' (South Africa)
• Bet Type: 'win', 'place'
• Greyhound: 'yes', 'no'
• Start and End Date: dd/mm/yyyy

An example of the inputs would be:

Country (uk, ire, aus, usa, rsa): aus
Bet type (win, place): win
Greyhound Only? (yes, no): yes
Start Date (dd/mm/yyyy):01/03/2018
End Date (dd/mm/yyyy):31/07/2018

This would download all the Australian Greyhound racing csv files from the 1st of March 2018 to the 31st of July 2018 (win data only)

If the user types 'exit' the program will terminate all download threads and exit the program.

If the user types 'stoptasks' the program will terminate all download threads.

Built With

• Visual Studio 2013

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details