- Endpoint & Required Headers
- ExampleExample Request
- Supported Locales
- Navigation Data File Structure
- JSON Model Structure
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| The file data is cached and new request for the file once an hour should be suitable for those looking to accurately recreate the Betfair navigation menu. |
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The following request headers are required:
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GET https://api.betfair.com/exchange/betting/rest/v1/en/navigation/menu.json Connection: keep-alive X-Application: <AppKey> X-Authentication: <SessionToken> Accept: application/json Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate |
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The following languages are supported by the navigation file:
en | en_GB | da | de | es | it | pt | ru | sv
English - en
Spanish - es
Italian - it
German - de
Swedish - sv
Portuguese -pt
Russian - ru
Danish - da
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This is a diagram showing how the Navigation Data File is structured.
In plain English:
A ROOT group node has one or many EVENT_TYPE nodes
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{ "children": [ { EVENT_TYPE1 }, { EVENT_TYPE2 }, ... ], "id": 0, // always 0 "name": "ROOT", // always ROOT "type": "GROUP" // always GROUP} |
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{ "children": [ { GROUP or EVENT or RACE (RACE only if Greyhounds/Horse Racing) }, ... ], "id": "1", // Betfair specific eventTypeId "name": "Soccer", "type": "EVENT_TYPE"} |
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{ "children": [ { GROUP or EVENT }, ... ], "id": "74568202414", // Not a Betfair specific id, different for every GROUP "name": "Womens Soccer", "type": "GROUP"} |
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{ "children": [ { GROUP, MARKET or EVENT }, ... ], "id": "27244118", // Betfair specific eventId "name": "South Korea U20 (W) v Mexico U20 (W)", "countryCode": "GB", "type": "EVENT"} |
RACE
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{ "children": [ { MARKET }, ... ], "id": "27247020.1115", // Betfair specific raceId "name": "1300m 3yo", "startTime": "2014-08-12T11:15:00.000Z", "type": "RACE", "venue": "Deauville", "raceNumber" : "R1", // US specific information about race numbers "countryCode": "GB"} |
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{ "exchangeId": "1", // Betfair specific exchangeId "id": "1.114881860", // Betfair specific marketId "marketStartTime": "2014-08-14T00:00:00.000Z", // Betfair specific marketStartTime "marketType": "WIN", // Betfair specific marketType (e.g. PLACE, WIN, FORECAST etc.) "numberOfWinners": "2", // Betfair specific number of winners "name": "Over/Under 6.5 Goals", "type": "MARKET"} |