What are Market Data Request Limits?
Although you can request multiple markets from listMarketBook, listRunnerBook, /wiki/spaces/BFAPIBETA/pages/1212460 and listMarketProfitandLoss, there are limits on the amount of data requested in one request.
sum(Weight) * number market ids must not exceed 200 points per requests
The following tables explain the "weighting" of data for each MarketProjection or PriceProjection. If you exceed the maximum weighting of 200 points, the API will return a TOO_MUCH_DATA error.
listMarketCatalogue
MarketProjection | Weight |
|---|---|
MARKET_DESCRIPTION | 1 |
RUNNER_DESCRIPTION | 0 |
EVENT | 0 |
EVENT_TYPE | 0 |
COMPETITION | 0 |
RUNNER_METADATA | 1 |
MARKET_START_TIME | 0 |
listMarketBook/listRunnerBook
PriceProjection | Weight |
Null (No PriceProjection set) | 2 |
SP_AVAILABLE | 3 |
SP_TRADED | 7 |
EX_BEST_OFFERS | 5 |
EX_ALL_OFFERS | 17 |
EX_TRADED | 17 |
Please note: specific combinations of priceProjections will carry different weights that aren't the sum of their individual weights. Please see a summary of these below:
PriceProjection | Weight | |
EX_BEST_OFFERS + | EX_TRADED | 20 |
EX_ALL_OFFERS + EX_TRADED | 32 |
If exBestOffersOverrides is used the weight is is calculated by weight * (requestedDepth/3).
listMarketProfitandLoss
PriceProjection | Weight |
Not applicable | 4 |