This project provides some simple examples of how to communicate with the Betfair API using C++ and boost/beast libraries. It is intended ONLY to assist with getting started with C++ for Betfair API interaction and help with creating bespoke applications.

• An active Betfair account with access to the Betfair API
• C++11
• OpenSSL
• Boost
• Pthreads

Distributed under the MIT License. Please take the time to read the details here for more information and before making use of the project.

To build the login example in main.cpp on Linux using g++:

$ g++ examples/bf_login.cpp betfair/bfapi.cpp -o test_login.out -lpthread -lcrypto -lssl

Create a config file containing used credentials (according to the instructions in betfair/bfapi.hpp) and pass the path as a command line parameter to the executable built above. This should login to your account and return a session token which can then be used to perform other API operations.