If you wish to develop Betfair applications for your own personal use and do not wish to market your applications or sell or distribute any data or information from your application, then you can subscribe to the Personal API.

Personal Read-only - Full Access

The Read-Only Full Access API allows you to retrieve market information, current bet details, historical bet details and account statement information programmatically. Typical applications for the read-only version of the API are:

• A spreadsheet to monitor and analyse your current position on a specific markets
• A program to simulate the effect of non-runners in a particular market
• A program to retrieve and store your bet data on a daily basis

Personal Transactional - Full Access

The Transactional Full Access API allows you to place, modify and cancel bets. Typical applications for the transactional version of the API are:

• A program to take calculate arbitrage opportunities between Asian Handicap and Match Odds Markets
• A program to place bets when certain market conditions are met
• A program to place bets after a market has gone in-play if they were not matched beforehand

The subscription for the two Personal Full API products are as follows:

*or equivalent in your local currency

The terms of the Personal API allow you to develop programs for your personal use only and specifically prohibit distribution and sale of programs or data retrieved from betfair.