# Arbitrage Finder
A simple tool to find sports betting arbitrage opportunities.

The tool fetches the odds from [The Odds API](https://the-odds-api.com/) and compares the odds at different bookmakers to each other in order to determine whether there are profitable and risk-free bets available.

## Installation
Start out by cloning the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/daankoning/ArbitrageFinder.git

Install the dependencies:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

Next, ensure you have an API key from The Odds API and simply run:

    python main.py --key <YOUR_API_KEY>

## Usage
The tool offers three optional command line arguments.

### API key
In order to set the API key to use either the `-k` or `--key` arguments. If neither of these are used the script will read the value of `$API_KEY`. `.env` files are also supported and automatically loaded.

### Region
Different parts of the world have different bookmakers. To reflect this the `-r` or `--region` arguments allow you to set the region in which to search. Accepts the values `"eu"`,`"us"`, `"uk"`, and `"au"`. 

### Help
The `-h` or `--help` flags will show a short help message with documentation.