The tool fetches the odds from The Odds API 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.