--- title: "Connect Calendly to BBC iPlayer Business Layer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New scheduled event (polling)\" fires in Calendly, your agent runs \"Get channel schedule\" in BBC iPlayer Business Layer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer" --- # Connect Calendly to BBC iPlayer Business Layer When **New scheduled event (polling)** fires in [Calendly](https://apiant.ai/connections/calendly), your agent runs **Get channel schedule** in [BBC iPlayer Business Layer](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Calendly **2** triggers Calendly **18** actions BBC iPlayer Business Layer **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Calendly and BBC iPlayer Business Layer to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Calendly can start in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **New scheduled event (polling)** in Calendly then **Get channel schedule** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **Canceled scheduled event (polling)** in Calendly then **List channels** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Calendly and BBC iPlayer Business Layer ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 25 actions - Trigger **Canceled scheduled event (polling)** Triggers when a scheduled event is canceled. - Trigger **New scheduled event (polling)** Triggers when a new scheduled event is created. - Action **Cancel scheduled event** Cancels a scheduled event with a specified reason for the cancellation. - Action **Create single-use scheduling link** Creates a single-use booking link that allows one person to schedule an event. - Action **Get current user** Returns the authenticated user's profile including name, email, timezone, and scheduling URL. - Action **Get event type** Returns details for the specified event type. - Action **Get invitee** Returns details about a specific invitee for a scheduled event. - Action **Get invitee next scheduled event** Gets the next scheduled event for the invitee specified by their email. - Action **Get scheduled event** Returns details about a specific scheduled event. - Action **Get user availability schedule** Returns details for the specified user availability schedule. - Action **List event invitees** Returns the list of invitees for a scheduled event, optionally filtered by status. - Action **List event type availability schedules** Returns the event type's availability schedules. - Action **List event types** Returns your calendar's event type templates, optionally filtered by scope and active status. - Action **List organization memberships** Returns all members of the connected Calendly organization (paginated). One record per membership: user_email, user_uri, user_name, role. - Action **List scheduled events** Returns scheduled events, filterable by scope, status, date range, and invitee email. - Action **List user availability schedules** Returns the user's availability schedules. - Action **List webhook subscriptions** Returns all webhook subscriptions for your organization. - Action **Mark invitee as no-show** Records that an invitee did not attend their scheduled event. - Action **Undo invitee no-show** Removes a no-show marking from an invitee. - Action **Update event type availability schedule** Replaces a single host's availability schedule on a Calendly event type with explicit date rules (full overwrite). Built for CalendarConnect: push real Mindbody bookable slots into Calendly so only MBO-bookable times are offered. CRITICAL: the host is targeted by the NESTED availability_rule.user — a top-level user alone is silently ignored and Calendly replaces the OAuth token owner's schedule instead. Always verify stored_user equals the requested host before trusting the result. For round-robin events, call once per host. - Action **Get channel schedule** Returns the broadcast schedule of a BBC iPlayer channel for a given day. - Action **Get episode** Returns the BBC iPlayer episode for a given episode identifier. - Action **Get programme** Returns a BBC iPlayer programme (brand or series) by its PID, including its initial child episodes. - Action **List categories** Returns the list of all categories in BBC TV & iPlayer. - Action **List channels** Returns all BBC TV and iPlayer channels, optionally for a specific region. - Action **List episodes of a programme** Returns the child episodes of a BBC iPlayer programme. - Action **List programmes by category** Returns the iPlayer programmes (brands and series) in a given category. ## Each app on its own - [ **Calendly** Calendly is a scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect...](https://apiant.ai/connections/calendly) - [ **BBC iPlayer Business Layer** The definitive iPlayer API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Calendly - [ **Calendly to Notion** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in BBC iPlayer Business Layer when something happens in Calendly? Any of BBC iPlayer Business Layer's 7 actions, including Get channel schedule, Get episode, Get programme and List categories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from BBC iPlayer Business Layer to Calendly? BBC iPlayer Business Layer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Calendly. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads BBC iPlayer Business Layer's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Calendly or BBC iPlayer Business Layer? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Calendly and BBC iPlayer Business Layer without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.