--- title: "Connect Dotdigital to API-FOOTBALL - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in Dotdigital, your agent runs \"List fixture events\" in API-FOOTBALL." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-api-football" --- # Connect Dotdigital to API-FOOTBALL When **Contact Created** fires in [Dotdigital](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital), your agent runs **List fixture events** in [API-FOOTBALL](https://apiant.ai/connections/api-football). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Dotdigital **5** triggers Dotdigital **9** actions API-FOOTBALL **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Dotdigital and API-FOOTBALL to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Dotdigital can start in API-FOOTBALL - When **Contact Created** in Dotdigital then **List fixture events** in API-FOOTBALL - When **Campaign Activity** in Dotdigital then **Find fixtures** in API-FOOTBALL 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 Dotdigital and API-FOOTBALL ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 20 actions - Trigger **Campaign Activity** Triggers when a contact's activity (opens, clicks, replies, bounces, unsubscribes) on the selected email campaign changes. - Trigger **Campaign Opens** Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign. - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in your Dotdigital account. - Trigger **Contact Suppressed** Triggers when a contact is suppressed in your Dotdigital account (unsubscribed, bounced, complained or blocked), with the reason. - Trigger **Contact Unsubscribed** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from your Dotdigital account. - Action **Create a List** Creates a new contact list (address book) in Dotdigital. - Action **Create Contact Data Field** Creates a new contact data field in your Dotdigital account, such as a birthday or loyalty tier, for storing information about contacts. - Action **Create or Update Contact (Deprecated)** Creates a contact, or updates the existing contact with the same email address, and adds it to the All contacts list. Uses Dotdigital's deprecated contact API; prefer Create or Update Contact for new automations. - Action **Refresh Segment** Starts a refresh of a Dotdigital segment so its membership is recalculated, and returns the refresh status. - Action **Resubscribe Contact** Resubscribes a previously unsubscribed contact to your account, sending them a re-subscription challenge email when Dotdigital requires one. - Action **Send Email Campaign** Sends an email campaign to lists, segments or individual contacts, either immediately or at a scheduled date and time. - Action **Send SMS** Sends a single SMS message to a mobile number, unless that number has opted out of SMS. Long messages over 160 characters are charged as multiple messages. - Action **Send Transactional Email** Sends a transactional email, such as an order confirmation or password reset, with your own HTML or plain-text content. Not for marketing content. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact from the whole Dotdigital account by email address, and returns the suppressed contact with the date and reason. - Action **Find fixtures** Finds football fixtures (matches) by fixture id, league, season, team, date range, live status and more, returning each match's teams, score and status. - Action **Find head to head fixtures** Returns the head-to-head fixtures between two teams, optionally narrowed by league, season, date range, status or venue. - Action **Find leagues** Finds football leagues and cups by name, country, season, team, type or free-text search, returning each league with its country and season coverage. - Action **Find odds** Finds pre-match odds for football fixtures, filtered by fixture, league and season, or date, optionally narrowed to one bookmaker or bet type. - Action **Find teams** Finds football teams by id, name, league and season, country, code, venue, or a search term, returning each team with its home venue. - Action **Get fixture prediction** Returns the prediction for a football fixture: likely winner, win-or-draw, under/over and goal forecasts, advice, win percentages, team comparison and recent head-to-head matches. - Action **List fixture events** Returns the events (goals, cards, substitutions, VAR decisions) of a football fixture, optionally filtered by team, player or event type. - Action **List injuries** Returns players missing or doubtful for fixtures (injured, suspended, etc.), filtered by league, season, fixture, team, player or date. - Action **List standings** Returns the standings tables for a league season, optionally narrowed to one team. - Action **List top scorers** Returns the 20 top goal scorers for a league or cup in a given season, with each player's profile and season statistics. - Action **List transfers** Returns the transfer history for a player or for all players of a team, including dates, transfer types and the clubs involved. ## Each app on its own - [ **Dotdigital** Dotdigital is a customer experience and data platform (CXDP) that empowers marketers to create highly...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital) - [ **API-FOOTBALL** Get information about Football Leagues & Cups](https://apiant.ai/connections/api-football) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Dotdigital - [ **Dotdigital to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-hubspot) - [ **Dotdigital to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-salesforce) - [ **Dotdigital to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-slack) - [ **Dotdigital to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-google-sheets) - [ **Dotdigital to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-gmail) - [ **Dotdigital to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-google-calendar) ## More into API-FOOTBALL - [ **HubSpot to API-FOOTBALL** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-api-football) - [ **Salesforce to API-FOOTBALL** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-api-football) - [ **Slack to API-FOOTBALL** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-api-football) - [ **Google Sheets to API-FOOTBALL** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-api-football) - [ **Gmail to API-FOOTBALL** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-api-football) - [ **Google Calendar to API-FOOTBALL** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-api-football) Questions ## Dotdigital and API-FOOTBALL, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Dotdigital? Any of Dotdigital's 5 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Created, Campaign Activity, Campaign Opens and Contact Suppressed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in API-FOOTBALL when something happens in Dotdigital? Any of API-FOOTBALL's 11 actions, including Find fixtures, Find head to head fixtures, Find leagues and Find odds. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from API-FOOTBALL to Dotdigital? API-FOOTBALL has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Dotdigital. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads API-FOOTBALL's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dotdigital or API-FOOTBALL? 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 Dotdigital and API-FOOTBALL 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.