--- title: "Connect Facebook Messenger to OpenFoot API - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Message Sent to Page\" fires in Facebook Messenger, your agent runs \"Find teams and competitions\" in OpenFoot API." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-openfoot-api" --- # Connect Facebook Messenger to OpenFoot API When **New Message Sent to Page** fires in [Facebook Messenger](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-messenger), your agent runs **Find teams and competitions** in [OpenFoot API](https://apiant.ai/connections/openfoot-api). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Facebook Messenger **1** trigger Facebook Messenger **8** actions OpenFoot API **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Facebook Messenger and OpenFoot API 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Facebook Messenger can start in OpenFoot API - When **New Message Sent to Page** in Facebook Messenger then **Find teams and competitions** in OpenFoot API - When **New Message Sent to Page** in Facebook Messenger then **Get head-to-head history** in OpenFoot API 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 Facebook Messenger and OpenFoot API ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 16 actions - Trigger **New Message Sent to Page** Triggers when someone sends your Facebook Page a new Messenger message. - Action **Get Conversation Messages** Returns the messages in one Messenger conversation of a Facebook Page, newest first. - Action **Get Message Details** Returns one Messenger message sent to or from a Facebook Page. - Action **Get Page Conversations** Lists a Facebook Page's Messenger conversations, newest first. - Action **Get User Pages** Retrieves a list of pages the user manages, including tasks and access tokens. - Action **Mark Message Seen** Marks a person's latest Messenger message to a Facebook Page as seen. - Action **Send Media Message** Sends an image, video, audio clip or file over Messenger from a Facebook Page to a person who has messaged the Page. - Action **Send Message** Sends a Messenger text message from a Facebook Page to a person who has messaged the Page. - Action **Toggle Typing Indicator** Shows or hides the typing indicator in a person's Messenger conversation with a Facebook Page. - Action **Find teams and competitions** Searches teams and competitions by name/keyword. - Action **Get head-to-head history** Returns head-to-head match history between two teams. - Action **Get league standings** Returns the standings table for a competition/league. - Action **Get match context** Returns derived context/analysis for a specific match. - Action **Get team squad** Returns a team's squad roster by team id. - Action **Get top scorers** Returns league top scorers and leader statistics. - Action **List competitions** Returns all supported competitions/leagues. - Action **List matches** Lists fixtures and results, filterable by date/competition/team. ## Each app on its own - [ **Facebook Messenger** Facebook Messenger is a messaging app and platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-messenger) - [ **OpenFoot API** Football fixtures, results, standings, lineups, live events and shot-level xG across 75 competitions](https://apiant.ai/connections/openfoot-api) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Facebook Messenger - [ **Facebook Messenger to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-hubspot) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-salesforce) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-slack) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-google-sheets) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-gmail) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-google-calendar) ## More into OpenFoot API - [ **HubSpot to OpenFoot API** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-openfoot-api) - [ **Salesforce to OpenFoot API** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-openfoot-api) - [ **Slack to OpenFoot API** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-openfoot-api) - [ **Google Sheets to OpenFoot API** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-openfoot-api) - [ **Gmail to OpenFoot API** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-openfoot-api) - [ **Google Calendar to OpenFoot API** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-openfoot-api) Questions ## Facebook Messenger and OpenFoot API, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Facebook Messenger? Any of Facebook Messenger's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Message Sent to Page. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenFoot API when something happens in Facebook Messenger? Any of OpenFoot API's 8 actions, including Find teams and competitions, Get head-to-head history, Get league standings and Get match context. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from OpenFoot API to Facebook Messenger? OpenFoot API has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Facebook Messenger. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads OpenFoot API's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Facebook Messenger or OpenFoot API? 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 Facebook Messenger and OpenFoot API 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.