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title: "Connect Mailparser to BBC iPlayer Business Layer - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Email Parsed (One Request Per Email)\" fires in Mailparser, your agent runs \"Get channel schedule\" in BBC iPlayer Business Layer."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mailparser-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer"
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# Connect Mailparser to BBC iPlayer Business Layer

When **New Email Parsed (One Request Per Email)** fires in [Mailparser](https://apiant.ai/connections/mailparser), 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.

Mailparser **2** triggers 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 Mailparser and BBC iPlayer Business Layer to do together?

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### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

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Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Example flows

## What Mailparser can start in BBC iPlayer Business Layer

- When **New Email Parsed (One Request Per Email)** in Mailparser then **Get channel schedule** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer
- When **New Email Parsed (One Request Per Email)** in Mailparser 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 Mailparser and BBC iPlayer Business Layer

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 7 actions

- Trigger

**New Email Parsed (One Request Per Email)**

Triggered instantly when Mailparser finishes parsing an inbound email, with all of that email's parsed data delivered in a single request. In Mailparser, open your inbox and add a Generic Webhook under Integrations/Downstream Webhooks, paste the minted URL, and set Repeating Data Behaviour to "One request per Email". Parsed fields bind as {{ trigger.body.* }}. Use the One Request Per Row trigger instead when you are parsing tabular data and want each row handled as its own run.

- Trigger

**New Email Parsed (One Request Per Row)**

Triggered instantly for EACH parsed table row when Mailparser finishes parsing an inbound email — one run per row, for tabular data such as invoice line items or price lists. In Mailparser, open your inbox and add a Generic Webhook under Integrations/Downstream Webhooks, paste the minted URL, and set Repeating Data Behaviour to "One request per row". That row's fields bind as {{ trigger.body.* }}. Use the One Request Per Email trigger instead when you want the whole email's parsed data in a single run.

- 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

- [ **Mailparser** Send emails to Mailparser, get structured data in return.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mailparser)
- [ **BBC iPlayer Business Layer** The definitive iPlayer API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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## More into BBC iPlayer Business Layer

- [ **HubSpot to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer)
- [ **Salesforce to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer)
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Questions

## Mailparser and BBC iPlayer Business Layer, answered

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### What can start an automation from Mailparser?

Any of Mailparser's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Email Parsed (One Request Per Email) and New Email Parsed (One Request Per Row). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in BBC iPlayer Business Layer when something happens in Mailparser?

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.

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### Can it also run from BBC iPlayer Business Layer to Mailparser?

BBC iPlayer Business Layer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Mailparser. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads BBC iPlayer Business Layer's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Mailparser 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.

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### Can my AI client use Mailparser and BBC iPlayer Business Layer without building an automation?

Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in BBC iPlayer Business Layer 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
