--- title: "Connect NewsData.io to Viral Loops - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New article\" fires in NewsData.io, your agent runs \"Add Participant\" in Viral Loops." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/newsdata-io-to-viral-loops" --- # Connect NewsData.io to Viral Loops When **New article** fires in [NewsData.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsdata-io), your agent runs **Add Participant** in [Viral Loops](https://apiant.ai/connections/viral-loops). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. NewsData.io **1** trigger NewsData.io **4** actions Viral Loops **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 NewsData.io and Viral Loops 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 NewsData.io can start in Viral Loops - When **New article** in NewsData.io then **Add Participant** in Viral Loops - When **New article** in NewsData.io then **Update participant** in Viral Loops 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 NewsData.io and Viral Loops ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 15 actions - Trigger **New article** Fires once for each new news article published that matches your filters (newest first, last 48 hours). - Action **Find crypto news** Search cryptocurrency news. - Action **Find latest news** Search latest news articles. - Action **Find market news** Search financial market news. - Action **Find news sources** List/search news sources. - Action **Add Participant** Registers a new participant in a Viral Loops campaign, optionally crediting the participant who referred them. - Action **Convert Participant** Records a conversion for a registered participant in a Viral Loops campaign, optionally with a conversion value. - Action **Find participants** Searches a campaign's participants by name or email, optionally filtered by conversion status and source. Returns up to 100 matching participants. - Action **Flag participant** Flags a participant so they are removed from the campaign's waiting list or leaderboard without being deleted from the campaign. - Action **Get campaign** Returns the configuration and public information of the connected campaign, such as its name, company name, type and landing page. - Action **Get campaign stats** Returns the number of leads and the total referral count of your Viral Loops campaign. - Action **Get participant** Returns a single campaign participant's details, looked up by email or referral code. - Action **Get Participant's Referrer** Returns the participant who referred a given participant in your Viral Loops campaign, looked up by email or referral code. - Action **List participant referrals** Returns the list of people a participant has referred to your campaign, looked up by the participant's email or referral code. - Action **Redeem reward** Redeems a participant's pending reward, moving it from their pending rewards to their given rewards. - Action **Update participant** Updates a participant's first name, last name, referral count, conversion count or custom field values in your Viral Loops campaign. ## Each app on its own - [ **NewsData.io** REST API delivering real-time and historical news articles from global sources for search and aggregation.](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsdata-io) - [ **Viral Loops** Viral Loops is a referral marketing platform for busy marketers and founders.](https://apiant.ai/connections/viral-loops) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from NewsData.io - [ **NewsData.io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsdata-io-to-salesforce) - [ **NewsData.io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsdata-io-to-slack) - [ **NewsData.io to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsdata-io-to-stripe) - [ **NewsData.io to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsdata-io-to-shopify) - [ **NewsData.io to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsdata-io-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **NewsData.io to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsdata-io-to-pipedrive) ## More into Viral Loops - [ **HubSpot to Viral Loops** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-viral-loops) - [ **Salesforce to Viral Loops** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-viral-loops) - [ **Slack to Viral Loops** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-viral-loops) - [ **Google Sheets to Viral Loops** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-viral-loops) - [ **Gmail to Viral Loops** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-viral-loops) - [ **Google Calendar to Viral Loops** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-viral-loops) Questions ## NewsData.io and Viral Loops, answered ### ### What can start an automation from NewsData.io? Any of NewsData.io's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New article. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Viral Loops when something happens in NewsData.io? Any of Viral Loops's 11 actions, including Update participant, Add Participant, Convert Participant and Find participants. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Viral Loops to NewsData.io? Viral Loops has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in NewsData.io. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Viral Loops's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for NewsData.io or Viral Loops? 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 NewsData.io and Viral Loops 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.