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title: "Connect Pipefile to BBC iPlayer Business Layer - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"File Request Created\" fires in Pipefile, your agent runs \"Get channel schedule\" in BBC iPlayer Business Layer."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer"
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# Connect Pipefile to BBC iPlayer Business Layer

When **File Request Created** fires in [Pipefile](https://apiant.ai/connections/pipefile), 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.

Pipefile **1** trigger Pipefile **10** 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 Pipefile and BBC iPlayer Business Layer to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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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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Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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### 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.

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### Cursor

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

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### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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### 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.

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### 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.

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Example flows

## What Pipefile can start in BBC iPlayer Business Layer

- When **File Request Created** in Pipefile then **Get channel schedule** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer
- When **File Request Created** in Pipefile 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 Pipefile and BBC iPlayer Business Layer

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 17 actions

- Trigger

**File Request Created**

Triggers when a file request is created.

- Action

**Add File Request From Template**

Create a new file request from an existing template for one recipient (name/email/phone), optionally on behalf of a team member via X-Pipefile-On-Behalf-Of.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Add to contacts

- Action

**Delete Contact**

Delete a contact by id. Returns 204 No Content on success.

- Action

**Get Contact**

Retrieve one contact by id.

- Action

**Get File Request**

Retrieve detailed information about one file request by id, including contents, items, files, and tracking events.

- Action

**List Contacts**

Retrieve a paginated list of contacts, filterable by name/email/phone partial match.

- Action

**List File Request Templates**

Retrieve the list of file request templates available for creating new file requests, with optional name search.

- Action

**Search File Requests**

Finds all file requests matching this search query (contact name, email, tags, etc).

- Action

**Send Request**

Create and send a new request

- Action

**Update Contact**

Update name/email/phone of an existing contact by id.

- 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

- [ **Pipefile** Pipefile streamlines the collection of personal, financial, and otherwise sensitive documents to keep your...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pipefile)
- [ **BBC iPlayer Business Layer** The definitive iPlayer API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Pipefile

- [ **Pipefile to Channels** Channels is a data-driven phone system that lets you make and take calls directly in the browser.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-channels)
- [ **Pipefile to Cleanvoice** API that removes filler words, silences, background noise, and mouth sounds from audio and video recordings.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-cleanvoice)
- [ **Pipefile to DeBounce** DeBounce is an email verification service that allows you to validate your email addresses and remove...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-debounce)
- [ **Pipefile to Disify** Disify checks email addresses for disposable and temporary providers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-disify)
- [ **Pipefile to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-salesforce)
- [ **Pipefile to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-slack)

## 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)
- [ **Slack to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer)
- [ **Google Sheets to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer)
- [ **Gmail to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer)
- [ **Google Calendar to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer)

Questions

## Pipefile and BBC iPlayer Business Layer, answered

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### What can start an automation from Pipefile?

Any of Pipefile's 1 trigger in the catalog, including File Request Created. 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 Pipefile?

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 Pipefile?

BBC iPlayer Business Layer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Pipefile. 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 Pipefile 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 Pipefile 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.

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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.
