--- title: "Connect Samply to BBC iPlayer Business Layer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New player\" fires in Samply, your agent runs \"Get channel schedule\" in BBC iPlayer Business Layer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/samply-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer" --- # Connect Samply to BBC iPlayer Business Layer When **New player** fires in [Samply](https://apiant.ai/connections/samply), 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. Samply **4** triggers Samply **13** 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 Samply and BBC iPlayer Business Layer to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Samply can start in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **New player** in Samply then **Get channel schedule** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **New project** in Samply 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 Samply and BBC iPlayer Business Layer ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 20 actions - Trigger **New player** Webhook event player.created. - Trigger **New project** Webhook event project.created. - Trigger **Player updated** Webhook event player.updated. - Trigger **Project updated** Webhook event project.updated. - Action **Add comment** /projects/:projectid/files/:fileid/comments. Body: message, parentid, completed, pinned, audioTimestamp, audioTimestampEnd. fileid must be a version, not a stack. - Action **Add file** /projects/:projectid/files with name, mimeType, size, optional parentid; returns boxid and signed upload url, then PUT file bytes to url. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in an existing Samply project - Action **Create Player** Creates a new player in Samply - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in Samply - Action **Get File** Returns a box object (file, folder or stack) by id within a project. - Action **Get Player** Returns one player (link) by id. - Action **Get Project** Retrieves a project from Samply - Action **List comments** /projects/:projectid/files/:fileid/comments. Returns array of comment objects for a file. - Action **List Files** returns an array of all box objects (files, folders, stacks) in a project; a file box (object: "file") id supplies the file_id Add comment needs. Read-only. - Action **List Projects** returns an array of all projects the caller owns (id, name, files). Read-only; supplies a project_id for downstream ops. - Action **Update Player** Updates an existing player in your Samply library - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing project in your Samply account - 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 - [ **Samply** Samply is a platform for sharing your audio files and soliciting feedback.](https://apiant.ai/connections/samply) - [ **BBC iPlayer Business Layer** The definitive iPlayer API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Samply - [ **Samply to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in BBC iPlayer Business Layer when something happens in Samply? 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. ### ### Can it also run from BBC iPlayer Business Layer to Samply? BBC iPlayer Business Layer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Samply. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads BBC iPlayer Business Layer's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Samply 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. ### ### Can my AI client use Samply 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. ### ### 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.