--- title: "Connect SmartEmailing to BBC iPlayer Business Layer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in SmartEmailing, your agent runs \"Get channel schedule\" in BBC iPlayer Business Layer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer" --- # Connect SmartEmailing to BBC iPlayer Business Layer When **New Contact** fires in [SmartEmailing](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartemailing), 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. SmartEmailing **2** triggers SmartEmailing **15** 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 SmartEmailing 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 SmartEmailing can start in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **New Contact** in SmartEmailing then **Get channel schedule** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **Updated Contact** in SmartEmailing 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 SmartEmailing and BBC iPlayer Business Layer ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 22 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to your SmartEmailing account. - Trigger **Updated Contact** Triggers when an existing contact is updated in SmartEmailing. - Action **Add Contact list** Creates a new contact list in SmartEmailing. - Action **Add Custom field** Creates a new contact custom field in SmartEmailing with the given name and type. - Action **Delete Contact** Permanently deletes a contact and anonymizes its data (GDPR forget). This cannot be undone. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single contact by email address or ID, including contact list memberships and custom field values. - Action **Get Contact list** Returns a single contact list by its ID with all its properties, such as name, sender details and engagement rates. - Action **List Contact lists** Returns all contact lists in your SmartEmailing account. - Action **List Contacts** Returns contacts in your SmartEmailing account, optionally filtered by email, name, company and other contact details, including their list memberships and custom field values. - Action **List Contacts in list** Returns the contacts that belong to a contact list, with their details and list memberships. - Action **List Custom fields** Returns the custom field definitions set up in your SmartEmailing account, optionally with their options. - Action **List Newsletters** Returns your finished newsletters with their sender details, send times and open, click and unsubscribe counts. - Action **Send custom email** Sends a SmartEmailing email or email template to one recipient, with optional subject, preheader and dynamic content overrides. - Action **Send transactional email** Sends a transactional email (no unsubscribe link) to one recipient, either from a saved email/template or from a subject and body you supply. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact from a chosen contact list. - Action **Update Contact email address** Changes a contact's email address in SmartEmailing, moving all of the contact's data to the new address. - Action **Update Contact list** Updates an existing contact list's name, public name, sender name, sender email or reply-to address. Only the values you provide are changed. - 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 - [ **SmartEmailing** SmartEmailing is an e-marketing automation tool in the Czech Republic and the Slovak.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartemailing) - [ **BBC iPlayer Business Layer** The definitive iPlayer API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from SmartEmailing - [ **SmartEmailing to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-stripe) - [ **SmartEmailing to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-trello) - [ **SmartEmailing to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-zoom) - [ **SmartEmailing to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-twilio) - [ **SmartEmailing to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-typeform) - [ **SmartEmailing to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-webflow) ## 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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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 ## SmartEmailing and BBC iPlayer Business Layer, answered ### ### What can start an automation from SmartEmailing? Any of SmartEmailing's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact and Updated Contact. 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 SmartEmailing? 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 SmartEmailing? BBC iPlayer Business Layer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in SmartEmailing. 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 SmartEmailing 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 SmartEmailing 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.