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title: "Connect Swiftype to BBC iPlayer Business Layer - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Document\" fires in Swiftype, your agent runs \"Get channel schedule\" in BBC iPlayer Business Layer."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/swiftype-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer"
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# Connect Swiftype to BBC iPlayer Business Layer

When **New Document** fires in [Swiftype](https://apiant.ai/connections/swiftype), 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.

Swiftype **1** trigger Swiftype **14** 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 Swiftype and BBC iPlayer Business Layer 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.

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### 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.

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Example flows

## What Swiftype can start in BBC iPlayer Business Layer

- When **New Document** in Swiftype then **Get channel schedule** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer
- When **New Document** in Swiftype 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 Swiftype and BBC iPlayer Business Layer

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 21 actions

- Trigger

**New Document**

Triggers when a new Document is created.

- Action

**Add domain**

Add a crawler domain to an Engine.

- Action

**Add engine**

Create a new Engine (index).

- Action

**Create Document**

Creates a new Document.

- Action

**Delete document**

Delete a document by document_id from a document type.

- Action

**Delete domain**

Remove a crawler domain from an Engine.

- Action

**Delete engine**

Delete an Engine by id.

- Action

**Get document**

Retrieve a single document by external_id from a document type.

- Action

**Get engine**

Retrieve a single Engine by id or name.

- Action

**List documents**

List documents within a document type/engine.

- Action

**List domains**

List crawler domains configured on an Engine.

- Action

**List engines**

List all Engines for the account.

- Action

**Recrawl domain**

Trigger a recrawl of a domain's crawled content.

- Action

**Search documents**

Perform full-text search over documents within an Engine.

- Action

**Update document**

Update fields on an existing document.

- 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

- [ **Swiftype** Swiftype is a hosted search solution that lets site owners deliver powerful, customizable search for their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/swiftype)
- [ **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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- [ **Swiftype to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/swiftype-to-typeform)
- [ **Swiftype to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/swiftype-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](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)
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Questions

## Swiftype and BBC iPlayer Business Layer, answered

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### What can start an automation from Swiftype?

Any of Swiftype's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Document. 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 Swiftype?

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 Swiftype?

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