BBC iPlayer (IBL) — browse categories and sub-categories, list programmes A–Z, and pull the episodes and highlights within a category.

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Bbci

Tool for the bbci API.

Base URL: https://ibl.api.bbci.co.uk/ibl/v1
Auth: query:api_key (pass your key via the apiKey input)

Operations

get_programmes_atoz_search — GET /atoz/{letter}/programmes — Programmes by initial title character
get_categories — GET /categories — Get categories
get_sub_categories — GET /categories/{category} — Get sub-categories
get_episodes_by_category — GET /categories/{category}/episodes — List all the episodes for a category.
get_highlights_by_category — GET /categories/{category}/highlights — List the highlights for a category.
get_programmes_by_category — GET /categories/{category}/programmes — List all the programmes for a category.

Inputs

apiKey — your bbci API key
operation — one of the operations above
path parameters when an operation's path contains {...}
query — optional JSON object of query params
body — JSON object for create/update ops

Example

operation: get_programmes_atoz_search
apiKey: <your key>

Publishes

The keys a later task may reference as {{taskName.key}}. Referencing anything not listed here resolves to nothing at run time.

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Input Properties

Every property this tool accepts, from its own tool.iml.

Property	Type	Required	Default	Description
`apiKey`	string	yes	—	DEPRECATED — bind an API Key credential to the task with `credentialName` instead. A key pasted here is stored in the workflow definition in clear and appears in every export of it. Still honoured for workflows built before the change.
`operation`	string	yes	—	One of: get_programmes_atoz_search, get_categories, get_sub_categories, get_episodes_by_category, get_highlights_by_category, get_programmes_by_category
`category`	string	no	—	Path parameter category (required by some operations).
`letter`	string	no	—	Path parameter letter (required by some operations).
`query`	string	no	—	Optional query params as a JSON object string, e.g. {"limit": 10}.