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How to Integrate Replit with SocialBee

To integrate Replit with SocialBee, generate an API key from your SocialBee account settings, store it in Replit Secrets (lock icon πŸ”’), and call the SocialBee API from Python or Node.js server-side code to manage content categories, create posts, schedule evergreen content, and automate category-based social publishing workflows.

What you'll learn

  • How to generate a SocialBee API key and understand workspace and category structure
  • How to store SocialBee credentials securely in Replit Secrets
  • How to create and categorize social media posts programmatically using Python and Node.js
  • How to automate content recycling and evergreen post scheduling from Replit
  • How to sync blog or product content into SocialBee categories for automated social distribution
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TL;DR

To integrate Replit with SocialBee, generate an API key from your SocialBee account settings, store it in Replit Secrets (lock icon πŸ”’), and call the SocialBee API from Python or Node.js server-side code to manage content categories, create posts, schedule evergreen content, and automate category-based social publishing workflows.

Why Connect Replit to SocialBee?

SocialBee's core differentiator is its category-based content system: instead of scheduling individual posts to a calendar, you organize content into thematic categories (Blog Posts, Promotional, Educational, Curated, etc.) and SocialBee cycles through each category on a rotating schedule. This evergreen recycling approach ensures older content continues to drive traffic without requiring manual rescheduling. Connecting your Replit app to SocialBee automates the content creation side of this workflow β€” pushing new blog articles, product launches, or curated links directly into the right categories without copying and pasting from your CMS.

Common integration patterns include automatically creating SocialBee posts when you publish a new blog article (fetching the URL, title, and excerpt from your CMS and adding it to the 'Blog Posts' category), syncing product launches from your e-commerce store into a 'New Products' category, and programmatically generating social media post variations from a single piece of content to populate different category buckets.

Replit's Secrets system (lock icon πŸ”’ in the sidebar) keeps your SocialBee API key secure. The API key grants access to all workspaces, categories, and posts in your SocialBee account. Store it as SOCIALBEE_API_KEY in Replit Secrets and access it with os.environ['SOCIALBEE_API_KEY'] in Python or process.env.SOCIALBEE_API_KEY in Node.js. Never include it in client-side code or commit it to Git.

Integration method

Standard API Integration

You connect Replit to SocialBee by generating an API key from your SocialBee account settings, storing it in Replit Secrets, and calling the SocialBee API from your server-side Python or Node.js code. All requests use the API key in an Authorization header. The API supports managing workspaces, content categories, posts, and publication schedules β€” enabling you to automate content creation and social media publishing workflows from Replit.

Prerequisites

  • A Replit account with a Python or Node.js project created
  • A SocialBee account with at least one workspace and connected social profiles
  • At least one content category created in your SocialBee account
  • Basic familiarity with REST APIs and HTTP headers
  • Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+ (both available on Replit by default)

Step-by-step guide

1

Generate a SocialBee API Key and Find Your Workspace ID

Log in to your SocialBee account at app.socialbee.com. Navigate to your account settings by clicking your profile or avatar in the upper area of the interface. Look for an 'API' or 'Integrations' section within settings. If SocialBee has made the API key available in your plan tier, you will see an option to generate or view your API key. Note that SocialBee's API access may be limited to certain plan tiers. Check your current plan in SocialBee under Account > Billing to confirm API access is available. If the API section is not visible, contact SocialBee support to confirm API availability for your plan. Once you have your API key, identify your Workspace ID and Category IDs. In SocialBee, workspaces are the top-level containers for your social profiles and content categories. The workspace ID is typically visible in the URL when you navigate within a workspace (e.g., /workspace/12345/). Category IDs appear in the URL when you click on a specific content category. You can also retrieve workspaces, categories, and profiles programmatically using the API's list endpoints once you have the API key β€” this is often the most reliable way to find the correct IDs for use in automation scripts.

Pro tip: Create a dedicated API key for your Replit integration if SocialBee allows multiple keys per account. Label it descriptively so you can identify and revoke it independently without affecting other connected services.

Expected result: You have a SocialBee API key and know your Workspace ID and the IDs of the content categories you want to automate.

2

Store SocialBee Credentials in Replit Secrets

Open your Replit project and click the lock icon πŸ”’ in the left sidebar to open the Secrets pane. Add the following secrets: - Key: SOCIALBEE_API_KEY β€” Value: your SocialBee API key - Key: SOCIALBEE_WORKSPACE_ID β€” Value: your workspace ID For commonly used category IDs, also add them as Secrets: - Key: SOCIALBEE_BLOG_CATEGORY_ID β€” Value: the ID of your blog posts category - Key: SOCIALBEE_PROMO_CATEGORY_ID β€” Value: the ID of your promotional posts category Click 'Add Secret' after each one. Replit encrypts these values at rest and injects them as environment variables at runtime. In Python, access them with os.environ['SOCIALBEE_API_KEY'] and in Node.js with process.env.SOCIALBEE_API_KEY. Storing category IDs as Secrets (rather than hardcoding them) makes it easy to use different categories in different environments (development vs production) by changing a Secret value without editing code.

Pro tip: If you manage multiple SocialBee workspaces (e.g., one per client brand), store each workspace ID as a separate named Secret: SOCIALBEE_BRAND_A_WORKSPACE_ID, SOCIALBEE_BRAND_B_WORKSPACE_ID. This prevents accidentally cross-posting between client accounts.

Expected result: At least two Secrets (SOCIALBEE_API_KEY and SOCIALBEE_WORKSPACE_ID) appear in the Replit Secrets pane with masked values.

3

List Workspaces and Categories with Python

The SocialBee API is a REST API that uses API key authentication. The authentication format varies by API version β€” check SocialBee's developer documentation for the correct header name. Common patterns are Authorization: Bearer {api_key} or X-API-Key: {api_key}. Start by calling the workspaces and categories list endpoints to discover the IDs you need for automation. The code below demonstrates connecting to the SocialBee API, listing your workspaces, fetching categories within a workspace, and creating a new post in a specific category. SocialBee posts have a content field for the post text, an optional image_url for media, and a URLs field for link tracking. Posts added to a category are scheduled according to the category's posting schedule β€” you do not need to specify an exact publication datetime for category-based posts.

socialbee_client.py
1import os
2import requests
3from typing import Optional
4
5API_KEY = os.environ["SOCIALBEE_API_KEY"]
6WORKSPACE_ID = os.environ["SOCIALBEE_WORKSPACE_ID"]
7
8# SocialBee API base URL β€” verify current version at socialbee.com/api-docs
9BASE_URL = "https://app.socialbee.com/api/v1"
10
11HEADERS = {
12 "Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}",
13 "Content-Type": "application/json",
14 "Accept": "application/json"
15}
16
17def get_workspaces() -> list:
18 """List all workspaces accessible with this API key."""
19 response = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/workspaces", headers=HEADERS)
20 response.raise_for_status()
21 data = response.json()
22 return data.get('workspaces', data.get('data', []))
23
24def get_categories(workspace_id: str = None) -> list:
25 """List all content categories in a workspace."""
26 ws_id = workspace_id or WORKSPACE_ID
27 url = f"{BASE_URL}/workspaces/{ws_id}/categories"
28 response = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS)
29 response.raise_for_status()
30 data = response.json()
31 return data.get('categories', data.get('data', []))
32
33def get_profiles(workspace_id: str = None) -> list:
34 """List all connected social profiles in a workspace."""
35 ws_id = workspace_id or WORKSPACE_ID
36 url = f"{BASE_URL}/workspaces/{ws_id}/profiles"
37 response = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS)
38 response.raise_for_status()
39 data = response.json()
40 return data.get('profiles', data.get('data', []))
41
42def create_post(
43 category_id: str,
44 content: str,
45 image_url: Optional[str] = None,
46 link_url: Optional[str] = None,
47 workspace_id: str = None
48) -> dict:
49 """
50 Create a new post in a SocialBee category.
51 The post will be scheduled according to the category's posting schedule.
52 """
53 ws_id = workspace_id or WORKSPACE_ID
54 url = f"{BASE_URL}/workspaces/{ws_id}/categories/{category_id}/posts"
55
56 payload = {"content": content}
57 if image_url:
58 payload["image_url"] = image_url
59 if link_url:
60 payload["url"] = link_url
61
62 response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=HEADERS)
63 response.raise_for_status()
64 return response.json()
65
66def get_posts_in_category(category_id: str, workspace_id: str = None) -> list:
67 """List all posts in a specific category."""
68 ws_id = workspace_id or WORKSPACE_ID
69 url = f"{BASE_URL}/workspaces/{ws_id}/categories/{category_id}/posts"
70 response = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS)
71 response.raise_for_status()
72 data = response.json()
73 return data.get('posts', data.get('data', []))
74
75def delete_post(post_id: str, workspace_id: str = None) -> bool:
76 """Delete a post from a category."""
77 ws_id = workspace_id or WORKSPACE_ID
78 url = f"{BASE_URL}/workspaces/{ws_id}/posts/{post_id}"
79 response = requests.delete(url, headers=HEADERS)
80 return response.status_code in [200, 204]
81
82# Example usage
83if __name__ == "__main__":
84 # List workspaces and categories to find correct IDs
85 workspaces = get_workspaces()
86 print("Workspaces:")
87 for ws in workspaces:
88 print(f" [{ws.get('id')}] {ws.get('name')}")
89
90 categories = get_categories()
91 print("\nCategories:")
92 for cat in categories:
93 print(f" [{cat.get('id')}] {cat.get('name')} β€” {cat.get('posts_count', 0)} posts")
94
95 # Create a test post (replace with actual category ID)
96 if categories:
97 cat_id = categories[0]['id']
98 post = create_post(
99 category_id=cat_id,
100 content="Check out our latest blog post! #content #marketing",
101 link_url="https://example.com/blog/latest"
102 )
103 print(f"\nPost created: {post.get('id', 'unknown')}")

Pro tip: Always call get_workspaces() and get_categories() first to discover the correct IDs programmatically rather than trying to find them manually in the SocialBee UI. Print the full response JSON during development to understand the exact field names and structure.

Expected result: Running the script prints your workspace names and content category IDs, then creates a test post in the first available category.

4

Build a Node.js Content Publishing API

For Node.js projects, use axios (npm install axios) to call the SocialBee API. The Express server below provides endpoints for adding new content to SocialBee categories β€” ideal for connecting to webhooks from your CMS (WordPress, Ghost, Contentful) that fire when new content is published. The server implements a POST /publish endpoint that accepts a blog post payload and creates multiple SocialBee posts with different caption variations for different content categories. This allows a single blog post publish event to generate multiple social media post variations automatically. The variation generation logic creates different caption lengths and formats suitable for different social networks, though in a real implementation you might use an AI API like OpenAI to generate more natural-sounding captions.

server.js
1const express = require('express');
2const axios = require('axios');
3
4const app = express();
5app.use(express.json());
6
7const API_KEY = process.env.SOCIALBEE_API_KEY;
8const WORKSPACE_ID = process.env.SOCIALBEE_WORKSPACE_ID;
9const BLOG_CATEGORY_ID = process.env.SOCIALBEE_BLOG_CATEGORY_ID;
10const BASE_URL = 'https://app.socialbee.com/api/v1';
11
12const socialbee = axios.create({
13 baseURL: BASE_URL,
14 headers: {
15 'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_KEY}`,
16 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
17 'Accept': 'application/json'
18 }
19});
20
21// Generate caption variations for different social networks
22function generateCaptions(title, excerpt, url) {
23 const shortCaption = `${title}\n\n${url}`;
24 const mediumCaption = `${title}\n\n${excerpt.slice(0, 200)}...\n\n${url}`;
25 const linkedinCaption = `New article: ${title}\n\n${excerpt.slice(0, 400)}\n\nRead more: ${url}\n\n#content #marketing #blog`;
26 return [shortCaption, mediumCaption, linkedinCaption];
27}
28
29// List categories in the workspace
30app.get('/categories', async (req, res) => {
31 try {
32 const response = await socialbee.get(`/workspaces/${WORKSPACE_ID}/categories`);
33 const categories = response.data.categories || response.data.data || [];
34 res.json(categories);
35 } catch (err) {
36 console.error('Categories error:', err.response?.data);
37 res.status(err.response?.status || 500).json({ error: err.message });
38 }
39});
40
41// Create a single post in a category
42app.post('/posts', async (req, res) => {
43 const { categoryId, content, imageUrl, linkUrl } = req.body;
44 if (!categoryId || !content) {
45 return res.status(400).json({ error: 'categoryId and content are required' });
46 }
47 try {
48 const payload = { content };
49 if (imageUrl) payload.image_url = imageUrl;
50 if (linkUrl) payload.url = linkUrl;
51
52 const response = await socialbee.post(
53 `/workspaces/${WORKSPACE_ID}/categories/${categoryId}/posts`,
54 payload
55 );
56 res.status(201).json(response.data);
57 } catch (err) {
58 console.error('Create post error:', err.response?.data);
59 res.status(err.response?.status || 500).json({
60 error: err.response?.data?.message || err.message
61 });
62 }
63});
64
65// Publish blog post: create multiple caption variations in the blog category
66app.post('/publish-blog', async (req, res) => {
67 const { title, excerpt, url, imageUrl } = req.body;
68 if (!title || !url) {
69 return res.status(400).json({ error: 'title and url are required' });
70 }
71
72 const categoryId = BLOG_CATEGORY_ID;
73 if (!categoryId) {
74 return res.status(500).json({ error: 'SOCIALBEE_BLOG_CATEGORY_ID not configured in Secrets' });
75 }
76
77 const captions = generateCaptions(title, excerpt || '', url);
78 const results = [];
79
80 for (const caption of captions) {
81 try {
82 const payload = { content: caption };
83 if (imageUrl) payload.image_url = imageUrl;
84
85 const response = await socialbee.post(
86 `/workspaces/${WORKSPACE_ID}/categories/${categoryId}/posts`,
87 payload
88 );
89 results.push({ success: true, id: response.data.id || 'created' });
90
91 // Small delay between posts to avoid rate limits
92 await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 500));
93 } catch (err) {
94 results.push({ success: false, error: err.response?.data?.message || err.message });
95 }
96 }
97
98 const successCount = results.filter(r => r.success).length;
99 res.json({
100 message: `Created ${successCount}/${captions.length} posts in SocialBee`,
101 results
102 });
103});
104
105app.listen(3000, '0.0.0.0', () => {
106 console.log('SocialBee integration server running on port 3000');
107});

Pro tip: Add a 500ms delay between consecutive post creation requests to the same category. Rapid-fire requests can cause rate limiting or duplicate post creation errors, especially when publishing multiple caption variations for a single blog article.

Expected result: The server starts on port 3000. A POST to /publish-blog with a title, URL, and excerpt creates three caption variations in the SocialBee blog category.

5

Automate Content Sync and Deploy

The most powerful SocialBee automation pattern combines a webhook receiver (for real-time triggers from your CMS) with a periodic batch job that syncs a content queue. Deploy your Replit app to enable both patterns. For webhook-based automation, configure your CMS to POST to your Replit app's endpoint whenever a new article is published. WordPress uses plugins like WP Webhooks; Ghost has built-in webhook support under Settings > Integrations. After deployment, register your Replit app URL as the webhook destination in your CMS. For batch sync, create a scheduled job using Replit's Reserved VM with a cron-like scheduler (using Python's schedule library or Node's node-cron) that runs hourly or daily to check for new content and push it to SocialBee. Deploy by clicking 'Deploy' in Replit. Choose Autoscale for webhook receivers where traffic is event-driven. Choose Reserved VM if you run a continuous background process that monitors a content queue. Your deployed URL ends in .replit.app and remains stable for webhook registration.

cms_webhook.py
1from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
2import os
3import requests
4
5app = Flask(__name__)
6
7API_KEY = os.environ["SOCIALBEE_API_KEY"]
8WORKSPACE_ID = os.environ["SOCIALBEE_WORKSPACE_ID"]
9BLOG_CATEGORY_ID = os.environ.get("SOCIALBEE_BLOG_CATEGORY_ID", "")
10BASE_URL = "https://app.socialbee.com/api/v1"
11
12HEADERS = {
13 "Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}",
14 "Content-Type": "application/json"
15}
16
17def create_socialbee_post(category_id: str, content: str, link_url: str = "") -> dict:
18 url = f"{BASE_URL}/workspaces/{WORKSPACE_ID}/categories/{category_id}/posts"
19 payload = {"content": content}
20 if link_url:
21 payload["url"] = link_url
22 response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=HEADERS)
23 response.raise_for_status()
24 return response.json()
25
26# Webhook from CMS (WordPress, Ghost, etc.) when new article published
27@app.route('/cms/webhook', methods=['POST'])
28def cms_webhook():
29 data = request.json
30 if not data:
31 return jsonify({'error': 'No payload'}), 400
32
33 title = data.get('title') or data.get('post', {}).get('title', '')
34 url = data.get('url') or data.get('post', {}).get('url', '')
35 excerpt = data.get('excerpt') or data.get('post', {}).get('excerpt', '')[:200]
36
37 if not title or not url:
38 return jsonify({'error': 'Missing title or url'}), 400
39
40 if not BLOG_CATEGORY_ID:
41 return jsonify({'error': 'SOCIALBEE_BLOG_CATEGORY_ID not configured'}), 500
42
43 captions = [
44 f"{title}\n\n{url}",
45 f"New post: {title}\n\n{excerpt}...\n\n{url}"
46 ]
47
48 created = 0
49 for caption in captions:
50 try:
51 create_socialbee_post(BLOG_CATEGORY_ID, caption, url)
52 created += 1
53 except Exception as e:
54 print(f"Failed to create post: {e}")
55
56 print(f"CMS webhook: created {created} SocialBee posts for '{title}'")
57 return jsonify({'created': created, 'title': title}), 200
58
59if __name__ == '__main__':
60 app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=3000)

Pro tip: Test your CMS webhook integration by sending a manual POST request from your Replit Shell using curl before registering the endpoint in your CMS. This confirms the endpoint works and the SocialBee posts are created before you connect real content.

Expected result: After deployment, publishing a new article in your CMS triggers the webhook and automatically creates social media posts in the corresponding SocialBee category.

Common use cases

Blog Post Auto-Publish to Social Media

When a new blog post is published on your CMS, automatically create multiple SocialBee posts in the 'Blog Posts' category β€” one for each social network profile with network-specific formatting. The Replit backend fetches the post title, URL, and excerpt, generates caption variations for Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, and adds them to SocialBee for scheduled distribution.

Replit Prompt

Build a Flask webhook endpoint that receives a new blog post notification with title, url, and excerpt, creates three SocialBee posts in the SOCIALBEE_BLOG_CATEGORY_ID category (one formatted for Twitter at 280 chars, one for LinkedIn with hashtags, one for Facebook), using SOCIALBEE_API_KEY from Replit Secrets.

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Product Launch Social Content Pipeline

When a new product is added to your Shopify or WooCommerce store, automatically generate and schedule a series of SocialBee posts announcing the product across all connected social profiles. The Replit app creates posts with the product image URL, description, and price in the promotional content category, ensuring new launches get immediate social visibility.

Replit Prompt

Create an Express endpoint POST /product-launch that accepts a product name, description, image_url, and price, then creates 5 SocialBee posts in the SOCIALBEE_PROMO_CATEGORY_ID with varied captions β€” teaser, features, social proof, urgency, and CTA variations β€” for multi-week social distribution.

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Content Curation Automation

Build a Replit script that reads curated content from an RSS feed or content discovery tool, filters articles by relevance score, and automatically adds the best articles to SocialBee's 'Curated Content' category with auto-generated commentary. This maintains a consistent posting cadence of third-party content without requiring manual curation each week.

Replit Prompt

Write a Python script that fetches articles from an RSS feed URL, selects the top 5 by engagement score, and adds each to the SOCIALBEE_CURATED_CATEGORY_ID in SocialBee as a post with the article title, URL, and a generated introduction line, using SOCIALBEE_API_KEY from Replit Secrets.

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Troubleshooting

API returns 401 Unauthorized on all requests

Cause: The API key is incorrect, was revoked, or the Authorization header format does not match what SocialBee expects for your API version.

Solution: Verify your API key in SocialBee account settings and regenerate it if necessary. Update SOCIALBEE_API_KEY in Replit Secrets with the new key. Also check the Authorization header format β€” try both 'Bearer {key}' and 'Token {key}' formats and print the response body for specific error details.

typescript
1# Python: log full error response for debugging
2try:
3 response = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/workspaces", headers=HEADERS)
4 print(f"Status: {response.status_code}")
5 print(f"Response: {response.text}")
6 response.raise_for_status()
7except requests.HTTPError as e:
8 print(f"Error {e.response.status_code}: {e.response.text}")

POST to create post returns 404 β€” endpoint not found

Cause: The workspace ID or category ID in the request URL is incorrect, or the API endpoint path does not match the current SocialBee API version.

Solution: Verify your workspace ID and category ID by calling the list endpoints first: GET /workspaces to get workspace IDs and GET /workspaces/{id}/categories to get category IDs. Print the full response to confirm the correct ID format. Also check the SocialBee developer documentation for any API version changes that may affect endpoint paths.

typescript
1# Python: discover correct IDs before creating posts
2workspaces = get_workspaces()
3print('Workspace IDs:', [(w['id'], w['name']) for w in workspaces])
4
5# Use the discovered ID
6if workspaces:
7 ws_id = workspaces[0]['id']
8 categories = get_categories(ws_id)
9 print('Category IDs:', [(c['id'], c['name']) for c in categories])

Posts are created in SocialBee but never published to social profiles

Cause: The content category has no posting schedule configured, the category is paused, or the connected social profile has been disconnected or requires re-authorization.

Solution: In SocialBee, open the category and check its posting schedule β€” it must have active time slots configured. Verify the category is not paused. Check that the social profiles connected to this category are still authorized (go to Profiles in SocialBee and look for any red or warning indicators on connected accounts).

Duplicate posts appear in SocialBee after the integration runs

Cause: The webhook or automation script is being triggered multiple times for the same content event, or there is no idempotency check before creating posts.

Solution: Implement idempotency in your webhook handler by storing processed event IDs in a database or cache. Before creating SocialBee posts, check if a post with the same URL was already created in the past 24 hours. Return 200 immediately for duplicate webhook events without creating new posts.

typescript
1# Python: simple in-memory dedup (use Redis or database for production)
2processed_urls = set()
3
4@app.route('/cms/webhook', methods=['POST'])
5def cms_webhook():
6 data = request.json
7 url = data.get('url', '')
8 if url in processed_urls:
9 print(f'Duplicate webhook for {url} β€” skipping')
10 return jsonify({'skipped': True, 'reason': 'duplicate'}), 200
11 processed_urls.add(url)
12 # ... create posts ...

Best practices

  • Always store SOCIALBEE_API_KEY and SOCIALBEE_WORKSPACE_ID in Replit Secrets (lock icon πŸ”’) β€” never in source code or Git history.
  • Discover workspace and category IDs programmatically using list endpoints rather than hardcoding them β€” IDs can change if you reorganize your SocialBee account.
  • Add a 500ms delay between sequential post creation requests to the same category to avoid triggering rate limits when creating multiple variations at once.
  • Implement idempotency in webhook handlers to prevent duplicate posts when your CMS fires the same publish event multiple times.
  • Store frequently-used category IDs as named Replit Secrets (SOCIALBEE_BLOG_CATEGORY_ID, SOCIALBEE_PROMO_CATEGORY_ID) so you can change targets without modifying code.
  • Log all SocialBee API response bodies during development β€” the API's error messages often contain actionable information about missing fields or invalid category configurations.
  • Deploy with Autoscale for webhook-driven content publishing; use Reserved VM for background batch sync jobs that run on a regular schedule.
  • Test your integration with one or two posts before enabling full automation β€” verify the posts appear in SocialBee and publish to the correct social profiles on schedule.

Alternatives

Frequently asked questions

How do I store my SocialBee API key in Replit?

Click the lock icon πŸ”’ in the left sidebar of your Replit project to open the Secrets pane. Add SOCIALBEE_API_KEY with your API key from SocialBee account settings, and SOCIALBEE_WORKSPACE_ID with your workspace ID. Access them in Python with os.environ['SOCIALBEE_API_KEY'] and in Node.js with process.env.SOCIALBEE_API_KEY.

Does SocialBee provide an API on all plans?

SocialBee API access availability depends on your plan tier. The API is typically available on Pro plans and above. Check your current plan under Account > Billing in SocialBee β€” if you do not see an API section in settings, contact SocialBee support to confirm API availability and any requirements for upgrading to an API-enabled plan.

How does SocialBee's category-based scheduling work with the API?

When you create a post via the API and assign it to a category, SocialBee automatically schedules it according to that category's posting schedule (the time slots and days you have configured in the SocialBee UI). You do not specify an exact publication datetime when creating posts via API β€” the category's schedule handles that. SocialBee cycles through posts in a category and optionally recycles them when all posts have been published once.

Can I use the SocialBee API to post to specific social networks only?

SocialBee's category system typically publishes posts to all social profiles connected to that category. To post to specific networks only, you would either create separate categories per network (e.g., 'Twitter Blog Posts', 'LinkedIn Blog Posts') or check the SocialBee API documentation for any profile-specific override parameters in the post creation endpoint.

How do I find my SocialBee Workspace ID?

The Workspace ID is visible in the URL when you are in a SocialBee workspace (look for a numeric segment after '/workspace/' in the browser address bar). Alternatively, call the GET /workspaces endpoint with your API key and read the 'id' field from the response β€” this is the most reliable method since URL structures can change.

Can I delete posts from SocialBee categories using the API?

Yes. Use the DELETE /workspaces/{workspaceId}/posts/{postId} endpoint to remove individual posts from categories. This is useful for maintaining category freshness by removing outdated promotional posts or seasonally irrelevant content. Always retrieve the post ID from the list endpoint response before attempting to delete.

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