How to Integrate SocialBee with V0

SocialBee provides API access on paid plans. To get your API key, log into your SocialBee account at app.socialbee.com. Click on your profile icon or account name in the top-right area, then navigate to Settings. Look for the API section or Integrations section within Settings. In the API settings, you will find your API key displayed or a button to generate one. Copy the key — it is typically a long alphanumeric string. If you do not see an API section, check that your SocialBee plan includes API access. The Bootstrap plan and higher typically include API access; the basic free tier does not. SocialBee's API uses this key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header of all API requests. The base URL for the SocialBee API is https://api.socialbee.com/v1/ — all endpoint calls append resource paths to this base. Note that SocialBee's API documentation is available at socialbee.com/api or through their developer resources. Review the available endpoints for workspaces, categories, posts, and profiles to plan which features you want to build in your V0 dashboard.

Use V0 to generate the content management interface. The design depends on your use case — a calendar view, a post queue, a category overview, or an approval workflow all have different layouts but share common elements: category-colored tags, post text previews, platform icons, and action buttons. When prompting V0, describe the data structure your API routes will return. For example, tell V0 that /api/socialbee/categories returns an array of objects with id, name, color, and postCount fields, and that /api/socialbee/posts returns an array of posts with text, scheduledTime, categoryId, and platforms fields. This helps V0 write correct TypeScript interfaces and data handling code. Ask V0 to include loading states for each data section since SocialBee API calls may take 1-2 seconds. Also include error states with a Retry button so users are not left staring at a blank panel if the API call fails. For a content calendar specifically, a week or month grid view requires careful layout work. A week view with 7 day columns in a CSS grid is a good starting point. Ask V0 to generate the grid structure and the post card component, then you can adjust the data connection.

Create the Next.js API routes that fetch from and post to SocialBee's API. Each route reads your API key from environment variables and passes it as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Start with the categories endpoint. Create app/api/socialbee/categories/route.ts as a GET handler. This route calls the SocialBee API at the workspaces endpoint to get your workspace ID, then fetches the categories for that workspace. Return the categories array with the fields your V0 components expect. Next, create the posts listing endpoint at app/api/socialbee/posts/route.ts. This accepts an optional categoryId query parameter. When provided, it fetches posts in that specific category. When absent, it fetches upcoming scheduled posts across all categories. SocialBee's API uses query parameters for filtering — pass them through from your frontend request. For adding posts, create app/api/socialbee/posts/add/route.ts as a POST handler. This accepts the post text, categoryId, and optionally a scheduled date. It formats the request body according to SocialBee's API spec and creates the post. Return the created post object to the client. Consider creating a shared helper function in lib/socialbee.ts that handles the common fetch setup — base URL, Authorization header, and error handling. This keeps your route files clean and makes it easy to add more SocialBee routes later.

1// app/api/socialbee/categories/route.ts
2import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
3
4const SOCIALBEE_BASE = 'https://api.socialbee.com/v1';
5
6export async function GET() {
7  try {
8    const response = await fetch(`${SOCIALBEE_BASE}/categories`, {
9      headers: {
10        Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SOCIALBEE_API_KEY}`,
11        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
12      },
13    });
14
15    if (!response.ok) {
16      return NextResponse.json(
17        { error: 'Failed to fetch categories' },
18        { status: response.status }
19      );
20    }
21
22    const data = await response.json();
23    return NextResponse.json(data);
24  } catch (error) {
25    console.error('SocialBee categories error:', error);
26    return NextResponse.json(
27      { error: 'Internal server error' },
28      { status: 500 }
29    );
30  }
31}

Your SocialBee API route needs one environment variable: SOCIALBEE_API_KEY. Add it in Vercel Dashboard → Settings → Environment Variables. Set the key name to SOCIALBEE_API_KEY and the value to your API key from SocialBee's settings. Set the scope to Production, Preview, and Development so the key is available across all deployment environments. Do not add the NEXT_PUBLIC_ prefix. The API key must remain server-side — if it appears in the browser bundle, anyone can use your SocialBee account to post content or extract your content strategy. For local development, add SOCIALBEE_API_KEY to your .env.local file in the project root. Next.js loads .env.local automatically during local development and it is already in .gitignore for V0-generated projects. After saving the variable, trigger a redeployment by pushing a commit to GitHub. Test the integration by opening your V0 dashboard and verifying that content categories load from SocialBee. If you see an error, check Vercel Function Logs (Vercel Dashboard → your project → Logs) to see the specific error from the SocialBee API response.