API Keys & Credentials

Drip Code orchestrates several third-party services on your behalf. You bring the accounts and keys; Drip Code wires them into the pipeline. This page lists every credential, where to get it, what it costs, and where it goes.

You don’t need all of these on day one. The essentials to see content generate are Apify (scraping), FAL.ai (video), Anthropic (captions), and Google Cloud Storage (media). Add the posting platforms as you’re ready to publish.

At a glance

1. Apify — Instagram scraping

Used for: Scraping outfit posts from the Instagram profiles you choose (Stage 1).

Where to get it: Sign up at apify.com → Settings → API & Integrations → copy your Personal API token.

Cost: Free tier to start; roughly $5–49/month at production volume.

Where it goes: The Stage 1 scraper workflow.

2. FAL.ai — AI video generation

Used for: Turning your character’s reference image into a short photorealistic outfit video (Stage 3, powered by Seedance).

Where to get it: Sign up at fal.ai → Dashboard → API Keys → create a key.

Cost: Pay-as-you-go, roughly $0.02–0.05 per second of video generated.

Where it goes: Stored as the FAL_AI_API_KEY credential for the Stage 3 video workflow.

3. Anthropic — AI captions

Used for: Generating outfit captions, hashtags, and platform-specific copy (Stage 2).

Where to get it: console.anthropic.com → API Keys → create a key.

Cost: Pay-as-you-go and very low per generation.

Where it goes: Stored as the Anthropic credential used by Stage 2.

4. Google Cloud Storage — media storage

Used for: Storing generated images and videos.

Where to get it: console.cloud.google.com → create a Storage bucket → create a service-account key with access to that bucket.

Cost: ~$0.02/GB/month.

Where it goes: Stored as the Google Cloud credentials used across Stages 1, 3, and 4.

5. Instagram — posting

Used for: Posting Reels and feed posts (Stage 4).

Where to get it: Meta Developer Portal → create an app → enable the Instagram Graph API → connect your Instagram professional account.

Cost: Free. Where it goes: OAuth credentials in Stage 4.

6. TikTok — posting

Used for: Posting videos to TikTok (Stage 4).

Where to get it: developers.tiktok.com → create an app → request the Content Posting API scope.

Cost: Free. Where it goes: OAuth credentials in Stage 4.

7. YouTube — posting

Used for: Posting Shorts (Stage 4).

Where to get it: Google Cloud Console → enable the YouTube Data API v3 → create OAuth credentials.

Cost: Free. Where it goes: OAuth credentials in Stage 4.

8. X (Twitter) — posting

Used for: Posting videos to X (Stage 4).

Where to get it: developer.twitter.com → create a project → generate API keys (OAuth 1.0a).

Cost: The Basic tier (~$100/month) is required for video upload. Where it goes: The Stage 4 X posting nodes.

9. ElevenLabs — AI voice (optional)

Used for: Adding AI voiceover to videos. Optional.

Where to get it: elevenlabs.io → Profile → API Key.

Cost: Free tier available. Where it goes: Stored as the ElevenLabs credential.

Monitoring your API credits

Once your keys are wired up, the pipeline spends real credits on every run — and it stops the moment a service runs dry. The API Status dashboard shows your live balances in one place so you know when to top up before that happens.

• Live balance checks — FAL.ai (USD balance), Apify (monthly compute units), and ElevenLabs (character credits) are fetched in real time, with 🟢 Healthy / 🟡 Low / 🔴 Critical indicators.
• Manual monitoring — Anthropic, X (Twitter), and Google Cloud don’t expose a simple credits API, so those cards link straight to the right dashboard.

See API Credits for a full breakdown of what each service charges and how to set up billing alerts.

Next: set up your first character in Character Setup.