# Recipes (/docs/recipes)



Recipes [#recipes]

Each recipe solves one specific task you'd arrive with. Code is TypeScript, runs on Node 22+, uses native `fetch`, and assumes `SOCIALCRAWL_KEY` is in your environment. Every snippet is copy-paste runnable — handles, queries, and URLs are real.

Cost callouts appear in every recipe so you can budget before you build. New to the API? Start with the [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — it takes 5 minutes.

| Recipe                                                                     | What you'll build                                         | Cost per run             |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| [Brand mention monitoring](/docs/recipes/brand-mention-monitoring)         | Daily brand-mention sweep across 12 platforms             | 20 credits               |
| [Social listening pulse-check](/docs/recipes/social-listening-pulse-check) | Streaming search over 12 platforms with comments enriched | 20 credits               |
| [Sentiment analysis](/docs/recipes/sentiment-analysis)                     | Social sentiment pipeline feeding an LLM                  | 23 credits               |
| [Competitor tracking](/docs/recipes/competitor-tracking)                   | Cross-platform competitor account snapshots               | 8 credits per competitor |
| [TikTok analytics dashboard](/docs/recipes/tiktok-analytics-dashboard)     | Profile, video, and comment metrics with engagement rates | 3 credits per refresh    |
| [Video transcription](/docs/recipes/video-transcription-api)               | One transcription function, seven platforms               | 10 credits per video     |
| [Ad library aggregation](/docs/recipes/ads-library-aggregation)            | Parallel fan-out across four ad networks                  | 20 credits               |
| [Creator engagement scoring](/docs/recipes/creator-engagement-scoring)     | Apples-to-apples engagement-rate ranking                  | 3 credits per creator    |
| [Music trend detection](/docs/recipes/music-trend-detection)               | Cross-platform music heat score                           | 3 credits per song       |
| [Hybrid search-then-enrich](/docs/recipes/search-then-enrich)              | Universal search plus per-platform transcripts            | 120 credits              |

Which recipe should I start with? [#which-recipe-should-i-start-with]

If you're evaluating SocialCrawl, start with [Brand mention monitoring](/docs/recipes/brand-mention-monitoring) or the [Social listening pulse-check](/docs/recipes/social-listening-pulse-check) — both are a single call to `GET /v1/search/everywhere`, cost a flat 20 credits, and show the universal search endpoint that differentiates SocialCrawl from web-search APIs. If you already know which platform you need, [TikTok analytics dashboard](/docs/recipes/tiktok-analytics-dashboard) is the cheapest end-to-end example at 3 credits.

See also [#see-also]

* [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — get an API key and make your first request
* [Endpoint pricing](/docs/endpoint-pricing) — every endpoint and its credit cost
* [Computed fields](/docs/computed-fields) — formulas for `engagement_rate`, `language`, `content_category`, `estimated_reach`
* [Pagination](/docs/pagination) — when you need more than the first page from any list endpoint
* [Universal social search](/platforms/search/everywhere) — full reference for the endpoint that powers the search recipes