How to Build a Creator Platform like Patreon with Recursiv

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import { Recursiv } from '@recursiv/sdk';
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const client = new Recursiv({
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  apiKey: process.env.RECURSIV_API_KEY!,
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});

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// Create your community structure
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const { data: comm1 } = await client.communities.create({
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  name: 'Premium Content', slug: 'premium-content', privacy: 'public',
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});
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const { data: comm2 } = await client.communities.create({
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  name: 'Behind the Scenes', slug: 'behind-the-scenes', privacy: 'public',
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});
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const { data: comm3 } = await client.communities.create({
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  name: 'Q&A', slug: 'q-a', privacy: 'public',
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});

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// Create a post
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const { data: post } = await client.posts.create({
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  content: 'Welcome to our platform! Introduce yourself.',
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  content_format: 'markdown',
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  community_id: comm1.id,
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});
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// Fetch the feed
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const { data: feed } = await client.posts.list({ limit: 20 });
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// React to content
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await client.posts.react(post.id, 'heart');

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// 1:1 DM
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const { data: dm } = await client.chat.dm({ user_id: 'user_abc' });
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await client.chat.send({ conversation_id: dm.id, content: 'Hey there!' });
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// Get message history
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const { data: messages } = await client.chat.messages(dm.id, { limit: 50 });

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const client = new Recursiv({
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  apiKey: 'sk_live_...',
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  baseUrl: 'https://your-platform.com/api/v1',
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});