Instantly
App · Email Marketing · 8 actions
Automate cold email outreach with Instantly: manage campaigns, leads, sending accounts, and analytics.
Actions
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Activate campaign | Activate (start sending) an Instantly campaign by ID. |
| Create campaign | Create a new cold email campaign with a default sending schedule. |
| Create lead | Add a lead to an Instantly campaign or lead list. |
| Get campaign | Retrieve details for a single Instantly campaign by ID. |
| Get campaign analytics | Retrieve analytics for one or all campaigns over an optional date range. |
| List campaigns | List cold email campaigns in your Instantly workspace. |
| List leads | List or search leads, optionally filtered by campaign. |
| List sending accounts | List the email sending accounts connected to Instantly. |
Activate campaign
Activate (start sending) an Instantly campaign by ID.
Inputs
- Campaign ID
campaign_idtextRequired - Campaign ID to activate.
Outputs
Response envelope; the payload is in the "result" field.
resultobject
Example output
{
"result": {
"id": "01890000-0000-7000-a000-000000000001",
"status": 1
}
}Create campaign
Create a new cold email campaign with a default sending schedule.
Inputs
- Name
nametextRequired - A name for the new campaign.
- Daily start time
timing_fromtime - Time of day to start sending each day, in 24-hour HH:MM format. Defaults to 09:00.Default:
09:00. - Daily end time
timing_totime - Time of day to stop sending each day, in 24-hour HH:MM format. Defaults to 17:00.Default:
17:00. - Time zone
timezonetext - Time zone the daily sending times are based on. Defaults to US Eastern time.One of:
America/Detroit(US Eastern (Detroit)),America/Chicago(US Central (Chicago)),America/Boise(US Mountain (Boise)),America/Creston(US Mountain, no DST (Creston)),America/Dawson(US Pacific (Dawson)),America/Anchorage(US Alaska (Anchorage)),Europe/Isle_of_Man(UK (Isle of Man)),Europe/Belgrade(Central Europe (Belgrade)),Asia/Kolkata(India (Kolkata)),Australia/Melbourne(Australia (Melbourne)). Default:America/Detroit. - Sending days
dayslist - Days of the week to send on, as numbers from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday). Defaults to Monday–Friday.Default:
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
Outputs
Response envelope; the payload is in the "result" field.
resultobject
Example output
{
"result": {
"id": "01890000-0000-7000-a000-000000000001",
"name": "Q1 Outbound",
"status": 0
}
}Create lead
Add a lead to an Instantly campaign or lead list.
Inputs
- Email
emailtext - Lead email address. Required when adding to a campaign; optional when adding to a lead list as long as a first or last name is provided.
- Campaign ID
campaign_idtext - ID of the campaign to add the lead to.
- List ID
list_idtext - ID of the lead list to add the lead to.
- First name
first_nametext - Lead first name.
- Last name
last_nametext - Lead last name.
- Company name
company_nametext - Lead company name.
- Phone
phonetext - Lead phone number.
- Website
websitetext - Lead website URL.
- Personalization
personalizationtext - Personalization snippet used in the first email.
- Custom variables
custom_variablesobject - Extra fields to save on the lead, as name and value pairs. Each value can be text, a number, true/false, or empty (no nested lists or groups).
Outputs
Response envelope; the payload is in the "result" field.
resultobject
Example output
{
"result": {
"campaign": "01890000-0000-7000-a000-000000000001",
"email": "jane@example.com",
"id": "01890000-0000-7000-b000-000000000001"
}
}Get campaign
Retrieve details for a single Instantly campaign by ID.
Inputs
- Campaign ID
campaign_idtextRequired - Campaign ID.
Outputs
Response envelope; the payload is in the "result" field.
resultobject
Example output
{
"result": {
"id": "01890000-0000-7000-a000-000000000001",
"name": "Q1 Outbound",
"status": 1
}
}Get campaign analytics
Retrieve analytics for one or all campaigns over an optional date range.
Inputs
- Campaign ID
campaign_idtext - Campaign ID to get analytics for. Leave empty to include all campaigns.
- Start date
start_datetext - Start date (YYYY-MM-DD).
- End date
end_datetext - End date (YYYY-MM-DD).
Outputs
resultlist- Per-campaign analytics rows.
Example output
{
"result": [
{
"campaign_id": "01890000-0000-7000-a000-000000000001",
"emails_sent_count": 480,
"leads_count": 500,
"open_count": 240,
"reply_count": 32
}
]
}List campaigns
List cold email campaigns in your Instantly workspace.
Inputs
- Limit
limitnumber - Maximum number of campaigns to return.
- Search
searchtext - Filter campaigns by name.
- Status
statusnumber - Only show campaigns in this state.One of:
1(Active),2(Paused),3(Completed),0(Draft). - Starting after
starting_aftertext - Pagination cursor from a previous response's next_starting_after value; returns the next page.
Outputs
Response envelope; the payload is in the "result" field.
resultobject
Example output
{
"result": {
"items": [
{
"id": "01890000-0000-7000-a000-000000000001",
"name": "Q1 Outbound",
"status": 1
}
],
"next_starting_after": null
}
}List leads
List or search leads, optionally filtered by campaign.
Inputs
- Campaign ID
campaign_idtext - Only show leads in this campaign.
- Limit
limitnumber - Maximum number of leads to return.
- Search
searchtext - Search leads by email, name, or company.
- Starting after
starting_aftertext - Pagination cursor from a previous response's next_starting_after value; returns the next page.
Outputs
Response envelope; the payload is in the "result" field.
resultobject
Example output
{
"result": {
"items": [
{
"email": "jane@example.com",
"id": "01890000-0000-7000-b000-000000000001"
}
],
"next_starting_after": null
}
}List sending accounts
List the email sending accounts connected to Instantly.
Inputs
- Limit
limitnumber - Maximum number of accounts to return.
- Search
searchtext - Filter accounts by email address.
- Starting after
starting_aftertext - Pagination cursor from a previous response's next_starting_after value; returns the next page.
Outputs
Response envelope; the payload is in the "result" field.
resultobject
Example output
{
"result": {
"items": [
{
"email": "outreach@example.com",
"status": 1
}
],
"next_starting_after": null
}
}