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Use when starting a new Instantly integration, testing your setup,
or learning basic Instantly API patterns.
Trigger with phrases like "instantly hello world", "instantly example",
"instantly quick start", "simple instantly code".
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Instantly Hello World
Overview
Minimal working example that lists your campaigns, checks email account health, and pulls campaign analytics — all using real Instantly API v2 endpoints.
Prerequisites
Completed instantly-install-auth setup
At least one email account connected in Instantly
INSTANTLY_API_KEY environment variable set
Instructions
Step 1: List Your Campaigns
import { instantly } from "./src/instantly";
interface Campaign {
id: string;
name: string;
status: number; // 0=Draft, 1=Active, 2=Paused, 3=Completed
}
const STATUS_LABELS: Record<number, string> = {
0: "Draft", 1: "Active", 2: "Paused", 3: "Completed",
4: "Running Subsequences", [-99]: "Suspended",
[-1]: "Accounts Unhealthy", [-2]: "Bounce Protect",
};
async function listCampaigns() {
const campaigns = await instantly<Campaign[]>("/campaigns?limit=10");
console.log(`Found ${campaigns.length} campaigns:\n`);
for (const c of campaigns) {
console.log(` ${c.name} [${STATUS_LABELS[c.status] ?? c.status}] — ${c.id}`);
}
return campaigns;
}
Step 2: Check Email Account Health
interface Account {
email: string;
status: number;
warmup_status: string;
daily_limit: number | null;
}
async function checkAccounts() {
const accounts = await instantly<Account[]>("/accounts?limit=5");
console.log(`\nEmail Accounts (${accounts.length}):`);
for (const a of accounts) {
console.log(` ${a.email} — status: ${a.status}, warmup: ${a.warmup_status}, daily_limit: ${a.daily_limit}`);
}
// Test vitals for the first account
if (accounts.length > 0) {
const vitals = await instantly("/accounts/test/vitals", {
method: "POST",
body: JSON.stringify({ accounts: [accounts[0].email] }),
});
console.log(`\nVitals for ${accounts[0].email}:`, JSON.stringify(vitals, null, 2));
}
}
Step 3: Pull Campaign Analytics async function getAnalytics(campaignId: string) {
const stats = await instantly<{
campaign_id: string;
total_leads: number;
leads_contacted: number;
emails_sent: number;
emails_opened: number;
emails_replied: number;
emails_bounced: number;
}>(`/campaigns/analytics?id=${campaignId}`);
console.log(`\nCampaign Analytics:`);
console.log(` Leads: ${stats.total_leads} total, ${stats.leads_contacted} contacted`);
console.log(` Sent: ${stats.emails_sent}`);
console.log(` Opened: ${stats.emails_opened} (${((stats.emails_opened / stats.emails_sent) * 100).toFixed(1)}%)`);
console.log(` Replied: ${stats.emails_replied} (${((stats.emails_replied / stats.emails_sent) * 100).toFixed(1)}%)`);
console.log(` Bounced: ${stats.emails_bounced}`);
}
Step 4: Run It All async function main() {
console.log("=== Instantly API v2 Hello World ===\n");
const campaigns = await listCampaigns();
await checkAccounts();
if (campaigns.length > 0) {
await getAnalytics(campaigns[0].id);
}
console.log("\nDone! Your Instantly connection is working.");
}
main().catch(console.error);
Quick Test with curl set -euo pipefail
# List campaigns
curl -s https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/campaigns?limit=3 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $INSTANTLY_API_KEY" | jq '.[] | {name, status, id}'
# List email accounts
curl -s https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/accounts?limit=3 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $INSTANTLY_API_KEY" | jq '.[] | {email, status}'
Output
List of campaigns with names and statuses
Email account health overview
Campaign analytics summary (open rate, reply rate, bounce count)
Confirmation that Instantly API v2 is reachable
Error Handling Error Cause Solution 401 UnauthorizedBad API key Regenerate in Settings > Integrations 403 ForbiddenMissing campaigns:read scope Edit API key scopes Empty campaign list No campaigns created yet Create one in the Instantly dashboard first 429 Too Many RequestsRate limited Wait and retry with backoff
Resources
Next Steps Proceed to instantly-core-workflow-a to build a full campaign launch workflow.
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