Switching from another tool

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Expandi's API calls, webhooks, terms and message variables, each mapped to its Gelee equivalent.

Last updated 25 October 2026

Deciding whether to switch?

The plain-English guide covers what you gain, what you give up and when to stay on Expandi: Switching from Expandi to Gelee.

What Expandi offers

Expandi's help center documents two ways to automate. Webhooks, set under LinkedIn Settings, Webhooks, send a POST to your URL on 25 events, from replies and accepted invites to email opens and "account has nothing scheduled". "Reversed webhooks" are per-campaign URLs that add a lead (by profile_link) or pause and resume one.

Its help center notes that leads sent by webhook cannot enter a campaign that uses Signals. We did not find a broader public REST API in Expandi's own documentation.

Their words, our words

Expandi	Gelee	Notes
Campaign	Campaign
LinkedIn account	Seat
Contact / prospect	Lead
Tags and interest status	Tags and inbox flags	interested, lost, referral, follow-up.
Reversed webhook URL	Intake URL, or POST /campaigns/{id}/leads	The intake URL also takes a pasted URL with no key.
Smart inbox	Inbox	With the AI SDR drafting or sending replies.
Blacklist	Blacklist

API calls

Every Expandi call we found in its docs, and the Gelee call that does the same job. Gelee's base URL, keys and limits are in Keys and limits.

Expandi	Gelee	Notes
`Reversed webhook: add lead (profile_link)`	`POST /campaigns/{id}/leads, or the campaign's intake URL`	The intake URL reads loose field names, so profile_link works as is.
`Reversed webhook: pause / resume lead`	`POST /prospects/{id}/pause, /resume`	Or POST /inbox/stop with LinkedIn URLs.
`(not in Expandi's docs)`	`GET /prospects, /people, /inbox, /campaigns`	Read everything back with the whole story per lead.
`(not in Expandi's docs)`	`POST /inbox/{chat_id}/messages, POST /conversations`	Send from your own code.
`(not in Expandi's docs)`	`PATCH /prospects/{id}`	Custom fields, tags, flags, outcomes.

Webhooks

Gelee signs every delivery and retries failures. Setup and signature checks are in Webhooks.

Expandi	Gelee webhook	Notes
Contact replied, Contact replied to campaign message	`reply_received`	Plus reply_positive / reply_negative.
Contact replied first time since start	`reply_received`	Check timeline.first_reply_at.
Connection request accepted (by contact in active campaign)	`connection_accepted`
Connection request sent	`invite_sent`	Pick by name.
Message sent	`message_sent`	Pick by name.
Contact revoked	`invite_withdrawn`
Contact tagged, Contact interest status changed	`lead_updated`	Fires for changes made through the API or the assistant.
Contact added to campaign	`lead_accepted (API pushes)`	Fires once the verdict on a pushed lead lands.
Campaign finished	`campaign_completed`
LinkedIn account has nothing / no messages / no invites scheduled	`GET /health`	Planned versus sent, with the reasons for any gap.
Visit, follow, like, endorsement sent; email events	`No webhook`

Message variables

Expandi	Gelee
`First name`	`{{firstName}}`
`Company name`	`{{company}}`
`Job title`	`{{role}}`
`A custom placeholder`	`{{custom.field_name}}`

Every Gelee variable:

Value	Gelee variable
First name	`{{firstName}}`
Full name	`{{fullName}}`
Company	`{{company}}`
Job title	`{{role}}`
Industry	`{{industry}}`
Your own per-lead field	`{{custom.your_field}}`
A fallback when empty	`{{custom.your_field\|default text}}`
Sender's name	`{{senderName}}`

Code from the guide

Push the blocklist

curl -X POST "https://www.gelee.ai/api/v1/blacklist" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer gk_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"entries":[
        {"value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe","type":"account"},
        {"value":"Acme Corp","type":"company"}
      ]}'

Push leads with your own fields

curl -X POST "https://www.gelee.ai/api/v1/campaigns/CAMPAIGN_ID/leads" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer gk_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: import-batch-1" \
  -d '{"leads":[{"linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
                "first_name":"Jane","company":"Acme","title":"VP Sales",
                "custom_fields":{"report_link":"https://acme.example/r/5d70"},
                "tags":["imported"]}]}'