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Instagram Story Downloader

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Instagram Story Downloader

Instagram Story Downloader

Scrape and optionally download Instagram stories for specified usernames using Playwright. Also obtain metadata for stories, such as story id, publish date, expiry date, mentions, links and etc.

Pricing

from $15.00 / 1,000 results

Rating

5.0

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Developer

Crawler Bros

Crawler Bros

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21

Total users

19

Monthly active users

9 days ago

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Scrapes Instagram stories for given usernames. Collects story metadata including media URLs, mentions, hashtags, locations, and music information. Optionally downloads media files to the key-value store.

Input

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
usernamesarrayYesList of Instagram usernames to scrape stories from (max 100)
maxStoriesPerUserintegerNoMaximum number of stories to extract per user (default: 20, max: 200)

Example Input

{
"usernames": ["natgeo", "nasa"],
"maxStoriesPerUser": 10
}

Output

Each story is saved as a separate item in the dataset with the following fields:

FieldTypeDescription
story_idstringUnique Instagram story ID
shortcodestringInstagram shortcode for the story
story_urlstringDirect URL to the story
profile_idstringInstagram profile ID of the user
usernamestringUsername of the story owner
uploaded_atstringISO timestamp when the story was uploaded
expires_atstringISO timestamp when the story expires
media_typestringType of media (video or image)
mentionsarrayList of mentioned usernames
hashtagsarrayList of hashtags used
locationsarrayList of location URLs tagged
musicarrayMusic tracks with track_name and artist
linksarrayExternal links in the story
attached_postsarrayAttached post URLs
saved_asstringFilename in the key-value store
download_urlstringURL to download the media file

Example Output

{
"story_id": "3820032670852205241",
"shortcode": "DUDe3mIiEq5",
"story_url": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/natgeo/3820032670852205241/",
"profile_id": "481904760",
"username": "natgeo",
"uploaded_at": "2026-01-28T17:29:59",
"expires_at": "2026-01-29T17:29:59",
"media_type": "video",
"mentions": [],
"hashtags": [],
"locations": [],
"music": [
{
"track_name": "Head In The Clouds",
"artist": "Sugartapes"
}
],
"links": [],
"attached_posts": [],
"saved_as": "DUDe3mIiEq5.mp4",
"download_url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/{store_id}/records/DUDe3mIiEq5.mp4"
}