# Collect Instagram Stories Before They Expire

**Use case:** 

Collect active public Instagram Stories before their 24-hour expiry. Export media URLs, timestamps, links, hashtags, stickers, and metadata promptly.

## Input

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "natgeo",
    "nasa",
    "bbcnews",
    "cnn"
  ]
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "username": {
    "label": "Username",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "id": {
    "label": "Story ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "taken_at": {
    "label": "Taken at (Unix)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "expiring_at": {
    "label": "Expiring at (Unix)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "media_type": {
    "label": "Media type",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "has_audio": {
    "label": "Has audio",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "video_duration": {
    "label": "Video duration (seconds)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "image_versions2": {
    "label": "Image variants",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "video_versions": {
    "label": "Video variants",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Advanced Instagram Stories Scraper (Fast)](https://apify.com/datavoyantlab/advanced-instagram-stories-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/datavoyantlab/advanced-instagram-stories-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.