# Archive Instagram Stories Before They Expire

**Use case:** 

Archive active Instagram Stories from public profiles before they expire. Capture Story photos, videos, timestamps, links, mentions, hashtags, music, and other available metadata, then run the task regularly to build a Story archive over time. Useful for research, content records, campaign tracking, and scheduled archiving workflows.

## Input

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "jaypee_ashley"
  ],
  "includeStories": true,
  "includeHighlights": false,
  "expandHighlightItems": false,
  "maxHighlightsPerUser": 2,
  "compactOutput": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "username": {
    "label": "Instagram username",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "activeStoryCount": {
    "label": "Current Story count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "activeStories": {
    "label": "Current Stories",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "storiesStatus": {
    "label": "Stories status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "profileUrl": {
    "label": "Profile URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isPrivate": {
    "label": "Private profile",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "isAccessible": {
    "label": "Public data accessible",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "reason": {
    "label": "Status reason",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "errorMessage": {
    "label": "Error message",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "requestedAt": {
    "label": "Requested at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "highlightCount": {
    "label": "Discovered Highlights",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "expandedHighlightCount": {
    "label": "Opened Highlights",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "highlightsStatus": {
    "label": "Highlights status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "highlights": {
    "label": "Highlights",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "userId": {
    "label": "Instagram user ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "input": {
    "label": "Original input",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "schemaVersion": {
    "label": "Schema version",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper – No Login](https://apify.com/lance_api/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/lance_api/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/lance_api/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper-api.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).