Instagram Stories Scraper

This actor extracts Stories from Instagram. It captures media content, expiration timestamps, and author information from active stories viewer pages.

Data Fields

Field Name	Description	Example
Story Type	Format of the story content	"video"
Story Image	URL to the story thumbnail or image	"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/..."
Story Video	URL to the story video file	"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t50.2886-16/..."
Story Link	External link attached to the story	"https://example.com/promo"
Story Date	Timestamp when the story was posted	"2023-10-27T10:00:00Z"
Story Expiring At	Timestamp when the story expires	"2023-10-28T10:00:00Z"
Story Accessibility Caption	AI generated description of the media	"Photo by user on beach"
Author Username	Handle of the story creator	"johndoe"
Author Full Name	Display name of the creator	"John Doe"
Author Image	Profile picture URL of the author	"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/..."
Author URL	Link to the author profile	"https://www.instagram.com/johndoe/"
Author Is Verified	Verification status of the account	true

Input

• urls: Array of Instagram story viewer URLs. Example: https://www.instagram.com/stories/username/.
• maxItems: Maximum number of stories to extract per URL. Default is 100.

Example Input

{
  "urls": ["https://www.instagram.com/stories/example_user/"],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example Output

[
  {
    "storyType": "image",
    "storyImage": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/img1.jpg",
    "storyVideo": null,
    "storyLink": "https://nifty.codes",
    "storyDate": "2023-10-27T14:30:00Z",
    "storyExpiringAt": "2023-10-28T14:30:00Z",
    "storyAccessibilityCaption": "Text that says Hello World",
    "authorUsername": "example_user",
    "authorFullName": "Example User",
    "authorImage": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/pfp.jpg",
    "authorUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/example_user/",
    "authorIsVerified": false
  },
  {
    "storyType": "video",
    "storyImage": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/img2.jpg",
    "storyVideo": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t50.2886-16/vid1.mp4",
    "storyLink": null,
    "storyDate": "2023-10-27T15:00:00Z",
    "storyExpiringAt": "2023-10-28T15:00:00Z",
    "storyAccessibilityCaption": "A video of a sunset",
    "authorUsername": "example_user",
    "authorFullName": "Example User",
    "authorImage": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/pfp.jpg",
    "authorUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/example_user/",
    "authorIsVerified": false
  }
]

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Disclaimer

This tool extracts publicly available data. Users are responsible for compliance with applicable terms of service.