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Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper

Three ways to read an Instagram account's stories: what is currently active, the highlight tray (covers and titles), and the individual stories saved inside one highlight by its ID. No Instagram login required to read public accounts.

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You can access the Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper OpenAPI definition

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You can download the OpenAPI definitions for Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper from the options below:

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