# Instagram Story Archive

**Use case:** 

Capture a public account's active stories with their media URLs, timestamps, expiry times, link stickers, mentions and hashtags. Stories vanish after 24 hours, so a scheduled run is the only way to keep a record of what a competitor posted, or to hold evidence of a sponsored placement.

## Input

```json
{
  "targets": [
    "nasa"
  ],
  "scrapeType": "stories",
  "maxHighlights": 100,
  "onlyNew": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "source_username": {
    "label": "Profile",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "item_type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "highlight_title": {
    "label": "Album",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "media_type": {
    "label": "Media",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "image_url": {
    "label": "Image",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "video_url": {
    "label": "Video",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "taken_at": {
    "label": "Posted",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Stories & Highlights Scraper - Download & Monitor](https://apify.com/zaver.api/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/zaver.api/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper.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/zaver.api/instagram-stories-highlights-scraper.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`).