Instagram Stories Scraper

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

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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.