Instagram API

Instagram Stories full API

Fetch a public Instagram account's currently live stories with media, type, dimensions, posting time, and 24-hour expiry by username.

POST/v1/run/instagram.stories_full
Uptime
100.00%
30d · 5 calls
Requests
5
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
3.3s
median · 30d

Pricing

One price, in dollars

Providers
Tiger5 served100.00% uptime3296ms p50$2.40/1k reqflat

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{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "code": "a1b2c3d4",
        "createdUtc": 12.5,
        "expiresUtc": 12.5,
        "height": 42,
        "id": "a1b2c3d4",
        "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
        "mediaType": 42,
        "username": "alex_rivera",
        "videoUrl": "https://example.com/page",
        "width": 1024
      }
    ]
  },
  "found": true
}
Response interface
interface InstagramStoriesFullResponse {
  data: {
    items: {
      code?: string;
      createdUtc?: number;
      expiresUtc?: number;
      height?: number;
      id: string;
      image?: string;
      mediaType?: number;
      username?: string;
      videoUrl?: string;
      width?: number;
    }[];
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
}

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Reference

Request, response, and price

Last verified 2026-09-17 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
POST /v1/run/instagram.stories_full
curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.stories_full \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username":"natgeo"}'
FieldTypeExample value
Request body
usernamestring"natgeo"Instagram username or handle without the @.
Response
dataobjectWrapper holding the story items array, or null when nothing was found.
data.itemsobject[]Currently live story records for the requested account, with media, type, dimensions, posting time, and expiry. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].codestringInstagram media shortcode. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].createdUtcnumberUTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].expiresUtcnumberExpiry UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].heightintegerMedia pixel height. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].idstringStory identifier. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].imagestringDirect URL to the story image (highest resolution). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].mediaTypeintegerMedia type: 1 = image, 2 = video. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].usernamestringOwner username. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].videoUrlstringDirect URL to the story video, when the story is a video. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].widthintegerMedia pixel width. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
foundbooleanTrue when stories were found; false when the lookup returned nothing.
Price
Price per requestUSD$0.0024
Price /1k reqUSD$2.40

FAQ

About the Instagram Stories full API

The AnyAPI Instagram Stories full API returns Instagram stories full data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.stories_full. Fetch a public Instagram account's currently live stories with media, type, dimensions, posting time, and 24-hour expiry by username. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs from $2.40 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram stories full calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 3.3 seconds across 5 measured calls.

It costs from $2.40 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet, each call draws it down, and a failed request costs $0.

Fetch a public Instagram account's currently live stories with media, type, dimensions, posting time, and 24-hour expiry by username. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram stories full calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 3.3 seconds across 5 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.
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