Instagram Stories thin API
Fetch a public Instagram account's currently live stories - media URL, owner, and posting time - by username. Lightweight projection; for media type, dimensions, and the 24h expiry time use instagram.stories_full.
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{
"data": {
"items": [
{
"createdUtc": 12.5,
"id": "a1b2c3d4",
"mediaUrl": "https://example.com/page",
"permalink": "https://example.com/page",
"username": "alex_rivera"
}
]
},
"found": true
}interface InstagramStoriesThinResponse {
data: {
items: {
createdUtc?: number;
id: string;
mediaUrl?: string;
permalink?: string;
username?: string;
}[];
} | null;
found: boolean;
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
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Last verified 2026-09-17 · uptime and latency measured over 30dcurl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.stories_thin \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"username":"natgeo"}'| Field | Type | Example value |
|---|---|---|
| Request body | ||
| username | string | "natgeo"Instagram username/handle to fetch currently live stories for (without the @). |
| Response | ||
| data | object | Wrapper holding the story items array, or null when nothing was found. |
| data.items | object[] | The account's currently live stories, each with its media URL, owner, posting time, and permalink. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity. |
| data.items[].createdUtc | number | Posting time (Unix seconds). |
| data.items[].id | string | Story identifier. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity. |
| data.items[].mediaUrl | string | Direct URL to the story image or video. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity. |
| data.items[].permalink | string | Public link to the story. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity. |
| data.items[].username | string | Owner username. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity. |
| found | boolean | True when stories were found; false when the lookup returned nothing. |
| Price | ||
| Price per request | USD | $0.0015 |
| Price /1k req | USD | $1.50 |
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About the Instagram Stories thin API
The AnyAPI Instagram Stories thin API returns Instagram stories thin data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.stories_thin. Fetch a public Instagram account's currently live stories - media URL, owner, and posting time - by username. Lightweight projection; for media type, dimensions, and the 24h expiry time use instagram.stories_full. AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $1.50 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram stories thin calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.7 seconds across 1 measured calls.