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.
$1.88/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id": "3487213908652471123","username": "wanderluxeco","mediaUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/wanderluxeco_story_1.jpg","createdUtc": 1790562900,"permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/wanderluxeco/3487213908652471123/","displayName": "Wanderluxe Co.","avatarUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/wanderluxeco_profile.jpg","verified": true,... 1 more field}
Pricing and providers
Instagram Stories thin API pricing: one API, 3 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
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Get Instagram stories thin in one request
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{
"found": true,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "3487213908652471123",
"username": "wanderluxeco",
"mediaUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/wanderluxeco_story_1.jpg",
"createdUtc": 1790562900,
"permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/wanderluxeco/3487213908652471123/",
"displayName": "Wanderluxe Co.",
"avatarUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/wanderluxeco_profile.jpg",
"verified": true
},
{
"id": "3487213908652471456",
"username": "wanderluxeco",
"mediaUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/wanderluxeco_story_2.mp4",
"createdUtc": 1790565000,
"permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/wanderluxeco/3487213908652471456/",
"displayName": "Wanderluxe Co.",
"avatarUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/wanderluxeco_profile.jpg",
"verified": true
}
]
}
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Last verified 2026-11-01 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- usernamestring
wanderluxeco
Instagram username/handle to fetch currently live stories for (without the @).
- requireFieldsarray
Optional; omit it and routing is unchanged, with the cheapest source serving. Name the output fields this request must be able to return, for example `durationSeconds`, and it is served only by a source that returns every one of them. Fields you do not name are still returned whenever the serving source has them. This can raise your price: when the cheapest source cannot return a named field, a dearer source serves, and you are quoted and charged its price. A named field can still be absent on a story that genuinely lacks it. Naming a combination that no single source returns together is refused as invalid input, with no charge.
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
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.
- avatarUrlstring
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/wanderluxeco_profile.jpg
Profile picture URL of the story owner.
- createdUtcnumber
1790562900
Posting time (Unix seconds).
- displayNamestring
Wanderluxe Co.
Display name of the story owner.
- durationSecondsnumbercan require
Video duration in seconds. Null on a photo story, or when this source does not report it.
- idstring
3487213908652471123
Story identifier. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- mediaUrlstring
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/wanderluxeco_story_1.jpg
Direct URL to the story image or video. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- permalinkstring
https://www.instagram.com/stories/wanderluxeco/3487213908652471123/
Public link to the story. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- usernamestring
wanderluxeco
Owner username. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- verifiedboolean
true
True when the owner's account carries a verified badge.
- foundboolean
true
True when stories were found; false when the lookup returned nothing.
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
FAQ
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 3 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $1.88 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.9% of Instagram stories thin calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 3.1 seconds across 1,339 measured calls.
