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Instagram stories

Capture currently active stories from public Instagram usernames, including photos, video covers, posting times and Instagram links. No Instagram login required. Media links expire.

Current pricing: $0.004072 / 1 story + $0.000814 / check · minimum 10 credits/run. Review the estimate before running.

instagram-stories

Endpoint

Method

POST

URL

https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/instagram-stories

Result delivery

Add webhook_url and optional webhook_secret to receive the saved result. Webhook setup and signatures →

Auth

X-API-KEY: ext_...

Response

Illustrative synchronous response structure. Returned records depend on your input.

{
  "success": true,
  "tool": "instagram-stories",
  "parser": "instagram-stories",
  "count": 0,
  "data": []
}

Extracto documentation

Instagram stories — Extracto API reference

Submit structured input to this parser through Extracto and retrieve the returned data from your account.

Using Extracto

Extracto provides a web interface and HTTP API for submitting scraping tasks, tracking their status and retrieving structured results. Some parsers use third-party scraping providers for execution. Your Extracto account, API key and credit balance are managed at extracto.cloud.

Create an account at https://extracto.cloud/register, confirm your email and create an API key at https://extracto.cloud/api-keys. You can also configure and run this parser in the web interface at https://extracto.cloud/marketplace/instagram-stories.

Pricing and credits

Current Extracto price: $0.004072 / 1 story + $0.000814 / check · minimum 10 credits/run. Extracto charges your credit balance for parser usage. 1,000 credits correspond to $1 USD. The displayed rate includes Extracto pricing; minimum charges and additional enabled options may apply as shown in the estimate. Review the cost estimate in the web interface or POST your request body to https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/instagram-stories/estimate before launching a task. An estimate does not start scraping. Credit packages are listed at https://extracto.cloud/pricing; billing details are at https://extracto.cloud/docs#billing.

Input

Send JSON with the parser settings inside an input object. The example is a starting point: replace the sources and limits with your own permitted targets. Launching it starts a real task and can spend credits.

{
    "input": {
        "usernames": [
            "nba"
        ]
    }
}

usernames (array, required)

Requests and authentication

Use your Extracto key in the X-API-KEY header. Send Content-Type: application/json and Accept: application/json. Keep the key private on your server.

POST https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/instagram-stories — wait for a synchronous result. Successful output is in data, with the result count in count and usage in meta.credits. POST https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/instagram-stories/queue — submit a queued task. Save run.id from the HTTP 202 response. GET https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parser-runs/{run_id} — check a saved task using the same account's API key. Poll about once every five seconds while its status is queued or running. Stop at ok, partial, cancelled or error. Saved results are in run.result; failures are described in run.error.

Integration examples, response formats, errors and limits: https://extracto.cloud/docs.

Output

Returned fields depend on the parser, input and source availability. A successful task can return no matching records. Availability and completion time can change when the source website changes.

Responsible use and support

Use this parser only for data you are permitted to access and process. Follow applicable laws, source website terms and Extracto's acceptable-use policy: https://extracto.cloud/acceptable-use. For help, email [email protected] and include the parser name and run ID. Never send your API key. Terms: https://extracto.cloud/terms Privacy: https://extracto.cloud/privacy Refund policy: https://extracto.cloud/refund-policy

Request Body

{
  "input": {
    "usernames": [
        "nba"
    ]
}
}

cURL

curl -X POST https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/instagram-stories \
  -H "X-API-KEY: ext_your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"usernames":["nba"]}}'