Instagram Stories API

Fetch the active 24-hour story reel for a public account — each frame’s media URL, type, and expiry — or pull a specific reel by its reel ID.

$0.0004 per request ($0.40 per 1,000), flat. Only successful calls are billed.

Endpoints

• /users/{id}/storiesActive story reel
• /stories/{reel_id}Reel by ID

curl "https://api.herascrape.com/users/528817151/stories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $HERASCRAPE_KEY"

{
  "items": [
    {
      "pk": "3291...",
      "media_type": 2,
      "taken_at": 1719763200,
      "expiring_at": 1719849600,
      "video_url": "https://.../story.mp4"
    }
  ]
}