User endpoint

Highlights API

An account's highlights: id, title and cover of each, and the number of stories in it and the date it was made when known (items_count and created_at are null when not). Empty when it has none.

GEThttps://storiesfly.com/api/v1/user/highlights

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Parameters

All parameters go in the query string.

Name	Type	Sent	Description
`username`	string	one of	Instagram username. A leading @ is ignored. Send exactly one of username or id.
`id`	string	one of	Numeric Instagram id of the account. Send exactly one of username or id.
`cursor`	string	optional	The next_cursor of the page before. Leave it out for the first page.

Example request

Put your own key in the header.

curl "https://storiesfly.com/api/v1/user/highlights?username=arianagrande" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: sf_live_your_key"

const res = await fetch(
  "https://storiesfly.com/api/v1/user/highlights?username=arianagrande",
  { headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.STORIESFLY_KEY } }
);
const data = await res.json();

import os
import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://storiesfly.com/api/v1/user/highlights",
    params={"username": "arianagrande"},
    headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["STORIESFLY_KEY"]},
)
data = r.json()

Example response

200 OK · X-Units-Charged: 1

{
  "user": {
    "id": "7719696",
    "username": "arianagrande"
  },
  "highlights": [
    {
      "id": "18103599704256781",
      "title": "｡˚ ♡",
      "cover_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/809450273_1103403688775264_8171408473185393758_n.jpg",
      "items_count": 82,
      "created_at": 1789616670,
      "created_at_iso": "2026-09-17T03:44:30.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "18395317474207519",
      "title": "∞",
      "cover_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/825324547_916327151322715_5436175684733082081_n.jpg",
      "items_count": 26,
      "created_at": 1790447346,
      "created_at_iso": "2026-09-26T18:29:06.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "c1.ryg6VkAgkE2BcPyGM0q6ADwLG1KAGWvXyxXcleap6rtdnm6USXXD4rRRujLUjticHxS2vixe2jbdlG4LggGvIE1ISp6sYLXI6XWcb66UIrM_RMPDKCUhQylnCgNoMsPrfzM",
  "has_more": true
}

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Price and freshness

A call takes 1 request. Free requests are spent first, then your balance. The pricing page has the rates.

Answers are kept for up to 15 minutes. Asking again inside that time returns the same answer and takes 1 request again.

Page size follows Instagram and varies by endpoint.

Errors

A failed call answers with an HTTP status and a body {error, code}. These are the codes this endpoint gives. Errors and what is charged covers all of them.

Status	Code	When
`400`	`bad_request`	A parameter is missing or wrong, or not exactly one of `username` or `id` was sent. `fields` lists the names. Free.
`401`	`unauthorized`	The `X-Api-Key` header is missing or the key is wrong. Free.
`402`	`credits_exhausted`	The free requests and the balance are used up. Top up in the dashboard. Free.
`403`	`telegram_required`	The account behind the key is not linked to Telegram. The answer has a `link_url` to do it. Free.
`403`	`private_account`	The account is private. Charged like an answer.
`404`	`not_found`	The account does not exist. Charged like an answer.
`429`	`rate_limited`	More requests in a second than your level allows. Wait for the `Retry-After` header. Free.
`500`	`internal_error`	A fault on our side. Retry shortly. Refunded.
`503`	`upstream_unavailable`	Our side failed or timed out. Retry shortly. Refunded.

FAQ

Questions about this endpoint

How do I get the stories inside a highlight?

This list gives the id, title and cover of each highlight. Send an id to highlight to get every story in it.

Why are items_count and created_at sometimes null?

Instagram does not give them for every highlight. A value it does not give is null, not 0.

What if the account has no highlights?

highlights is an empty list and the call takes 1 request. Use cursor only when has_more is true.

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