Get user story highlights — Instagram API

Returns the list of story highlight reels on a user's profile. Use the highlight endpoint to get individual stories within a highlight.

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GET/v1/instagram/users/{username}/highlights1 credit per request

Example response200OK

{
  "data": {
    "@context": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#",
      "https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social#"
    ],
    "type": "OrderedCollectionPage",
    "partOf": "https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/users/khaby00/highlights",
    "totalItems": 1309,
    "cursor": null,
    "nextCursor": "abc123",
    "next": "https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/users/khaby00/highlights?cursor=abc123",
    "itemCount": 30,
    "orderedItems": [
      {
        "type": "OrderedCollection",
        "id": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17909142017083586/",
        "entityId": "highlight:17909142017083586",
        "name": "Red carpet",
        "image": [
          {
            "type": "Image",
            "url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/avatar.jpg"
          }
        ],
        "totalItems": 42
      }
    ]
  }
}

Make the request.

One authenticated GET to /v1/instagram/users/{username}/highlights. Authentication and error conventions stay consistent across endpoints. This page shows the path, parameters, response shape, limits, and credit rule for this operation.

Built for

Brand narrative and evergreen story content auditing
Highlight strategy research for competitive profile analysis
Creator profile completeness assessment for influencer vetting

Full reference for this endpoint

const response = await fetch("https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/users/khaby00/highlights", {
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});

const data = await response.json();

Parameters2

usernamerequiredIn · PathType · stringInstagram username (with or without @ symbol)
cursorIn · QueryType · stringPagination cursor

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