---
title: "Get Instagram story highlights"
method: GET
path: "/v1/highlights"
tags: ["Stories & highlights"]
---

# Get Instagram story highlights

`GET /v1/highlights`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://data.fastsocial.co`
- URL: `https://data.fastsocial.co/v1/highlights`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Title, cover image and item count for each highlight. Pass an id to /v1/highlight for its items.

Cost: **3 credits**.

## Query parameters

- `username` string
- `user_id` string

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `ok` unknown, required
  - `data` Highlights, required
    - `username` string
    - `count` integer
    - `highlights` object[]
      - `id` string
      - `title` string
      - `cover_url` string, nullable
      - `item_count` integer, nullable
  - `meta` Meta, required
    - `cache` 'hit' | 'miss' | 'stale'
    - `age_seconds` integer
    - `stale` boolean
    - `credits` integer
    - `credits_remaining` integer, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Error
- `401`: Error
- `404`: Error
- `422`: Error
- `429`: Error
- `451`: Error
- `502`: Error
- `503`: Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/fastsocial/apis/fastsocial-instagram-data-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/fastsocial/apis/fastsocial-instagram-data-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/fastsocial/apis/fastsocial-instagram-data-api/revisions/fe69c993e76a?raw)