# List profile stories (v1)

List the stories live on an account, by `username` or `user_id`. Stories expire after 24 hours, so an account with none live returns an empty `items` list.

- Platform: Instagram
- Request: `GET https://api.toolzerhub.com/v1/instagram/profile/stories`
- Auth: `x-api-key` header
- Cost: 3 credits per successful request. Failed requests are not billed.
- Page: https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/instagram/user/list-instagram-profile-stories

| Parameter | In | Required | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `username` | query | no | string | Account username with or without @, or an instagram.com profile URL. |
| `user_id` | query | no | string | Numeric account ID, from the pk field of /v1/instagram/profile. Send exactly one of username or user_id. |

## Example request

```bash
curl "https://api.toolzerhub.com/v1/instagram/profile/stories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $TOOLZERHUB_API_KEY"
```

Success responses are wrapped as `{ "data": ... }`. Errors return `{ "error": { "code", "status", "message", "retryable", "details" } }`. See https://docs.toolzerhub.com/docs/responses-and-errors.