Instagram stories and connected accounts

Stories and private posts are visible only to signed-in users, so the Videoner server can't get them. Now there are two solutions for that.

Stories in the extension

The Videoner extension downloads Instagram stories right in the browser, using your sign-in. Open a story and click "Download": videos are saved as mp4, photos as jpg.

Connect an account to the bot

To let the bot download stories and private posts too, connect your account to it:

1. Sign in to the platform's website in a browser with the Videoner extension.
2. Click the Videoner icon and, at the bottom of the popup, "Connect your account to the bot".
3. Allow access when the browser asks — the extension will show a code.
4. Send the code to @VideonerBot in a private chat. The code is valid for 10 minutes.

You can connect Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, X, VK and TikTok. No password needed: only that platform's sign-in data goes to the server, encrypted.

After that, the bot downloads both stories and private posts from your links. If you send a link to a profile with stories, the bot will send the current stories as an album; if that doesn't work, it will ask for a link to a specific story.

Tip: platforms dislike automated downloads and may restrict the account — it's better to connect a secondary one, not your main account.

For groups

To have the bot download stories for the whole group, send /connect CODE in that group. Who can connect accounts — admins only or everyone — is set in /settings. If no account is connected for the group, the bot downloads your link using your personal connection.

Managing connections

• /accounts — a list of your connections: you can remove one or all of them at once.
• The "My connections in the bot" button in the extension opens the same list.
• The "Revoke cookie access" button in the extension removes the permission — the extension no longer reads sign-in data. Accounts you've already connected stay in the bot; you can remove them via /accounts.