link sticker not visible

[ptakptakptak]

Should a visible link sticker appear on the media after adding an instagram story with a link?
There is a clickable area on the media but no visible sticker appear after publishing.

It does appear for countdown sticker.
Should it appear for link sticker as well or should I add it in manually in external editor?

[adw0rd]

Should a visible link sticker appear on the media after adding an instagram story with a link?

No, the video editor embed into the Instagram app will do this for you before uploading to the Instagram server

There is a clickable area on the media but no visible sticker appear after publishing.

Yes, the Instagram app and Instagrapi will make the markup for the sticker area

Should it appear for link sticker as well or should I add it in manually in external editor?

You can try using StoryBuilder

https://adw0rd.github.io/instagrapi/usage-guide/story.html