diff --git a/instagrapi/extractors.py b/instagrapi/extractors.py
index 05f76b2e..cc127f23 100644
--- a/instagrapi/extractors.py
+++ b/instagrapi/extractors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import html
 import json
 import re
+import datetime
 from copy import deepcopy
 
 from .types import (
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ def extract_direct_thread(data):
     if "inviter" in data:
         data["inviter"] = extract_user_short(data["inviter"])
     data["left_users"] = data.get("left_users", [])
+    data["last_activity_at"] = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(data["last_activity_at"] // 1_000_000)
     return DirectThread(**data)
 
 
@@ -330,6 +332,9 @@ def extract_direct_message(data):
     if xma_media_share:
         data["xma_share"] = extract_media_v1_xma(xma_media_share[0])
 
+    data['timestamp'] = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(data['timestamp'] // 1_000_000)
+    data['user_id'] = str(data['user_id'])
+
     return DirectMessage(**data)
 
 
diff --git a/instagrapi/mixins/photo.py b/instagrapi/mixins/photo.py
index 7c4b93fd..73f297d6 100644
--- a/instagrapi/mixins/photo.py
+++ b/instagrapi/mixins/photo.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ def photo_download_by_url(
         Path
             Path for the file downloaded
         """
+        url = str(url)
         fname = urlparse(url).path.rsplit("/", 1)[1]
         filename = "%s.%s" % (filename, fname.rsplit(".", 1)[1]) if filename else fname
         path = Path(folder) / filename
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ def photo_download_by_url_origin(self, url: str) -> bytes:
         -------
         bytes
         """
+        url = str(url)
         response = requests.get(url, stream=True, timeout=self.request_timeout)
         response.raise_for_status()
         response.raw.decode_content = True
diff --git a/instagrapi/mixins/story.py b/instagrapi/mixins/story.py
index 65daf199..eb120f8d 100644
--- a/instagrapi/mixins/story.py
+++ b/instagrapi/mixins/story.py
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ def story_download_by_url(
         Path
             Path for the file downloaded
         """
+        url = str(url)
         fname = urlparse(url).path.rsplit("/", 1)[1].strip()
         assert fname, (
             """The URL must contain the path to the file (mp4 or jpg).\n"""
diff --git a/instagrapi/mixins/track.py b/instagrapi/mixins/track.py
index cdae8cae..57ede148 100644
--- a/instagrapi/mixins/track.py
+++ b/instagrapi/mixins/track.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def track_download_by_url(
         Path
             Path for the file downloaded
         """
+        url = str(url)
         fname = urlparse(url).path.rsplit("/", 1)[1].strip()
         assert fname, """The URL must contain the path to the file (m4a or mp3)."""
         filename = "%s.%s" % (filename, fname.rsplit(".", 1)[1]) if filename else fname
diff --git a/instagrapi/mixins/video.py b/instagrapi/mixins/video.py
index 2e0de707..15ed8356 100644
--- a/instagrapi/mixins/video.py
+++ b/instagrapi/mixins/video.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ def video_download_by_url(
         Path
             Path for the file downloaded
         """
+        url = str(url)
         fname = urlparse(url).path.rsplit("/", 1)[1]
         filename = "%s.%s" % (filename, fname.rsplit(".", 1)[1]) if filename else fname
         path = Path(folder) / filename