# BaseBuilder Social Instagram Downloader

> BaseBuilder Social Instagram Downloader is a paid API for AI agents from bb-social-brown.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.156539/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Downloads videos and stories from Instagram given a post or story URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bb-social-brown.vercel.app/api/ig-downloader-videos-stories
- Price: $0.156539/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-social-instagram-downloader-785a7e2c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_sGgVhuTzXhinvu_iA_Xb1

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability basebuilder-social-instagram-downloader-785a7e2c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Download the video from this Instagram post for me: https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123xyz/ — I want a direct link to the video file.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or extract video or story media from Instagram URLs without a browser. Prefer over scraping solutions when a paid, reliable API call is acceptable and the content is publicly accessible.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted account content returns an access error
- Invalid or malformed Instagram URL returns a 400 bad request
- Content removed or expired story returns a not-found error
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402 or 429
- Region-blocked or geo-restricted content may fail to resolve

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Social API hub - 20 paid endpoints

## Output

A downloadable URL or binary content for the Instagram video or story media requested, allowing the agent to retrieve or relay the media file.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-social-instagram-downloader-785a7e2c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bb-social-brown.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bb-social-brown.vercel.app/llms.txt)