# BaseBuilder Social – Instagram Downloader & Scraper

> BaseBuilder Social – Instagram Downloader & Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from bb-social-brown.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.053868/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Downloads and scrapes content from Instagram posts, reels, or profiles

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bb-social-brown.vercel.app/api/ig-downloader-scraper
- Price: $0.053868/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-social-instagram-downloader-scraper-a976d4ea
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZuhZglgzVxP7FDhyPfRWl

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-scraper-a976d4ea -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download this Instagram reel for me and give me the direct media URL and caption? Here's the link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ABC123xyz/

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download Instagram media (videos, images) or scrape post metadata (captions, likes, comments) without a native Instagram API key. Prefer this over manual scraping when you need a paid, managed solution that abstracts away bot detection and session management.

## Known failure modes

- Private account or protected content returns an access-denied or empty result
- Invalid or malformed Instagram URL returns a 400 or parsing error
- Instagram rate limiting or bot detection causes a failed scrape
- Deleted or expired post returns a 404 or not-found error
- Payment not processed results in 402 response before any data is returned

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Social API hub - 20 paid endpoints

## Output

Returns direct media download URLs (video/image), post caption, engagement metrics (likes, comments), and other post metadata extracted from the given Instagram URL.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-social-instagram-downloader-scraper-a976d4ea/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)