# BaseBuilder Social Instagram Scraper (API12)

> BaseBuilder Social Instagram Scraper (API12) is a paid API for AI agents from bb-social-brown.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.149345/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-24).

Scrapes Instagram profile, post, or content data via a paid API endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bb-social-brown.vercel.app/api/ig-scraper-api12?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.149345/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-24
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-social-instagram-scraper-api12-d89e2a0d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_AebmcQymuJevWOy9owUK_

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-scraper-api12-d89e2a0d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the Instagram profile for @natgeo and pull back their follower count, bio, post count, and the metadata from their last 10 posts?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve Instagram profile or post data without the official Instagram API, especially for public accounts, influencer research, or social media analytics pipelines that require follower stats, post metrics, or media metadata.

## Known failure modes

- Instagram account is private — scraper cannot access private profile data
- Username or URL not found — returns 404 or empty result
- Rate limiting or block by Instagram — scraper returns error or throttled response
- Invalid input format — malformed username or URL causes 400 error
- Payment not processed — 402 response if x402 payment header missing or insufficient

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Social API hub - 20 paid endpoints

## Output

Returns scraped Instagram data including profile details (username, bio, follower/following counts, post count) and/or post-level data (likes, comments, media URLs, captions, timestamps) depending on the query input.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-social-instagram-scraper-api12-d89e2a0d/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)