# BaseBuilder Social Instagram Scraper

> BaseBuilder Social Instagram Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from bb-social-brown.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15513/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Scrapes public Instagram profile and post data via the BaseBuilder Social API hub

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bb-social-brown.vercel.app/api/ig-scraper-20253
- Price: $0.15513/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-scraper-ef3a8c0f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_cb472pBDooEgg8YGn9L9F

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-ef3a8c0f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Scrape the public Instagram profile for @natgeo and give me their follower count, bio, number of posts, and recent post engagement metrics.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to extract public Instagram profile and post data without an official Instagram API key, especially for influencer research, competitor analysis, or social media monitoring at low per-call cost via x402 micropayment.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram account returns no data or access error
- Invalid or non-existent username returns 404 or empty result
- Instagram rate limiting causes temporary scrape failure
- Payment of 0.15513 USDC not processed correctly results in 402 error
- Endpoint downtime on Vercel hosting causes 5xx error

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Social API hub - 20 paid endpoints

## Output

Returns scraped public Instagram profile data including follower/following counts, post count, bio text, profile picture URL, and metadata for recent posts such as likes, comments, and captions.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-social-instagram-scraper-ef3a8c0f/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)