# BaseBuilder Social Instagram Stories Downloader (ig-downloader-stories4)

> BaseBuilder Social Instagram Stories Downloader (ig-downloader-stories4) is a paid API for AI agents from bb-social-brown.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.111965/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Downloads Instagram Stories content for a given user or story URL via a paid API endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bb-social-brown.vercel.app/api/ig-downloader-stories4
- Price: $0.111965/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-stories-downloader-ig-downloader-stories4-c54fe4b4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8xTlx-AplJ7yISa_SnG1P

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-stories-downloader-ig-downloader-stories4-c54fe4b4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download the Instagram stories from the account @natgeo so I can save the media files before they expire?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or archive Instagram Stories content, especially when you require a paid, reliable API that handles Instagram's access controls and returns direct media URLs ready for download.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or private Instagram account returns 403 or empty result
- Story has already expired (>24h) returns not found error
- Rate limiting or blocked request returns 429
- Invalid story URL format returns 400 validation error
- Payment not processed returns 402 Payment Required

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Social API hub - 20 paid endpoints

## Output

Returns downloadable media URLs or binary content for the requested Instagram stories, including video and image assets along with associated metadata such as timestamp and media type.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder-social-instagram-stories-downloader-ig-downloader-stories4-c54fe4b4/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)