# BaseBuilder2 Social – Instagram Media Fetch

> BaseBuilder2 Social – Instagram Media Fetch is a paid API for AI agents from bbx-social.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.152346/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches Instagram media data for a given user or post via the BaseBuilder Social API hub

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bbx-social.vercel.app/api/instagram/media
- Price: $0.152346/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder2-social-instagram-media-fetch-351b8b58
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_bUi8-P-h1Lm5WdvOz-49j

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 basebuilder2-social-instagram-media-fetch-351b8b58 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch the recent media posts from the Instagram account @natgeo, including their image URLs, captions, and engagement data?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic access to Instagram media data without managing your own Instagram API credentials or OAuth flow. It is well-suited for agents that need to analyze influencer content, monitor brand accounts, or retrieve post metadata at a per-call cost without a subscription.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username returns 404 or empty result
- Private account with no public access returns access-denied error
- Rate limiting from Instagram API causes temporary 429 errors
- Malformed media ID returns validation error
- Expired or invalid upstream credentials cause authentication failure
- Endpoint returns partial data if account has no public media

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Social API hub - 20 paid endpoints

## Output

Returns a list of Instagram media objects including media IDs, image or video URLs, captions, media types (IMAGE/VIDEO/CAROUSEL), timestamps, and engagement metrics such as like and comment counts for the requested account or post.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder2-social-instagram-media-fetch-351b8b58/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bbx-social.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bbx-social.vercel.app/llms.txt)