# Basebuilder2 Social Instagram Scraper

> Basebuilder2 Social Instagram Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from bbx-social.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15513/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bbx-social.vercel.app/api/ig-scraper-20253
- Price: $0.15513/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-scraper-75d0ac75
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pPrbIuRYHNodDVUIBZDxy

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-scraper-75d0ac75 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the public Instagram profile for @natgeo and pull their latest posts, follower count, bio, and engagement metrics?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to extract public Instagram profile or post data programmatically without the official Instagram API, especially for competitor research, influencer vetting, or social media analytics workflows. Prefer this over official API routes when you need data without OAuth credentials or app approval.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram accounts return no data or an access error
- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username returns a not-found error
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause request failures
- Malformed input parameters return a validation error
- Temporary Instagram platform changes may break scraping selectors

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Social API hub - 20 paid endpoints

## Output

Returns scraped Instagram data including profile details (username, bio, follower count, following count, post count), recent post metadata (captions, like counts, comment counts, media URLs, timestamps), and engagement metrics for the target account or post.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder2-social-instagram-scraper-75d0ac75/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)