# BlackBobs.ai Instagram Media API

> BlackBobs.ai Instagram Media API is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.065865/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-27).

Fetches Instagram media data (posts, images, videos, reels) for a given account or media object via a pay-per-call proxy

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-media-api?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.065865/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-27
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-instagram-media-api-9d512cc7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_eDcopv8k9t56xGNEf_hHt

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 blackbobs-ai-instagram-media-api-9d512cc7 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch the latest Instagram media posts and their captions, likes, and timestamps for the account @natgeo using the BlackBobs IG Media API?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-call access to Instagram media data without managing your own Meta developer app credentials. Ideal for agents that need occasional Instagram content lookups without committing to a full Instagram API integration. Prefer over direct Instagram Graph API when you want micropayment billing via USDC on Base chain.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or private Instagram account returns empty or error result
- Expired or missing API credentials cause authentication failure
- Rate limiting from underlying Instagram Graph API returns throttle error
- Non-existent media ID returns not found error
- Account with no public posts returns empty data array
- Network timeout on Vercel serverless function returns 504 error

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing Instagram media data including post IDs, media types (IMAGE, VIDEO, CAROUSEL_ALBUM), image/video URLs, captions, timestamps, and engagement metrics such as like and comment counts for the queried account or media object.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-instagram-media-api-9d512cc7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)