# BlackBobs.ai Instagram Profile Media Fetcher

> BlackBobs.ai Instagram Profile Media Fetcher is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.159126/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches media posts and profile media data from an Instagram account by username or profile identifier

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-profile-media
- Price: $0.159126/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-instagram-profile-media-fetcher-813bac0e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_NiLMO62EdCG61RDkWWyf4

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-profile-media-fetcher-813bac0e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the recent media posts from the Instagram profile '@natgeo' so I can see what content they've been publishing lately?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve media content from a specific Instagram profile without managing Instagram API credentials directly. It is ideal for social media monitoring, influencer research, competitor analysis, or content aggregation pipelines. Prefer this over direct Instagram Graph API calls when you want a simple pay-per-call model without OAuth setup overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram account returns empty or unauthorized response
- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username returns error or empty result
- Instagram rate limiting or platform changes may cause intermittent failures
- Malformed input object causes API to return generic error
- Account with no posts returns empty media array

## 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 structured object containing the media posts associated with the specified Instagram profile, including post URLs, thumbnails, captions, media types (image/video), timestamps, and engagement metadata such as likes and comments.

## 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-profile-media-fetcher-813bac0e/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)