# BlackBobs.ai Instagram Scraper API

> BlackBobs.ai Instagram Scraper API is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.120126/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Scrapes public Instagram profile and post data given an Instagram username or URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-scraper-api
- Price: $0.120126/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-instagram-scraper-api-763d940e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_h5oCdEqMFrRuFFJ-SR2RS

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-scraper-api-763d940e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the public Instagram profile for @natgeo and pull back their follower count, bio, and latest post details?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically access public Instagram profile or post data without using the official Instagram Graph API (which requires OAuth and app approval). It is well-suited for competitive research, influencer analytics, journalist verification, and social listening workflows where you only need public data and want a simple pay-per-call model on Base chain.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted account returns no data or empty result
- Invalid username or URL causes a failed lookup
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent failures
- Account not found returns an error or null result
- Stale or cached data if Instagram's page structure has changed

## 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 scraped public Instagram data such as username, bio, follower count, following count, post count, profile picture URL, recent posts with captions, likes, comments, timestamps, and media URLs — all sourced from the public-facing Instagram profile.

## 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-scraper-api-763d940e/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)