# BlackBobs.ai Instagram Scraper (API12)

> BlackBobs.ai Instagram Scraper (API12) is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.138473/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-28).

Scrapes public Instagram profile and post data via a third-party API proxy on the BlackBobs.ai hub

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-scraper-api12?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.138473/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-28
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-instagram-scraper-api12-447a751c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7TNW7nyUvy5zO2KTdiOAf

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-api12-447a751c -d '<json body>'
```

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

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-call access to public Instagram profile or post data without setting up your own scraping infrastructure or managing a RapidAPI subscription. It is well-suited for one-off lookups, influencer research, or social media audits where you need Instagram data on demand via a simple HTTP POST with micropayment via USDC on Base chain.

## Known failure modes

- Private or non-existent Instagram account returns empty or error result
- Rate limiting by the underlying Instagram scraping service causes failed requests
- Invalid or malformed username/URL input leads to no data returned
- Instagram anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent failures
- Schema is minimal — actual input field names are undocumented, requiring trial and 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 scraped Instagram profile and/or post data, including fields such as follower count, following count, post count, biography text, profile picture URL, and post-level metadata like likes and comments, depending on what the underlying API12 service returns for the given input.

## 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-api12-447a751c/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)