# BlackBobs.ai Instagram Scraper (ig-scraper-20251)

> BlackBobs.ai Instagram Scraper (ig-scraper-20251) is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.0976/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Scrapes and extracts public data from Instagram profiles, posts, or content via a pay-per-call API on the Base blockchain.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-scraper-20251?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.0976/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-instagram-scraper-ig-scraper-20251-3dec2f4e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-L8kzrDjwIKGPCdR1uQDQ

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-ig-scraper-20251-3dec2f4e -d '<json body>'
```

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

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to extract public Instagram data without using the official Instagram Graph API (which requires approval and app credentials). Ideal for quick lookups of profile stats, post metadata, or content scraping for research, lead enrichment, or competitive intelligence. Best suited for pay-per-call, low-volume use cases where a micro-payment per request is acceptable.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram accounts return no data or an error
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause failures or incomplete results
- Invalid or nonexistent Instagram username returns an empty or error response
- Endpoint may return stale or cached data if Instagram's page has changed recently
- Malformed input (missing username/URL) returns a generic 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 structured object containing public Instagram profile and/or post data, which may include username, bio, follower/following counts, post count, profile picture URL, recent posts with captions, hashtags, like counts, comment counts, and media URLs — all wrapped in a `result.data` field.

## 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-ig-scraper-20251-3dec2f4e/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)