# BlackBobs.ai Instagram Video & Story Downloader

> BlackBobs.ai Instagram Video & Story Downloader is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1279/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Downloads videos and stories from Instagram by extracting direct media URLs for a given post or story link

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-downloader-videos-stories
- Price: $0.1279/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-video-story-downloader-39f96432
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EyH9ILHbRHlLYEwf_-G6R

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-video-story-downloader-39f96432 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download the video from this Instagram post for me? Here's the link: https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123xyz/

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically extract direct download links from Instagram posts, reels, or stories without managing Instagram login sessions yourself. Ideal for content archiving pipelines, social media monitoring tools, or user-facing download utilities that need a pay-per-call model with no subscription overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed Instagram URL returns an error result
- Private or restricted account media is inaccessible and returns no download link
- Deleted or expired story content returns empty or null data
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking may cause intermittent failures
- Story links may expire quickly, causing stale-link errors if called too late

## 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 direct media URLs, download links for the video or story content, and associated metadata such as thumbnail, duration, or media type extracted from the given Instagram URL.

## 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-video-story-downloader-39f96432/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)