# Coockies.ai Instagram Scraper (ig-scraper29)

> Coockies.ai Instagram Scraper (ig-scraper29) is a paid API for AI agents from coockies-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.168498/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Scrapes and extracts publicly available data from Instagram profiles, posts, or related content via a pay-per-call API

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://coockies-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-scraper29?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.168498/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/coockies-ai-instagram-scraper-ig-scraper29-32403ba0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_af_98CYGiYAqtMYXe6uHz

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 coockies-ai-instagram-scraper-ig-scraper29-32403ba0 -d '<json body>'
```

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

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic access to public Instagram profile or post data without managing your own scraping infrastructure. It is well-suited for influencer research, competitor monitoring, brand analytics, or social media enrichment workflows where Instagram's official API is unavailable or too restrictive. Best used when quick, pay-per-call access is preferred over maintaining a dedicated scraping setup.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram account returns no data or empty result
- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username causes lookup failure
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent failures
- Malformed input (missing username or URL) returns an error or empty response
- Instagram UI changes may temporarily break scraper logic

## 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 or post data, which may include username, biography, follower/following counts, post count, profile image URL, recent media metadata, and engagement metrics — all sourced from publicly accessible Instagram pages.

## 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/coockies-ai-instagram-scraper-ig-scraper29-32403ba0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from coockies-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/coockies-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)