# Coockies.ai Instagram Stories Downloader (ig-downloader-stories4)

> Coockies.ai Instagram Stories Downloader (ig-downloader-stories4) is a paid API for AI agents from coockies-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.135702/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Downloads Instagram Stories content for a given user or story URL via a pay-per-call API.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://coockies-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-downloader-stories4?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.135702/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/coockies-ai-instagram-stories-downloader-ig-downloader-stories4-ee0f437d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pbqUuM60QjGr_DLl5hDvY

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-stories-downloader-ig-downloader-stories4-ee0f437d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Download the Instagram stories from the account 'natgeo' so I can save the media files before they disappear.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or archive Instagram Stories media (video/images) via a simple pay-per-call API without managing your own scraping infrastructure. Prefer this over building custom scrapers when you need quick, on-demand story extraction with crypto micropayments via x402 on Base chain.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram accounts may return no data or an access error
- Invalid or expired story URLs return empty results
- Instagram rate limiting may cause temporary failures
- Non-existent usernames return an error or empty response
- Stories already expired (past 24-hour window) may not be retrievable

## 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 media data from Instagram stories, including URLs to video or image files and associated story metadata such as timestamps and media type.

## 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-stories-downloader-ig-downloader-stories4-ee0f437d/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)