# fetcher.sh Instagram User Reels

> fetcher.sh Instagram User Reels is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches the reels (short-form videos) posted by a specific Instagram user by their user ID

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/instagram/user/%7Bid%7D/reels
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-instagram-user-reels-b70708fd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_cW4G-R7x4tUvnvI1p2or0

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 fetcher-sh-instagram-user-reels-b70708fd
```

Example prompt: Pull all the reels from Instagram user ID 12345678 so I can see what content they've been posting lately.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to retrieve reel content from a specific Instagram user without setting up OAuth or Instagram API credentials. It is ideal for AI agents that need to analyze influencer content, monitor competitor social media activity, or perform content audits on Instagram profiles, especially when you want pay-per-call pricing in USDC with no subscription overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram user ID returns an empty result or 404 error
- Private Instagram accounts may return no reels if the profile is not public
- Insufficient USDC balance or payment failure results in a 402 Payment Required response
- Instagram rate limiting or scraping blocks may cause transient failures or incomplete results
- Malformed user ID format may cause a 400 Bad Request

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

A list of reels associated with the specified Instagram user, including reel metadata such as video URLs, thumbnails, captions, view counts, like counts, comment counts, and publication timestamps.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-instagram-user-reels-b70708fd/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fetcher.sh/llms.txt)