# Influship Instagram Profile Scraper

> Influship Instagram Profile Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from api.influship.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Fetches live Instagram profile data for a given username via real-time scraping

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.influship.com/v1/raw/instagram/profile/heavymannerslibrary
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/influship-instagram-profile-scraper-5b776054
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_U5ujryWP9EwMpzeNrHUku

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 influship-instagram-profile-scraper-5b776054
```

Example prompt: Pull the live Instagram profile data for @heavymannerslibrary — I need their follower count, bio, and post stats right now.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time Instagram profile data for a specific creator or influencer without authenticating with the Instagram API. Ideal for influencer vetting, competitive research, or enriching creator profiles with live stats.

## Known failure modes

- Instagram account is private or suspended — returns empty or error response
- Username does not exist on Instagram — 404 or empty result
- Instagram rate-limiting or blocking the scraper — service temporarily unavailable
- Payment not processed — 402 response requiring USDC payment
- Stale or incomplete data if scraping is partially blocked

## How this service works

Live Instagram scraping

## Output

Returns live-scraped Instagram profile data for the specified username, including follower count, following count, bio, post count, and other publicly visible profile metrics.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/influship-instagram-profile-scraper-5b776054/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.influship.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.influship.com/llms.txt)