# Instagram Basic Profile Lookup

> Instagram Basic Profile Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from x402.orthogonal.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches the basic public profile information for an Instagram user by their user ID

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.orthogonal.com/scrapecreators/v1/instagram/basic-profile
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-basic-profile-lookup-09967202
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Hfj6ZAICca7l9bsvUzYV4

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 instagram-basic-profile-lookup-09967202
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the basic Instagram profile for user ID 12345678 — I need their username, bio, and follower count?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, lightweight public profile data for a specific Instagram user by their numeric user ID. Prefer it over more expensive or complex endpoints when you only need basic account-level info (bio, counts, username) rather than posts or followers. It is well-suited for single-user lookups in enrichment pipelines, influencer vetting, or social CRM workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram user ID returns an error or empty response
- Private Instagram accounts may return limited or no profile data
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause failures
- Missing required userId query parameter results in a bad request error
- Instagram UI changes may temporarily break the scraper

## How this service works

Basic Profile

## Output

Returns the public basic profile data for the specified Instagram user, typically including username, full name, biography, profile picture URL, follower count, following count, and post count scraped from Instagram.

## 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"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "userId": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Instagram user id"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-basic-profile-lookup-09967202/health.json
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