# Instagram Downloader & Scraper

> Instagram Downloader & Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from coockies-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.112276/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Downloads and scrapes media content and metadata from Instagram posts, reels, or profiles via URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://coockies-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-downloader-scraper
- Price: $0.112276/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-downloader-scraper-54865784
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1-xopDUUIw0aphabq3EgD

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-downloader-scraper-54865784 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Download this Instagram reel and give me the direct video link and caption: https://www.instagram.com/reel/abc123xyz/

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or extract media and metadata from public Instagram posts, reels, or stories without using the official Instagram API. Ideal for content archiving, media downloading pipelines, or when you need captions and engagement data alongside media files.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram account returns access denied error
- Invalid or malformed Instagram URL returns error
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking causes request failure
- Deleted or expired post returns not found error
- Geographic restriction on content causes fetch failure

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns scraped data from the Instagram URL including direct download links for video or image media, post caption, engagement metrics, and other metadata associated with the post or reel

## 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/instagram-downloader-scraper-54865784/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)