# Instagram Downloader & Scraper

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

Downloads and scrapes content (videos, images, metadata) from Instagram posts, reels, or profiles via a provided URL or identifier.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-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-dcabcbf7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KFDBMDl3yYxk5mQ136cvh

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-dcabcbf7 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download the video from this Instagram reel and give me a direct link to it? Here's the URL: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ABC123xyz/

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download Instagram media (videos, images, carousels) or extract post metadata from public Instagram URLs without needing the official Instagram API or developer credentials. Ideal for content archiving, repurposing social media content, or building analytics pipelines around Instagram data.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted account — endpoint cannot access private content without authentication
- Invalid or malformed Instagram URL — returns error or empty result
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking — scraper may be temporarily blocked
- Deleted or unavailable post — content no longer exists at the given URL
- Region-restricted content — may be inaccessible depending on server location

## 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 download URLs (direct links to video or image files), post metadata such as captions, like/comment counts, author information, and any other scraped data from the target Instagram content.

## 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-dcabcbf7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)