# Instagram Looter API

> Instagram Looter API is a paid API for AI agents from kite-hub-v3.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-03).

Extracts and downloads public Instagram content (posts, reels, stories, profile data) by username or URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-hub-v3.vercel.app/api/instagram-looter?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-03
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-looter-api-243603d5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Q-_fpK-iI1BQQ3Ka7Qulf

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-looter-api-243603d5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the recent posts and media URLs from the Instagram account @natgeo so I can archive their latest content?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically extract public Instagram content — posts, reels, stories, or profile metadata — without managing your own scraping infrastructure. Best suited for one-off or low-frequency data pulls where a pay-per-request model ($0.05 USDC) is more cost-effective than maintaining a dedicated scraping solution. Prefer this over building custom scrapers when you need quick access to Instagram data for influencer research, content archiving, or competitive analysis.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted account returns empty or error result
- Invalid Instagram username or URL causes 400-level error
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking returns failure or partial data
- Account not found returns null result
- Reels or stories may not be available if account has restricted content
- Generic error wrapping with minimal detail due to opaque response schema

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a structured object containing extracted Instagram data such as media URLs (images/videos), post captions, like counts, timestamps, follower/following counts, bio text, and profile metadata depending on the target content type requested.

## 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-looter-api-243603d5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-hub-v3.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-hub-v3.vercel.app/llms.txt)