# Instagram Looter - Media & Data Scraper

> Instagram Looter - Media & Data Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from kite-hub-v2.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Scrapes and extracts publicly available media and data from Instagram profiles, posts, reels, or stories

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-hub-v2.vercel.app/api/instagram-looter
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-looter-media-data-scraper-178e0a7f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jIX4UFF3VkXCOYSW9Pa2f

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-media-data-scraper-178e0a7f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape all the recent posts and media from the Instagram account @natgeo — I need the image URLs, captions, and hashtags for each post?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically extract media, captions, or metadata from public Instagram profiles or posts without official Instagram API credentials. Suitable for influencer research, content aggregation, or competitive social media analysis.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram accounts return no data or an error
- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username returns empty result
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking causes timeout or failure
- Malformed input URL or username causes 400-level error
- API returns generic example response if upstream scraper is unavailable

## 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 extracted Instagram data including media URLs, post captions, hashtags, timestamps, like counts, and profile metadata from the requested Instagram account or post.

## 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-media-data-scraper-178e0a7f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-hub-v2.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-hub-v2.vercel.app/llms.txt)