# Instagram Profile Lookup

> Instagram Profile Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from ziggylookups.thaboss216.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Fetches public profile information for an Instagram account by username

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ziggylookups.thaboss216.workers.dev/v1/instagram/profile?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-profile-lookup-4612b0d1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gvboDz26O4OS5sNQfzZHK

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-profile-lookup-4612b0d1
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the Instagram profile for the username 'natgeo' and tell me their follower count and bio?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-call access to public Instagram profile metadata without setting up your own Instagram API credentials. Best suited for one-off lookups, influencer research, or enriching records with social profile data. Note: this service runs on a free-tier hosting platform (workers.dev via pinggy.io), so reliability and uptime may be lower than enterprise-grade alternatives; prefer it for low-stakes or experimental use cases.

## Known failure modes

- Username not found — profile does not exist or has been deleted
- Private account — profile data may be limited or unavailable
- Rate limiting — too many requests in a short period
- Scraping restrictions — Instagram may block or throttle the underlying data source
- Invalid username format — non-existent or malformed username string
- Service unavailability — underlying pinggy.io-hosted infrastructure may be intermittently down

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns public Instagram profile data for the specified username, likely including fields such as follower count, following count, post count, bio/description, profile picture URL, full name, and account type (personal/business/creator).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "username"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "username": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-profile-lookup-4612b0d1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from ziggylookups.thaboss216.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/ziggylookups.thaboss216.workers.dev/llms.txt)