# Instagram Profile Scraper

> Instagram Profile Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from api.scrapeforagents.tech, paid per call via x402, $0.025/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Fetches structured public profile data (bio, follower/following counts, name, URL) for one or more Instagram usernames or profile URLs

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.scrapeforagents.tech/v1/instagram-profiles?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.025/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-profile-scraper-70b3c560
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_bvEx6ZHeACZb1ieyNoi7j

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-scraper-70b3c560 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the public Instagram profile data — bio, followers, and following count — for the accounts @natgeo, @nasa, and @nike? Cap it at 50 profiles.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured public Instagram profile metadata (bio, follower/following counts, name) for one or more known usernames or profile URLs, especially in bulk. It is pay-per-call with no charge on failed/empty runs, making it cost-efficient for batch enrichment or influencer research workflows. Prefer this over manual lookups or general-purpose web scrapers when you need a clean, typed JSON response for Instagram-specific fields.

## Known failure modes

- Private or non-existent Instagram accounts return no data for that username
- Numeric profile IDs are not supported and will not return results
- Rate limits or Instagram anti-scraping measures may cause partial results
- Malformed usernames or URLs may result in empty items array
- Network timeouts could cause the call to fail with no charge

## How this service works

Pay-per-call structured web data. Failed or empty runs are not charged.

## Output

A JSON object containing a count of returned profiles and an array of profile items, each with fields: id, url, fullName, inputUrl, username, biography, followsCount, and followersCount. Failed or empty runs are not billed.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "maxItems": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 100,
   "minimum": 0,
   "description": "Stop after this many successfully extracted profiles across all inputs. Set to 0 for no cap."
  },
  "usernames": {
   "type": "array",
   "description": "Instagram usernames, @usernames, or public profile URLs. One output row is returned per available public profile. Numeric profile IDs are not supported."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 1,
  "items": [
   {
    "id": null,
    "url": null,
    "fullName": null,
    "inputUrl": null,
    "username": null,
    "biography": null,
    "followsCount": null,
    "followersCount": null
   }
  ],
  "product": "instagram-profiles"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-profile-scraper-70b3c560/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.scrapeforagents.tech](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.scrapeforagents.tech/llms.txt)