# Instagram Profile Scraper MCP

> Instagram Profile Scraper MCP is a paid API for AI agents from api.m2mcent.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Scrapes and retrieves public Instagram profile data for a given username or profile URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.m2mcent.com/instagram-profile-scraper-mcp/api/process
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-profile-scraper-mcp-1682f5af
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_indaCW0M4Le18ftk6qzbG

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-mcp-1682f5af -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the public Instagram profile for the username 'natgeo' and give me their follower count, bio, and post count?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, on-demand access to public Instagram profile metadata without maintaining your own scraping infrastructure. Ideal for influencer research, lead enrichment, competitive analysis, or social media monitoring workflows where Instagram profile data is a key input.

## Known failure modes

- Private or non-existent account returns empty or error response
- Rate limiting or Instagram blocking may cause scrape failures
- Invalid or malformed username input results in no data returned
- Recently deleted accounts may return stale or null data

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns structured public profile data from the specified Instagram account, including display name, username, bio, follower count, following count, post count, profile picture URL, and account verification status.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "payload": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "success": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-profile-scraper-mcp-1682f5af/health.json
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