# Instagram Profile Scraper (via Apify on StableApify)

> Instagram Profile Scraper (via Apify on StableApify) is a paid API for AI agents from stableapify.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Starts the Apify instagram-profile-scraper actor to extract detailed public profile information from Instagram accounts by username, ID, or URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stableapify.dev/api/actors/apify/instagram-profile-scraper/call
- Price: $0.01/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-via-apify-on-stableapify-6d6b1490
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_oU8LZ0aJevmP6XNOy-SqG

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-via-apify-on-stableapify-6d6b1490 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the Instagram profile for @natgeo and give me their follower count, bio, website, location, and join date?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically extract public Instagram profile metadata at scale without managing browser automation or Apify accounts directly. It is ideal for influencer research, lead enrichment, competitive auditing, or any workflow that needs structured Instagram profile data from one or many accounts. Prefer this over manual lookup or generic scraping tools when you need structured, reliably parsed output with pay-per-call pricing.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram accounts return limited or no data
- Invalid or non-existent usernames return empty results or errors
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause partial results
- Actor run may time out for very large batches of usernames
- Payment failure via x402 protocol prevents actor from starting

## How this service works

Start the "Instagram Profile Scraper" Apify actor (apify/instagram-profile-scraper). Scrape all Instagram profile info. Just add Instagram usernames, IDs or URLs and extract name, join date, number of followers,  location, bio, website, related…

## Output

Returns structured Instagram profile data including display name, username, follower count, following count, post count, account join date, biography text, profile location, linked website URL, and related or suggested accounts for each requested profile.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "usernames",
    "includeAboutSection"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "usernames": {
     "type": "array",
     "items": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "description": "Provide one or several Instagram user names you want to scrape the posts from. The actor will also handle user name IDs."
    },
    "includeAboutSection": {
     "type": "boolean",
     "default": false,
     "description": "This feature is for paying users only. If enabled, the scraper will extract information about the account, including date joined, country of origin, and the profile's channel information. Please beware that the country is there ONLY if the user filled in this information."
    }
   },
   "description": "Normalized actor input. See field descriptions for the simplified shape; native Apify input also accepted (passed through).",
   "additionalProperties": {}
  },
  "options": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "build": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 100,
     "minLength": 1
    },
    "memory": {
     "type": "integer",
     "maximum": 32768,
     "minimum": 128
    },
    "maxItems": {
     "type": "integer",
     "maximum": 100000,
     "minimum": 1
    }
   },
   "description": "Optional Apify run options.",
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-profile-scraper-via-apify-on-stableapify-6d6b1490/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from stableapify.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/stableapify.dev/llms.txt)