# Instagram Stories Downloader

> Instagram Stories Downloader is a paid API for AI agents from sna4an-mega-v7.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.22/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-01).

Downloads Instagram Stories content (video/image) for a given Instagram user via a POST request

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://sna4an-mega-v7.vercel.app/api/ig-downloader-stories4?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.22/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-stories-downloader-eab06683
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_C9d0J8pfSR1X5qcfqW1sn

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-stories-downloader-eab06683 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download the current Instagram stories from the account @natgeo so I can save them locally?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or archive Instagram Stories content from a specific account. It is suitable for social media monitoring, content archival, or competitive intelligence workflows where stories need to be captured before the 24-hour expiry window.

## Known failure modes

- Private account — stories not accessible without authentication
- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username returns an error
- No active stories available for the given account
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking returns a 429 or proxy error
- Empty input schema may cause missing parameter errors
- Service downtime on the Vercel-hosted hub returns 5xx

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns media URLs or downloadable file links for Instagram story content (images and videos), along with any available metadata such as timestamps or story IDs.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-stories-downloader-eab06683/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from sna4an-mega-v7.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/sna4an-mega-v7.vercel.app/llms.txt)