# Instagram Stories Scraper

> Instagram Stories Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from sna4an-sosmed-v1.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.13/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Scrapes and retrieves Instagram Stories content for a given user or query via a paid API endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://sna4an-sosmed-v1.vercel.app/api/ig-scraper-stories?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.13/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-stories-scraper-9b045512
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Jputm2fX_FZbdCJo5pCso

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-scraper-9b045512 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch the current Instagram Stories from the account 'nationalgeographic' so I can see what they've posted today?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need programmatic access to Instagram Stories content without Instagram's official API, especially for public accounts. Prefer this over official Instagram Graph API when you lack OAuth credentials or need stories from accounts you don't manage. It is well-suited for social listening, competitor research, influencer monitoring, and marketing analytics workflows where Stories data needs to be ingested automatically.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted account returns no stories or access denied error
- Invalid or non-existent username returns empty result or 404-style error
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking causes scraper failure
- Story has expired (older than 24 hours) and returns no content
- Malformed query string causes 400 bad request
- Micropayment failure on Base chain blocks the request before execution

## How this service works

126 paid social media API endpoints - TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, Finance, AI Tools &amp; more. Protected by x402 micropayments on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing Instagram Stories data for the queried account, likely including story item IDs, media URLs (images/videos), timestamps, expiry times, viewer counts if available, and associated metadata such as stickers or mentions.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-stories-scraper-9b045512/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from sna4an-sosmed-v1.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/sna4an-sosmed-v1.vercel.app/llms.txt)