# Instagram User Followings API — fetcher.sh

> Instagram User Followings API — fetcher.sh is a paid API for AI agents from instagram.fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the list of accounts that a given Instagram user is following, without requiring OAuth or an Instagram account.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/%7Bid%7D/followings
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-user-followings-api-fetcher-sh-c0b0c082
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YfwI4aQnOMN3f8_61W7a4

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-user-followings-api-fetcher-sh-c0b0c082
```

Example prompt: Can you get me the list of accounts that Instagram user ID 123456789 is following? I don't have an Instagram account set up — just pull it directly.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need Instagram followings data without setting up OAuth, managing Instagram developer credentials, or having an Instagram account. It is ideal for agents, researchers, or analysts who need programmatic access to social graph data and want to pay per call in USDC rather than commit to a subscription. Prefer this over official Instagram Graph API when you lack app review approval or need faster setup.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent user ID returns an error or empty result
- Private account followings may be inaccessible or return a restricted error
- Instagram anti-scraping measures may cause rate limiting or temporary blocks
- Insufficient payment (USDC) results in a 402 Payment Required response
- User has zero followings returns an empty list

## How this service works

Instagram (ig) data and scraping API: Profiles, posts, reels, stories, followers, hashtags, locations, and comment threads. 16 REST endpoints from $0.004 per call — no account, no OAuth, no subscription. Pay with x402 (USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana) or prepaid credits.

## Output

A list of Instagram accounts that the specified user follows, including account identifiers, usernames, display names, profile picture URLs, and possibly follower counts or verification status for each followed account.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-user-followings-api-fetcher-sh-c0b0c082/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from instagram.fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/instagram.fetcher.sh/llms.txt)