# Instagram User Posts Fetcher — fetcher.sh

> Instagram User Posts Fetcher — 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).

Retrieves the recent posts for a given Instagram user by their user ID without requiring OAuth or an Instagram account

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/%7Bid%7D/posts
- 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-posts-fetcher-fetcher-sh-e1f33627
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_PFX_3yiWWkI1JKfDDlUZy

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-posts-fetcher-fetcher-sh-e1f33627
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the recent posts for Instagram user ID 12345678 so I can see what they've been sharing lately?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve Instagram posts for a specific user without setting up OAuth, an Instagram developer account, or a subscription. Ideal for one-off or low-volume data pulls where pay-per-call pricing is more cost-effective than a monthly plan. Best suited for agents that need Instagram post data on demand without credential management overhead.

## Known failure modes

- User ID not found or account does not exist — returns 404 or empty result
- Private account — posts may not be accessible without follow approval
- Rate limiting or scraping block from Instagram — returns error or empty data
- Invalid user ID format — returns validation error
- Payment failure via x402 — call not executed

## 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

Returns a list of recent Instagram posts for the specified user, including post media URLs, captions, timestamps, like/comment counts, and post metadata such as type (photo, reel, carousel).

## 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-posts-fetcher-fetcher-sh-e1f33627/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)