# Instagram User Reels Fetcher (fetcher.sh)

> Instagram User Reels 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).

Fetches the list of reels posted by a specific Instagram user by their user ID, without requiring OAuth or an Instagram account.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/%7Bid%7D/reels
- 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-reels-fetcher-fetcher-sh-1662c2b1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Nbkys0hCOgchkYrhSCFaD

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-reels-fetcher-fetcher-sh-1662c2b1
```

Example prompt: Pull all the reels from Instagram user ID 12345678 — I want to see their recent video content including captions and engagement stats.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve Instagram reels for a specific user without setting up OAuth, managing Instagram API credentials, or maintaining an Instagram developer app. It is ideal for one-off scraping tasks, agent workflows, or pay-as-you-go use cases where a subscription-based Instagram data provider would be overkill. Best suited for influencer research, competitive content monitoring, and content aggregation pipelines that need reel-specific data rather than full profile or post data.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent user ID returns a 404 or empty result
- Private Instagram accounts may return no reels or an access-denied response
- Insufficient USDC balance or failed x402 payment results in a 402 Payment Required error
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent 429 or 503 errors
- User has posted no reels, returning 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

Returns a collection of reel objects for the specified Instagram user, including reel IDs, video URLs, thumbnail images, captions, like/comment/view counts, timestamps, and other reel-level metadata available from Instagram's public interface.

## 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-reels-fetcher-fetcher-sh-1662c2b1/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)