# Instagram User Search API — fetcher.sh

> Instagram User Search 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 2026-09-14).

Search for Instagram users by keyword or name, returning matching user profiles without requiring OAuth or an Instagram account

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/search
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-user-search-api-fetcher-sh-0c8ca600
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_BfsrwDsotZvWuafexsVQw

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-search-api-fetcher-sh-0c8ca600
```

Example prompt: Search Instagram for users matching 'coffee roasters NYC' and give me a list of the top accounts you find — I want their usernames and follower counts if possible.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to search Instagram user profiles programmatically without managing OAuth tokens, Instagram developer accounts, or subscriptions. It is ideal for one-off lookups, agent workflows, influencer discovery, brand monitoring, or competitive research where pay-per-call pricing is more cost-effective than a subscription. Prefer this over the official Instagram Graph API when you don't have an approved app or need results beyond your own account's data.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for obscure or misspelled search terms
- Rate limiting or temporary blocks from Instagram's backend returning empty or error responses
- Payment failure if USDC balance or x402 credentials are insufficient
- Search query too vague returning thousands of loosely related accounts
- Instagram anti-scraping measures causing intermittent failures or stale data

## 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 Instagram user profiles matching the search query, typically including usernames, display names, profile pictures, follower counts, and account verification status — all retrieved without requiring OAuth or an Instagram account.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-user-search-api-fetcher-sh-0c8ca600/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)