# Instagram Video & Image Downloader

> Instagram Video & Image Downloader is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15981/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).

Downloads videos and images from Instagram posts given a URL or post identifier

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-video-image-downloader?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.15981/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-video-image-downloader-2e75852f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_y-sgDYGuop0HGQ3KoY00N

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-video-image-downloader-2e75852f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download the video from this Instagram post for me? Here's the link: https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123XYZ/

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or extract video and image content from public Instagram posts. Prefer this over manual downloading or browser-based tools when automating social media content archival, content moderation, or media retrieval workflows. Best suited for single Instagram post media extraction via pay-per-call without managing scrapers yourself.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible Instagram URL returns an error
- Private or restricted Instagram accounts may not be downloadable
- Deleted or expired Instagram posts return a not found error
- Rate limiting or Instagram blocking may cause failures
- Malformed input URL results in a bad request error

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing direct download URLs or file data for the video or image found in the specified Instagram post, along with any available media metadata.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-video-image-downloader-2e75852f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)