# Instagram Video & Image Downloader

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

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://coockies-ai.vercel.app/api/ig-video-image-downloader?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.15981/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-video-image-downloader-d7fb2040
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_6xfOFhg76gvPQ44NY1Nzj

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-d7fb2040 -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 retrieve downloadable media (video or image) from a public Instagram post. Prefer this over manual scraping or browser extensions when building automated workflows that need to archive, analyze, or redistribute Instagram content.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed Instagram URL returns an error
- Private or restricted Instagram account content is inaccessible
- Instagram post has been deleted or is unavailable
- Rate limiting or Instagram blocking may cause failed fetches
- Unsupported media type (e.g. Stories after expiry) may return empty result

## 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 content found in the specified Instagram post, along with associated media metadata such as media type and file format.

## 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-d7fb2040/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from coockies-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/coockies-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)