# KiteEndpoints.ai - Instagram Best Posts Fetcher

> KiteEndpoints.ai - Instagram Best Posts Fetcher is a paid API for AI agents from kite-endpoints.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches the best or top-performing posts from an Instagram account or topic

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-endpoints.vercel.app/api/ig-best
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-instagram-best-posts-fetcher-f4955796
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_myO4g9eS_AuBMQMjLon0E

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 kiteendpoints-ai-instagram-best-posts-fetcher-f4955796 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the best-performing posts from the Instagram account @nike so I can see what content is getting the most engagement?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to quickly retrieve the top or best-performing posts from a specific Instagram profile or topic without building your own Instagram scraping infrastructure. It is particularly useful for competitive analysis, influencer vetting, content inspiration, and social media monitoring tasks where knowing what content resonates most on Instagram is the goal.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username returns empty or error result
- Private Instagram accounts may return no accessible posts
- Rate limiting or Instagram API restrictions may return partial or no data
- Malformed request body returns generic error
- Insufficient USDC balance triggers 402 payment required response

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a structured result object containing the top/best-performing Instagram posts for the queried account or topic, likely including post metadata such as media URLs, captions, like counts, comment counts, and engagement metrics used to rank them.

## 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/kiteendpoints-ai-instagram-best-posts-fetcher-f4955796/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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