# KiteEndpoints.ai Instagram Scraper

> KiteEndpoints.ai Instagram Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from kite-endpoints.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.18/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Scrapes public Instagram profile and post data for a given account or URL

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-endpoints.vercel.app/api/instagram-scraper
- Price: $0.18/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-instagram-scraper-a7e12d00
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_bO0aKAU5kfVz8hUVwouzc

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-scraper-a7e12d00 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the public Instagram profile for @natgeo and pull their bio, follower count, and their last few posts?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need public Instagram data without access to the official Instagram Graph API, or when the official API's rate limits and approval requirements are too restrictive. Ideal for influencer research, social media monitoring, and competitive analysis tasks where you need quick, pay-per-request access to profile and post data.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted accounts return no data or an access error
- Invalid or nonexistent Instagram username returns an empty or error result
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent failures
- Vague or malformed input URL may result in no data returned
- Service may return stale cached data if Instagram changes its page structure

## 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 public Instagram profile information such as username, bio, follower count, following count, post count, profile picture URL, recent posts with captions, like/comment counts, and media URLs.

## 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-scraper-a7e12d00/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-endpoints.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-endpoints.vercel.app/llms.txt)