# KiteEndpoints.ai Instagram Scraper (Stable)

> KiteEndpoints.ai Instagram Scraper (Stable) is a paid API for AI agents from kite-hub-v3.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.19/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Scrapes public Instagram profile and post data for a given username or URL via a stable API endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-hub-v3.vercel.app/api/instagram-scraper-stable-api?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.19/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-instagram-scraper-stable-f82e8ec7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_cf44J2I_qfYB3dbPZAaKq

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-stable-f82e8ec7 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the Instagram profile for @natgeo and give me their follower count, bio, and the last few post captions?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to extract public Instagram profile or post data without access to the official Instagram Graph API, or when the official API's restrictions make it impractical. Ideal for influencer research, social media monitoring, competitor analysis, and lead enrichment workflows. Best suited for one-off or periodic lookups of individual profiles or posts rather than bulk crawls.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram account returns no data or limited data
- Invalid or non-existent username returns an error
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause timeouts or empty responses
- URL format mismatch may result in parsing failure
- Endpoint may return stale cached data if Instagram recently changed profile 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 JSON object containing public Instagram profile information such as username, full name, biography, follower count, following count, post count, profile picture URL, recent posts with captions, like counts, comment counts, and media URLs depending on what is publicly available.

## 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-stable-f82e8ec7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-hub-v3.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-hub-v3.vercel.app/llms.txt)