# Meterly.Ai Instagram Reels Downloader & Scraper

> Meterly.Ai Instagram Reels Downloader & Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from meterly-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Downloads and scrapes Instagram Reels content by URL, username, or search query, returning media and metadata

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://meterly-ai.vercel.app/api/v1/instagram-downloader-scraper-reels
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/meterly-ai-instagram-reels-downloader-scraper-27c1d859
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wgUeLvnZmPDu6QojXyfI_

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 meterly-ai-instagram-reels-downloader-scraper-27c1d859 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download this Instagram Reel for me — https://www.instagram.com/reels/xyz123 — and give me the video link and any metadata like likes and caption?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or scrape Instagram Reels content — by direct URL, by username, or via search query — without relying on the official Instagram API. It is ideal for content archiving, competitive research, influencer monitoring, and media extraction workflows. Pay-per-call USDC pricing via x402 makes it suitable for low-volume agent-driven use cases where you don't want a subscription commitment.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or private Instagram URL returns empty or error response
- Rate limiting or Instagram blocking the scraper may yield partial or failed results
- Private accounts require no authentication and will not be accessible
- Malformed query or missing required 'query' field returns validation error
- Instagram platform changes may break scraper compatibility temporarily

## How this service works

Pay-per-call API infrastructure for AI agents, bots, and developers. Access 95+ premium APIs with USDC payments on Base Mainnet via x402 protocol.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing Reel video download URLs, captions, like counts, view counts, author/username metadata, and other available post-level details scraped from Instagram.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "URL to process"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Maximum results to return"
      },
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Search query or input data"
      },
      "username": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Username or profile identifier"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/meterly-ai-instagram-reels-downloader-scraper-27c1d859/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from meterly-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/meterly-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)