# Meterly.Ai Instagram Video & Story Downloader

> Meterly.Ai Instagram Video & Story Downloader 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 Instagram videos and stories by URL or username, returning media content or direct download links

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://meterly-ai.vercel.app/api/v1/instagram-downloader-videos-stories1
- 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-video-story-downloader-4261d433
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__J6vMi1P4lUIXlZo7aL1E

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-video-story-downloader-4261d433 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download the video from this Instagram post for me? Here's the URL: https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123XYZ/

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically download or extract media from Instagram posts, reels, or stories by URL or username, especially in an autonomous agent workflow that pays per call via USDC on Base Mainnet using the x402 protocol.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram accounts return access denied or empty results
- Invalid or malformed Instagram URL returns an error
- Content removed from Instagram returns a not-found error
- Rate limiting or Instagram anti-bot measures may cause intermittent failures
- Missing required 'query' parameter returns a validation error

## 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 an object containing direct download links, media URLs, metadata (title, duration, thumbnail), and/or raw media content for the requested Instagram videos or stories.

## 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-video-story-downloader-4261d433/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)