# QuantaFlow x402 API Gateway – Rapid Instagram Scraper

> QuantaFlow x402 API Gateway – Rapid Instagram Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from quanta-roan.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Scrapes Instagram data via a pay-per-call x402 protocol gateway proxying the Rapid Instagram Scraper upstream API

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://quanta-roan.vercel.app/api/service/rapid-instagram-scraper-20251?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/quantaflow-x402-api-gateway-rapid-instagram-scraper-52ed3d85
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KnPTxt1Oh2T_kfJj8GIOm

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 quantaflow-x402-api-gateway-rapid-instagram-scraper-52ed3d85 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the public Instagram profile for @nike and give me their follower count, bio, and recent post engagement metrics?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need pay-per-call Instagram data extraction without a long-term API subscription, especially in web3/DeFi-native agent workflows that already handle x402 micropayments. Prefer this over direct RapidAPI subscriptions when you want metered, on-demand access billed in USDC with no monthly commitment.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure: insufficient USDC balance or x402 payment header missing/invalid returns 402
- Upstream Instagram rate limit or ban causes 429 or 5xx passthrough
- Invalid path or query parameters return upstream 400 or 404
- Instagram account is private or does not exist, returning empty or error response
- Vercel cold-start latency may cause occasional timeouts
- Upstream API key expiry or quota exhaustion on the proxy side

## How this service works

Every request, a quantum of value. x402 protocol-based payment endpoint for web3/DeFi tools.

## Output

Returns the raw upstream response from the Rapid Instagram Scraper API, including profile details, post metadata, engagement stats, media URLs, and other public Instagram data depending on the path queried. Content-type is passed through as-is from the upstream service.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "body": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional JSON body forwarded to POST requests."
  },
  "path": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Path below the selected upstream origin."
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "method": {
   "enum": [
    "GET",
    "POST"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "description": "The upstream response body and content type are passed through after successful payment."
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/quantaflow-x402-api-gateway-rapid-instagram-scraper-52ed3d85/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from quanta-roan.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/quanta-roan.vercel.app/llms.txt)