# 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 2026-10-11).

Proxies requests to a Rapid API Instagram scraper endpoint via x402 micropayment-gated gateway, returning scraped Instagram data per call for $0.01 USDC.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://quanta-roan.vercel.app/api/service/rapid-instagram-scraper29?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/quantaflow-x402-api-gateway-rapid-instagram-scraper-ef127527
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_GlPXvjwcOmNdUk93U9B0t

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-ef127527 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the Instagram profile for username 'natgeo' and give me their follower count, bio, and latest post metadata?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic access to Instagram public profile or post data and want to pay per-call via x402 USDC micropayments without a subscription. Best suited for agents operating in web3/DeFi environments that already handle x402 payments, or for low-volume one-off Instagram data lookups where a recurring RapidAPI subscription is not warranted.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure: insufficient USDC balance or x402 payment not accepted returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid Instagram username or path returns upstream 404 or empty result
- Rate limiting by the underlying RapidAPI Instagram scraper returns 429 Too Many Requests
- Private or banned Instagram account returns no data or error from upstream
- Malformed query/body parameters result in upstream API error passed through
- Instagram anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent upstream failures

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns the upstream Instagram scraper response body including profile metadata (bio, follower count, following count, post count, profile image URL) and/or post-level data (likes, comments, media URLs, captions) depending on the path queried, passed through transparently after successful $0.01 USDC x402 payment.

## 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-ef127527/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)