# Rotary Agency — Instagram Profile Lookup

> Rotary Agency — Instagram Profile Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from rotaryagency.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches public Instagram profile data for a given username, including follower counts, engagement metrics, and account details, via pay-per-call USDC micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://rotaryagency.uk/api/instagram/profile/%7Busername%7D
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-instagram-profile-lookup-6b8bfb97
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9OSj5lyrmW6EC1YWujU8n

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 rotary-agency-instagram-profile-lookup-6b8bfb97
```

Example prompt: Pull up the Instagram profile stats for @natgeo — I want to see their follower count, engagement rate, average likes per post, and how often they post.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, structured Instagram profile metrics — especially engagement rate, posting frequency, and verification status — without managing Instagram API credentials or OAuth flows. Ideal for influencer research, competitive benchmarking, or any agent workflow requiring social profile enrichment at $0.01 per lookup with no signup required.

## Known failure modes

- Username not found or account deleted — likely returns 404 or empty profile object
- Private account — profile metrics may be unavailable or partial
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking — may result in 429 or error response
- Malformed username in URL path — returns 400 or routing error
- Stale/cached data if Instagram recently changed account details

## How this service works

AI-agent-friendly data marketplace. 206 endpoints: read any webpage, Exa semantic search, YouTube transcripts + search, dev.to, OpenAlex + PubMed scholarly search, Hacker News, Wikipedia, RSS, npm, PyPI, GitHub, arXiv, Stack Exchange, V2EX, Bilibili, plus Google Maps, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Airbnb. Pay per request with USDC via x402 — no keys, no signup.

## Output

A JSON object containing the Instagram profile's username, full name, bio, follower count, following count, total posts count, verification status, business account flag, engagement rate, average likes per post, average comments per post, and posting frequency.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "profile": "InstagramProfile — username, full_name, bio, followers, following, posts_count, is_verified, is_business, engagement_rate, avg_likes, avg_comments, posting_frequency"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-instagram-profile-lookup-6b8bfb97/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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