# Instagram Basic Profile Scraper

> Instagram Basic Profile Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from Scrape Creators at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Fetches the basic public profile data for a given Instagram account without requiring official API access

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mpp.orthogonal.com/scrapecreators/v1/instagram/basic-profile?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Scrape Creators
- Docs: https://docs.scrapecreators.com
- Website: https://scrapecreators.com
- Tags: social-media, tiktok, instagram, youtube, scraping, social, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrape-creators-instagram-basic-profile-scraper-5b772a21
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_B3AXU1WdWjX34fkXT5aOf

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 scrape-creators-instagram-basic-profile-scraper-5b772a21
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the basic Instagram profile info for @natgeo — I want to see their follower count, bio, and whether they're verified?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, low-cost access to Instagram public profile metadata without dealing with Meta's official API approval process. Ideal for influencer research, brand monitoring, lead enrichment, or social analytics pipelines where you need basic stats and bio data at $0.02 per call.

## Known failure modes

- Private or non-existent account returns empty result or 404-style error
- Invalid username format causes a validation error
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may result in timeout or blocked response
- Temporary Instagram outage causes upstream failure

## How this service works

Basic Profile

## Output

Returns a structured object containing the Instagram account's public profile data including display name, username, bio, follower count, following count, post count, profile picture URL, account category, and verification status.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrape-creators-instagram-basic-profile-scraper-5b772a21/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)