# Social Intel Instagram User Profile Lookup

> Social Intel Instagram User Profile Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from socialintel.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches public profile data for a given Instagram username, enabling influencer research and lead enrichment

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://socialintel.dev/v1/user/:username
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/social-intel-instagram-user-profile-lookup-b5043d4c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8TpWaOHwQ89BbO4za4Mo_

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 social-intel-instagram-user-profile-lookup-b5043d4c
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the Instagram profile data for the account 'minimalistbaker' — I want their follower count, bio, and any business email listed?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to look up a specific Instagram user's public profile data by username, especially when you want business email and influencer metrics without a signup or subscription. Prefer this over bulk search endpoints when you already know the exact username and need a single, fast, pay-per-request profile fetch.

## Known failure modes

- Username not found — returns 404 if the Instagram account does not exist or is private
- Invalid username format — returns 400 if the username contains invalid characters or is missing
- Rate limit or payment failure — returns 402 if the x402 payment is not processed correctly
- Service unavailable — returns 503 if the upstream Instagram data source is temporarily unreachable

## Output

Returns public Instagram profile information for the specified username, including follower count, bio, engagement metrics, and business contact email if available.

## 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"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "username"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "username": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Instagram username (no @)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/social-intel-instagram-user-profile-lookup-b5043d4c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from socialintel.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/socialintel.dev/llms.txt)