# StableSocial Instagram Following

> StableSocial Instagram Following is a paid API for AI agents from StableSocial at stablesocial.dev, paid per call via MPP or x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11, last successful call 2026-07-15).

Retrieves the list of Instagram accounts that a given user follows, with pagination support

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stablesocial.dev/api/instagram/following?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: MPP, x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Last successful call: 2026-07-15
- Success rate: 100% of calls made through Zero
- Activations on Zero: 3
- Provider: StableSocial
- Docs: https://stablesocial.dev
- Website: https://stablesocial.dev
- Tags: tiktok, instagram, facebook, reddit, scraping, social, data, x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-following-00a87ea4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_WbjDWdHlwefeyExn-oMVi

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 stablesocial-following-00a87ea4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the list of accounts that Instagram user @natgeo is following — get up to 100 results per page.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve the accounts a specific Instagram user follows, especially for social graph analysis, influencer research, competitive intelligence, or audience mapping. Prefer this over manual scraping or other social data providers when you need pay-per-request pricing on Instagram following data without a subscription.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram handle returns an error or empty result
- Private account with restricted following list returns no data or access denied
- Pagination cursor mismatch or expiry causes a failed or duplicate page fetch
- Rate limiting or scraping blocks from Instagram may return partial or no data
- Missing required handle field returns a validation error
- Wallet authentication failure results in a 402 payment required or authorization error

## How this service works

Pay-per-request access to social media data from TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and LinkedIn. No auth, no subscriptions.

## Output

A paginated list of Instagram accounts that the specified user follows, including account identifiers and profile details, along with a cursor for fetching the next page of results.

## Example request

```json
{
 "handle": "natgeo",
 "max_page_size": 100
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "cursor": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Pagination cursor"
  },
  "handle": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Instagram username"
  },
  "max_page_size": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 100,
   "maximum": 9007199254740991,
   "minimum": -9007199254740991,
   "description": "Results per page"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "jobId": "clx0000000000000000000000",
  "token": "eyJ...",
  "status": "pending",
  "pollUrl": "https://stablesocial.dev/api/jobs/clx0000000000000000000000"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-following-00a87ea4/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from stablesocial.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/stablesocial.dev/llms.txt)