# StableSocial Instagram Post Scraper

> StableSocial Instagram Post Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from stablesocial.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches metadata and content for a given Instagram post or reel URL, with optional media download to permanent storage

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stablesocial.dev/api/sc/instagram/post
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-instagram-post-scraper-b2c6678a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_GEtojT6ZyXRDx3iafQrFq

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-instagram-post-scraper-b2c6678a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the details from this Instagram post — https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/ — including the caption, likes, and download the video so I get a permanent link back?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need pay-per-request, no-subscription access to Instagram post data without managing OAuth or Instagram API credentials. Ideal for one-off scraping, agent workflows that process Instagram URLs on demand, or when you need permanent media hosting via Supabase. Prefer over DIY scraping when you need regional proxy support or a clean JSON response without infrastructure overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or private Instagram URL returns an error or empty result
- Post has been deleted or made private since URL was captured
- Region code unsupported or proxy unavailable for specified country
- download_media incurs extra credit cost (10 credits) if media found, even on partial failures
- Rate limits or Instagram anti-scraping measures may cause transient failures
- Malformed URL input returns validation 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

Returns structured data about the Instagram post including caption text, like count, comment count, author info, timestamp, hashtags, and media URLs. If download_media is true, also returns permanent Supabase-hosted URLs for any video or images found in the post. Supports trimmed responses for reduced payload size.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "url": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Instagram post or reel URL"
  },
  "trim": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "Set to true to get a trimmed response"
  },
  "region": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "2 letter country code to set the proxy in"
  },
  "download_media": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "Set to true to download the video/images and get back permanent Supabase URLs. Costs 10 credits if media is found, 1 credit otherwise."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-instagram-post-scraper-b2c6678a/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)