# StableSocial Instagram Story Highlights Scraper

> StableSocial Instagram Story Highlights 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).

Retrieves the story highlights for a given Instagram user by handle or user ID

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stablesocial.dev/api/sc/instagram/user/highlights
- 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-story-highlights-scraper-4896e00b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_aL8wPdBvlG7pNrTpipjyD

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-story-highlights-scraper-4896e00b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the story highlights from the Instagram account @natgeo so I can see what highlight collections they have?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured data about an Instagram user's story highlight collections — especially for influencer research, brand audits, or content strategy analysis. Prefer the user_id parameter over handle for faster response times. Best suited for pay-per-call agentic workflows where scraping Instagram directly is impractical.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram handle returns an error or empty result
- Private Instagram accounts may block scraping and return no data
- Rate limiting or Instagram anti-bot measures may cause failures
- Providing neither handle nor user_id results in a validation error
- Stale or deleted highlights may not appear in results

## How this service works

Scrape Creators · Instagram — Story Highlights

## Output

Returns a list of Instagram story highlight collections for the specified user, including highlight IDs, titles, cover images, and associated metadata for each highlight reel on their profile.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "handle": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Instagram handle. Use user_id for faster response times."
  },
  "user_id": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Instagram user id. Use for faster response times."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-instagram-story-highlights-scraper-4896e00b/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)