# StableSocial Instagram Profile Lookup

> StableSocial Instagram Profile Lookup 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 2026-07-21).

Fetches public profile information for an Instagram user by username

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stablesocial.dev/api/instagram/profile?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: MPP, x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Last successful call: 2026-07-21
- Success rate: 96% of calls made through Zero
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 from 4 reviews
- Activations on Zero: 55
- 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-profile-88fbbc5b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_PXC4BArXKgW1BCwsJybmQ

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-profile-88fbbc5b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the Instagram profile for username 'natgeo' — I want to see their bio, follower count, and account details?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve public Instagram profile metadata for a specific user by handle, especially for influencer research, social monitoring, or enriching user records with social data. Prefer this over manual scraping or other social APIs when pay-per-request pricing fits your usage pattern and you need Instagram specifically.

## Known failure modes

- Username not found — account does not exist or has been deleted
- Private account — profile data may be restricted or unavailable
- Rate limiting or scraping block from Instagram
- Invalid or empty handle input returns validation error
- Upstream Instagram scraping failure returns 5xx or job 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 public Instagram profile data for the given username, including display name, bio, follower count, following count, post count, profile picture URL, verified status, and account type.

## Example request

```json
{
 "handle": "natgeo"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "handle": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Instagram username (without @)"
  }
 }
}
```

## 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-profile-88fbbc5b/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)