# StableSocial Instagram Stories

> StableSocial Instagram Stories 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).

Retrieves the current active stories for a given Instagram user by username

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stablesocial.dev/api/instagram/stories?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: MPP, x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- 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-stories-19716b72
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_mkIqqcdrCyyxTp3T3bmcJ

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-stories-19716b72 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch the current Instagram stories for the account 'natgeo' and return up to 20 results?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve active Instagram stories for a specific user by their handle, especially when building social media monitoring tools, brand tracking pipelines, or content aggregation workflows. Prefer this over manual scraping or other providers when you want a pay-per-request model with no subscription required.

## Known failure modes

- User account does not exist — returns error or empty result
- Account is private and not accessible — returns access error
- No active stories — returns empty list
- Invalid or missing handle parameter — returns validation error
- Rate limiting or platform blocking — returns service error
- Expired or invalid pagination cursor — returns cursor 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 a paginated list of Instagram stories for the specified user, including story media, metadata, and a cursor for fetching additional pages if more stories are available.

## Example request

```json
{
 "handle": "instagram"
}
```

## 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": 50,
   "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-stories-19716b72/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)