# vaaya.ai: Apify Instagram Profile Lookup

> vaaya.ai: Apify Instagram Profile Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from vaaya.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-09).

Fetches public profile metadata for a given Instagram username via Apify.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://vaaya.ai/api/run/apify/instagram-profile?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-09
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vaaya-ai-apify-instagram-profile-lookup-cfda33cf
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9_wnFaZ-IkbTCp8nvUsf5

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 vaaya-ai-apify-instagram-profile-lookup-cfda33cf -d '<json body>'
```

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

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, structured public profile metadata for a specific Instagram username without building or maintaining your own Instagram scraper. Ideal for influencer research, lead enrichment, social proof validation, and competitor analysis where only a single username lookup is needed at a time.

## Known failure modes

- Username does not exist — returns empty or error response
- Private account — only limited public metadata may be returned
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking of scraper — may return partial data or timeout
- Invalid username format — validation error
- Apify service downtime — upstream error propagated

## How this service works

Apify — Public profile metadata for Instagram usernames.

## Output

Returns public Instagram profile metadata including username, full name, biography, follower count, following count, post count, profile picture URL, account type (personal/business/creator), and verification status.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vaaya-ai-apify-instagram-profile-lookup-cfda33cf/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vaaya.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vaaya.ai/llms.txt)