# Vibes API Hub – Instagram Looter

> Vibes API Hub – Instagram Looter is a paid API for AI agents from vibes-coral-tau.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.086237/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Scrapes and extracts public Instagram profile and post data for a given account or target

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://vibes-coral-tau.vercel.app/api/ig-looter?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.086237/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vibes-api-hub-instagram-looter-979c69dc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_J7QlbvrA8n0avxrruKKxP

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 vibes-api-hub-instagram-looter-979c69dc -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scrape the last 30 posts from the Instagram account @natgeo and give me the captions, media URLs, and like counts?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically extract public Instagram post and profile data without official Instagram API credentials or app review. Ideal for competitive research, influencer vetting, content aggregation, and social listening workflows where official API access is unavailable or too restricted.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram accounts return no data or an error
- Invalid or non-existent username returns 404 or empty result
- Instagram rate-limiting or bot detection may cause request failures
- Changes to Instagram's internal structure may break the scraper
- Incomplete data if the account has recently changed privacy settings

## How this service works

All-in-one API hub: Social Media, Jobs, Finance, Crypto, and Tools. Pay-per-call with x402 protocol on Base chain.

## Output

Returns structured data about an Instagram account including profile metadata (username, bio, follower/following counts), recent posts with media URLs, captions, timestamps, and engagement metrics (likes, comments). Data is scraped from the public-facing Instagram profile.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vibes-api-hub-instagram-looter-979c69dc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vibes-coral-tau.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vibes-coral-tau.vercel.app/llms.txt)