# x402 Social Intel – Instagram Comments Scraper

> x402 Social Intel – Instagram Comments Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from x402-social-intel.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Fetches and returns comments from a specified Instagram post, paid via x402 on Base mainnet

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-social-intel.vercel.app/api/instagram/comments?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-comments-scraper-87c0a64e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7QvUHj9PBV6gXgluKl-qa

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 x402-social-intel-instagram-comments-scraper-87c0a64e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull all the comments from this Instagram post — https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123xyz/ — I want to see what people are saying about it, including who posted each comment and when.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically extract public comments from a specific Instagram post and are operating in an EVM/Base mainnet payment environment using the x402 protocol. Prefer this over manual scraping or unauthenticated tools when you need structured, reliable comment data with per-call micropayment pricing.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or private Instagram post URL returns 4xx error
- Rate limiting or Instagram anti-scraping blocks may cause intermittent failures
- Post not found returns empty results or 404
- Malformed post ID causes request rejection
- Payment failure on Base mainnet blocks the request

## How this service works

Paid social media intelligence API — TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Website scraper. All endpoints EVM-only on Base mainnet.

## Output

Returns a list of comments from the specified Instagram post, each with commenter username, comment text, timestamp, like count, and reply count. Paid at $0.05 USDC per call via x402 on Base mainnet.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-comments-scraper-87c0a64e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-social-intel.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-social-intel.vercel.app/llms.txt)