# x402 Social Intel – Instagram Comments Scraper

> x402 Social Intel – Instagram Comments Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from social-hub-v5.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Fetches and returns comments from a specified Instagram post via a paid API using EVM-based micropayments on Base mainnet.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://social-hub-v5.vercel.app/api/instagram/comments
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-comments-scraper-8eb259eb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8EpCWgfsOOtLdWDKgLARz

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-8eb259eb -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull all the comments from this Instagram post — https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/ — I want to see what people are saying, including their usernames and timestamps.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic access to Instagram post comments at low cost ($0.05 USDC per call) using EVM-based micropayments on Base mainnet. It is ideal for agents that need real-time social intelligence without managing OAuth credentials or Instagram API quotas. Prefer it over official Instagram APIs when you need scraping-level access to public comment data without platform approval gates.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or private Instagram post URL returns an error or empty result
- Rate limiting or Instagram anti-scraping blocks may cause intermittent failures
- Post deleted or inaccessible at scrape time returns empty or 404-like response
- Insufficient USDC balance or failed EVM payment results in 402 Payment Required
- Malformed post ID causes a parsing or validation error

## 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 structured list of comments from the specified Instagram post, each including the commenter's username, comment text, timestamp, number of likes on the comment, and reply count. May also include pagination metadata if the post has many comments.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-comments-scraper-8eb259eb/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from social-hub-v5.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/social-hub-v5.vercel.app/llms.txt)