# x402 Social Intel – Instagram Media Scraper

> x402 Social Intel – Instagram Media 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 2026-10-11).

Fetches media posts and content data from a specified Instagram account via a paid scraping API

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://social-hub-v5.vercel.app/api/instagram/media?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-media-scraper-49e8ae6d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_B9J_ZkiYlm6rqk_xfecGn

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-media-scraper-49e8ae6d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest Instagram media posts from the account @nike — I want the post URLs, captions, and engagement numbers so I can analyze their recent content strategy.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need programmatic access to Instagram media data without the official Meta API, especially for competitive intelligence, influencer research, or content aggregation. Best suited for agents that need quick per-call lookups paid via USDC on Base mainnet with no OAuth setup required.

## Known failure modes

- Instagram account not found or is private — returns empty or error response
- Rate limiting or blocking by Instagram — scraper may fail intermittently
- Invalid or missing username input — returns validation error
- Payment not confirmed on Base mainnet — request rejected with 402
- Account has no media posts — returns empty array
- Scraper infrastructure down or Vercel cold start — timeout or 500 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 collection of Instagram media items for the requested account, including post URLs, image/video content references, captions, like/comment counts, timestamps, and associated metadata.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-media-scraper-49e8ae6d/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)