# x402 Social Intel — Instagram Media Scraper

> x402 Social Intel — Instagram Media Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from x402-social-hub.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Fetches and returns media data from a given Instagram profile or post URL, paid per-call via x402 on Base mainnet.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-social-hub.vercel.app/api/instagram/media?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-media-scraper-972972f1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wLmPhJ1lQuP5-iohsueqi

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-972972f1 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest Instagram media posts from the account @natgeo — I want captions, like counts, comment counts, and image URLs for their recent content.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, paid-per-call access to Instagram media data without managing your own scraping infrastructure. Particularly useful for AI agents needing social media intelligence on Base mainnet via x402 micropayments, with no API key setup required beyond EVM wallet funding.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram account — returns access error or empty result
- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username — returns 404 or error payload
- Payment failure on Base mainnet — request rejected before scraping occurs
- Rate limiting or Instagram anti-scraping measures — returns timeout or partial data
- Malformed POST body — returns 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 structured data about Instagram media posts including image/video URLs, captions, engagement metrics (likes, comments), post timestamps, and media type for the requested profile or post.

## 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-972972f1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-social-hub.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-social-hub.vercel.app/llms.txt)