# x402 Social Intel — Instagram Post Scraper

> x402 Social Intel — Instagram Post 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 public data and metadata for a specific Instagram post via a paid social intelligence API

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-social-intel.vercel.app/api/instagram/post?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-post-scraper-fb3980fd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HdsujfRsmppywfhwE6LTY

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-post-scraper-fb3980fd -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the public data from this Instagram post — likes, comments, caption, hashtags, and who posted it? Here's the URL: https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123XYZ/

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured metadata from a specific Instagram post URL, especially in agentic workflows that require social proof, content auditing, influencer analysis, or competitive intelligence. Prefer over manual scraping or browser automation for fast, paid, reliable access with x402 micropayment support on Base mainnet.

## Known failure modes

- Post is private or deleted — returns error indicating inaccessible content
- Invalid or malformed Instagram post URL/shortcode — returns 400 bad request
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping block — returns 429 or scrape failure
- Payment not completed or insufficient USDC balance — returns 402 payment required
- Post region-restricted — may return empty or partial data

## 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 the Instagram post including caption text, like count, comment count, media URLs, posting timestamp, author username, and hashtag list extracted from the public post.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-post-scraper-fb3980fd/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)