# x402 Social Intel — Instagram Profile Scraper

> x402 Social Intel — Instagram Profile 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 2026-09-14).

Fetches public Instagram profile data (bio, follower counts, posts, etc.) for a given username via a pay-per-call API on Base mainnet.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://social-hub-v5.vercel.app/api/instagram/profile
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-profile-scraper-f0865579
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_WqwD39U9bJUCC6_X66GM7

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-profile-scraper-f0865579 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the public Instagram profile data for @nike — I want their follower count, bio, post count, and any other stats you can grab.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-call access to public Instagram profile data without managing OAuth credentials or Instagram's official API quota. Ideal for agent workflows that need ad-hoc profile lookups, influencer research, or competitive benchmarking at $0.05 per call billed in USDC on Base mainnet.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted account returns limited or no data
- Invalid or non-existent username returns 404 or error response
- Rate limiting or Instagram anti-scrape measures may cause intermittent failures
- Payment failure on Base mainnet results in 402 error and no data returned
- Stale or cached data may not reflect the most recent profile changes

## 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 public Instagram profile data including username, display name, bio, follower count, following count, post count, profile picture URL, verification status, and other publicly available account metadata.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-profile-scraper-f0865579/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)