# x402 Social Intel – Instagram Reels Scraper

> x402 Social Intel – Instagram Reels 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 2026-10-12).

Scrapes and returns data about Instagram Reels for a given account or query, paid via x402 on Base mainnet

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-social-intel.vercel.app/api/instagram/reels?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-reels-scraper-11ce284e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_czqX5TuEdYBxLmV6MJsS3

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-reels-scraper-11ce284e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest 10 Instagram Reels from the account @Nike — I need the view counts, like counts, captions, and hashtags for each one.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need programmatic access to Instagram Reels data — particularly engagement metrics, captions, and video metadata — for a specific creator or keyword, especially when you need x402/crypto micropayment-based access without OAuth or Instagram API credentials.

## Known failure modes

- Private or restricted Instagram account returns no data or access error
- Invalid or non-existent username returns 404 or empty result
- Instagram rate limiting causes partial or empty response
- Payment failure on Base mainnet blocks the request
- Malformed request body returns 400 validation error
- Reel content removed or unavailable returns empty result

## 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 list of Instagram Reels with metadata including view count, like count, comment count, caption text, hashtags, video URL, thumbnail, post timestamp, and author profile info for the queried account or search term.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-reels-scraper-11ce284e/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)