# x402 Social Intel – Instagram Stories Scraper

> x402 Social Intel – Instagram Stories 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 2026-10-09).

Fetches and returns Instagram Stories data for a given account via a paid API using x402/USDC micropayments on Base mainnet

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-social-hub.vercel.app/api/instagram/stories?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-09
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-stories-scraper-11cbc60c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jpsYy2rEsfM7-Sh5E9sxt

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-stories-scraper-11cbc60c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the current Instagram stories from the account @glossier so I can see what they're posting today — I need the media URLs and any available metadata like timestamps.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically fetch Instagram Stories content from a specific account and can pay per-call in USDC on Base mainnet via the x402 protocol; ideal for social media monitoring, competitor intelligence, or influencer research workflows that require fresh story data on demand.

## Known failure modes

- Account is private or does not exist — returns error or empty result
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-scraping block — returns 429 or upstream error
- Payment not accepted on Base mainnet — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid or missing Instagram username in request body — returns 400 Bad Request
- Stories have expired or account has no active stories — returns empty dataset
- x402 payment header missing or malformed — returns 402

## 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 Stories data for the requested account, including story media URLs, timestamps, and available metadata such as views or engagement indicators.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-stories-scraper-11cbc60c/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)