# x402 Social Intel – Instagram Stories Scraper

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

Fetches Instagram Stories data for a given account by scraping Instagram via a paid API gateway on Base mainnet

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-social-intel.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-23c765e5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_C7wmf2qvGc2Wzzicox_rZ

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-23c765e5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch the current Instagram Stories for the account @nike and show me the media URLs and timestamps for each active story?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically access Instagram Stories content for a specific public account without an official Instagram API token, especially in agentic workflows that pay per-call via USDC on Base mainnet using the x402 protocol.

## Known failure modes

- Account is private — scraper cannot access stories without follow approval
- Account username does not exist — returns not found error
- No active stories — account has no stories currently posted
- Instagram anti-scraping blocks — temporary rate limiting or IP ban causes failure
- Payment failure on Base mainnet — USDC transaction not confirmed, request rejected
- Stale data — stories may have expired between request initiation and scraping

## How this service works

Paid social media intelligence API — TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Website scraper. All endpoints EVM-only on Base mainnet.

## Output

A list of currently active Instagram Stories for the specified account, including story media URLs, story IDs, timestamps, and associated metadata such as viewer counts or engagement signals where available.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-instagram-stories-scraper-23c765e5/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)