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No signup, no API key; a failed call is not charged.","url":"https://api.shopsocial-api.workers.dev/api/social/instagram-profile?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET"],"type":"string"},"queryParams":{"type":"object","required":["username"],"properties":{"username":{"type":"string","description":"Instagram username (with or without @) or instagram.com/<user> URL"}}}},"additionalProperties":false}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.002","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.002/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.002","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.002","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm__5JecHgzAmxnF-WiomfMn","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.002","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Fetches public Instagram profile metadata (ID, username, bio, follower/following/post counts, verified status, and more) for a given Instagram username.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you pull up the Instagram profile for @nike — I want to see their follower count, bio, whether they're verified, and any external links they have listed?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Influencer vetting before brand deal","prompt":"I'm considering partnering with @glossier for a campaign — can you check their Instagram profile and tell me their follower count, whether they're verified, what category they're listed under, and what their bio says?"},{"title":"Competitor social media benchmarking","prompt":"Pull the Instagram profile stats for @adidas and @puma so I can compare their follower counts, post counts, and whether both accounts are verified business profiles."},{"title":"Checking if a username is taken or private","prompt":"Is the Instagram account @morningbloomcoffee real and public? If it exists, what's the full name on the account and how many followers do they have?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object with the Instagram account's numeric ID, username, full name, biography text, external URL, bio links, follower count, following count, post count, reel count, highlight count, profile picture URL, and boolean flags for verified, private, and business status, plus the account category if set. Returns 404 for unknown usernames, 503 if Instagram throttles the anonymous request (not charged), and 502 for certain business profiles that trigger an Instagram-side error.","failureModes":["503 Service Unavailable – Instagram throttled the anonymous request; call is not charged and can be retried","502 Bad Gateway – Instagram returned an error for certain business profiles","404 Not Found – username does not exist on Instagram","Rate limiting may cause intermittent failures during high-traffic periods"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need structured Instagram profile metadata (follower counts, bio, verification status, business flags) for a specific known username without requiring Instagram API credentials or OAuth. Ideal for lightweight profile lookups, influencer research, and competitor monitoring where you have a username in hand. Prefer alternatives if you need to search for accounts by keyword (no search capability here), need posts/media content (a sibling endpoint covers that), or need guaranteed uptime rather than best-effort anonymous access.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-27T19:58:41.728Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"sitecheck-shop-social-instagram-profile-lookup-e400d86e"}