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How to use Instagram API Scraper from your AI agent
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An automation tool your agent can run. It takes inputs such as Instagram URLs or usernames, What to scrape and Max results per URL, and returns its results to your agent. One prepaid apifare balance pays for this and every other capability your agent uses — under per-agent caps, a kill switch, and a signed receipt for every call.
What you need
An apifare key with credits. That's it: get a key (new accounts start with 500 free credits), connect your agent with its setup guide, and ask it to run Instagram API Scraper.
Inputs it takes
| field | what it sets | example |
|---|---|---|
directUrls required | Instagram URLs or usernames | |
resultsType | What to scrape | "posts" |
resultsLimit | Max results per URL | 10 |
onlyPostsNewerThan | Only items newer than | |
addParentData | Attach parent (source) metadata | |
search | Search query (optional) |
Your agent fills these in from what you ask; you rarely need to name them.
Price
Reserve 5 credits per run, settled to the run's true cost (ceiling 20 credits; 1 credit = $0.01). Failed runs are refunded. The exact billed number always comes from /capabilities.
Run it
Once your agent is connected, ask it:
Use apifare to run "Instagram API Scraper" for me.Your agent finds it with search_apis and runs it with proxy_call (in apifare-mcp). Over HTTP: GET /v1/search?q=… with Authorization: Bearer <token>, then POST the result's proxy_route with the input JSON. Full reference: the docs · for agents: this page as Markdown.
Give this to your agent
set up https://apifare.com/SKILL.md — and it takes it from there: key, config, first call. $5 of calls free.
No agent open right now? ① Get a key — $5 of calls free ② give it to your agent (one config line)
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