Instagram API Locations Endpoint

Question

I'm trying to access the Instagram API location endpoint with the below call, but keep getting the error further below:

https://api.instagram.com/v1/locations/search/?lat=40.758895&lng=-73.985131&access_token=MY-ACCESS-TOKEN

error:

{"meta":{"error_type":"APIError","code":400,"error_message":"Endpoint temporarily unavailable; please retry shortly"}}

This has been consistent for the last 12+ hours. Is the Instagram API truly this unreliable or am I missing something? (Note: this is the lat/lon for Times Square, so I would expect locations to show up)

Have you tried here http://instagram.com/developer/api-console/? (Will do now.) Are you using `CURL` or `AJAX`? — loveNoHate, Aug 26 '14 at 15:18
I guess it is as a company with over 200 million users says: *It is not available; temporarily*. — loveNoHate, Aug 26 '14 at 15:29
AJAX. I'm using AngularJS and properly setting the callback to JSON. Just left that part out as to not complicate the question. Thanks for that link, it's definitely helpful for testing. — MattDionis, Aug 26 '14 at 15:32
Yeah, but forget it. I tried in the APIGEE console, and it throws a 500. Pasted into browser address bar = same `meta` as you. — loveNoHate, Aug 26 '14 at 15:38
Pretty disappointing for such a large company. I'll keep trying periodically. — MattDionis, Aug 26 '14 at 15:40
Yeah. Perhaps some license problems. Guess they do not own Google Maps. %)P — loveNoHate, Aug 26 '14 at 15:41
Just a heads up. I just successfully called the location search endpoint. Thankfully it looks like it's back up again! — MattDionis, Aug 28 '14 at 01:21

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 26 '14 at 16:40

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Yes, there is a problem currently affecting Instagram's API servers. First seen by my servers 20 hours ago.

Sentry graph of Instagram 400 temporarily unavailable error

answered Aug 26 '14 at 16:40

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Just a heads up. I just successfully called the location search endpoint. Thankfully it looks like it's back up again! – MattDionis Aug 28 '14 at 01:21
Broken again as of 2 hours ago. @MattDionis – uberdog Aug 28 '14 at 17:43
Now I'm getting a 503 - Service Unavailable and can't even access the API documentation. Maybe building around the Instagram API wasn't a good idea on my part. @uberdog – MattDionis Aug 28 '14 at 20:16

Instagram API Locations Endpoint

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