I've been trying to use this URL that apparently creates an Instagram account. However, it returns asking for my login. I thought you didn't have to have an account to register the account, no?
http://instagram.com/api/v2/push/register/?platform=XXX&device_type=XXX
Returns:
{"status":"fail","message":"login_required"}
If this is the login to Facebook, is there another API that registers using your phone number or email?
I don't think account creation is publicly supported via the API. Besides please note that:
Instagram Platform and documentation update. Apps created on or after Nov 17, 2015 will start in Sandbox Mode and function on newly updated API rate-limits and behaviors. Prior to going Live, and being able to be used by people other than the developers of the app, these apps will have to go through a new review process. Please read the API documentation or the Change Log for more details.
Any app created before Nov 17, 2015 will continue to function until June 2016. After June 2016, the app will automatically be moved to Sandbox Mode if it wasn't approved through the review process. The previous version of our documentation is still available here.
That URL is part of the login flow of the Instagram private API, the one that the Instagram App uses internally. The login flow consists of multiple requests to the Instagram API endpoints, In the recent versions it is:
# POST /api/v1/qe/sync/
# POST /api/v1/launcher/sync/
# GET /api/v1/zr/token/result/
# GET /api/v1/multiple_accounts/get_account_family/
# GET /api/v1/banyan/banyan/
# POST /api/v1/feed/reels_tray/
# POST /api/v1/feed/timeline/
# POST /api/v1/push/register/
# POST /api/v1/push/register/
# POST /api/v1/push/register/
# POST /api/v1/ads/graphql/
# GET /api/v1/media/blocked/
# GET /api/v1/news/inbox/
# GET /api/v1/loom/fetch_config/
....
with the corresponding headers, cookies and signed body/params depending on the method of the request
