Using PHP simple dom parser with instagram

Question

I'm trying to make a little tool which scrape the pictures of an instagram account using PHP simple dom parser.

However when I try to extract content using the parser I get a blank page. Is there anyway to make it work with instagram ?

require 'simplehtmldom_1_5/simple_html_dom.php'; 


// Create DOM from URL or file
$html = file_get_html('https://www.instagram.com/techcrunch/');

// Find all images 
foreach($html->find('img') as $element) 
   echo $element->src . '<br>';

Possible duplicate of [Instagram public RSS feed](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14747870/instagram-public-rss-feed) — CarlosCarucce, May 23 '16 at 16:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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If you look at the source of https://www.instagram.com/techcrunch/ you'll see that it has no <img> tags in it. These are created later by JavaScript.

Using the official instagram APIs might be a better option.

There are alternatives, but they are a bit hackish and may stop working at any time.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered May 23 '16 at 16:24

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