Questions tagged [instagram-api]

The Instagram API enables the integration of Instagram's photos\videos content and functionality into a website, application or a device. Tag specific questions about the use of Instagram API.

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Instagram’s API uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol for simple, but effective authentication and authorization. OAuth 2.0 is much easier to use than previous schemes; developers can start using the Instagram API almost immediately. The one thing to keep in mind is that all requests to the API must be made over SSL (https:// not http://)

Official Developer Site: Link

Facebook' Instagram Graph API support: Reference

Instagram API tutorial

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Instagram oauth - error 400 matching code not found

Problem started two days ago and affected about 70% of our users. This error is not depends on IP, libraries or server configuration. Instagram ignores my requests, Facebook do too. I've tried to reset client secret, change IP and region, so…
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URL signature expired error when viewing Instagram images from Instagram API

I am getting the instagram images from instagram API. (endpoint : https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self/media/recent?access_token= ). Then I am saving the image URLs that returning from the API call in the database and use them in the front-end.…
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Instagram API for Non-Business accounts

I want to make a app for Non-Bussiness Instagram accounts. My only problem is that when I access the old Instagram API (https://www.instagram.com/developer/) they tell me to use the new Graph API, but when I go to the Instagram Graph API reference,…
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How to retrieve all images from multiple photo post on Instagram

Recently Instagram announced support for multiple photos post. I tried with endpoint, GET /media/media-id, but response has information about only one image. Anyone is able to retrieve all images from single multiple photo post using their…
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Adding a query parameter to the Instagram auth redirect_uri doesn't work?

Steps to reproduce Register a redirect_uri in the client: http://example.com/publisher/auth Direct a user to the /oauth/authorize endpoint with the redirect_uri including a query…
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How to be an Instagram sandbox user for any client in Instagram

I am building an application with Instagram login. I was able to login and fetch 20 media files as per sandbox rate-limits. Now since I want to fetch the tagged images, I have to invite users to the sandbox after which I can tag their photos and…
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instagram api return not square photos with white lines

I posted not square photo in instagram https://instagram.com/p/7M7aBoNTcM/ By instagram api using https_//api.instagram.com/v1/media/1061415553965831926_2141618404?access_token=Token tried to get all photos and I have for that image the next…
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Impossible to get an access_token for Instagram Basic Display API

I'm trying to get an access_token from Instagram to use their Basic Display API for a new app (simply display tweets on a webpage). I followed these steps: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-basic-display-api/getting-started But I'm…
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What is the new instagram json endpoint?

Instagram used to expose open data as json under the endpoint https://www.instagram.com//?__a=1. This changed over night, the endpoint is not available anymore. What is the new endpoint or what could be an alternative to this? Thanks in…
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Given a user_id, how do I find the username?

I have a list of thousands of instagram user-ids. How do I get their Instagram usernames/handles?
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How to get other pages followers count number in Instagram?

is there possibility to get other pages follower count number in Instagram? I can get only my profile followers count number, but I want to get other followers too? (for example in php) Any ideas?
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Instagram API cant find info on Private Profiles

My question is very similar to this one. The Instagram app that I am working on is in SandBox Mode In my app I first get public_content permission to get the necessary info I need. But when I am trying to get the info of a private account that the…
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How to add facebook authentication to login page when using instagram API to authenticate users?

I use instagram api in my app. Per documentation I redirect users to api.instagram.com/oauth/authorize to let the user login with their instagram account. The page the user sees is : This works fine but many instagram users use Facebook to login to…
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Why Instagram Basic Display api is not authentication solution

I want to add a 'Login with Instagram" button as a new feature to my application. After reading the docs, I understood that the new API called - 'Instagram Basic Display Api' can't be used as an authentication solution. "Data returned by the API…
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How to embedded Instagram feed into my website

I am trying to integrate the Instagram feed of the client to the website sidebar. My website stack is Bootstrap, Vanilla JS, Jquery, and Laravel. I googled and did some research. I can't find a direct way to integrate the feeds. I went through…
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