Need the follower count of any Instagram account – best way with Graph API but cannot find anything. Only for business profiles. Don't want to use cURL since it just don't work correct and it's based on their HTML. Their old API is deprecated since June 2020.
Is it just me or is there nothing I can use?!
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I'm a little bit confused about how to use the Instagram Graph API. Do I need a business/creator account as well as register my app to be approved by Facebook to use the API itself? Any other requirements? My goal for the app is to be able to enter in someone's Instagram handle and able to get back some information such as name, id, profile picture, followers, as well as metrics such as engagement rate and average likes. Is that possible without needing to be approved to use it by Facebook? Is there an easy way to get that information?
I am reviewing the new Instagram Graph API and looking for a location element for the media item endpoint.
What I'm looking to achieve is a way to search a location for images posted that have locations tagged in that area or a location.
I'm looking at the media item endpoint in their reference page at:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/reference/media/
The Instagram API documentation doesn't seem to include this at present. Does anyone know if the media item will include a location element? e.g. by place name or lat/long.
Thanks
The Instagram Graph API which is from facebook api - is only for those instagram accounts which are converted to business account. In other words linked to fb business pages.
That API gives only owned data and the moderation for comments and deep insights on account posts.
The is Instagram api for your use case which is open for all accounts. You would want something like this: https://www.instagram.com/developer/endpoints/locations/
This gives all the recent media in reverse chronological based on a location id.
But there is a caveat: It needs public_content oauth scope; which Instagram has stopped issuing for new auth apps. So, if you don't have that enabled already, probably you won't be able to get that access authorised. Plus, this api is scheduled to be deprecated in 2020.
Is there any API that allow me get the newest posts same with what is displayed in the user Instagram wall?
I looked the API document, and just found the endpoint for get feed of a specify user only. I want to get the list of photos/videos that is merged from multiple user feed who the current user has followed.
Thank you in advance.
The feed API existed before, but was stopped after June 1, 2016. Probably because they want all people to use Instagram app for viewing that feed, that way Instagram can sell Ads and make money.
I am working at a agency that used to add Instagram hashtag & user feeds on websites. My old applications still work until june this year (https://www.instagram.com/developer/changelog/). Then they will need to be approved by Instagram to get out of sandbox mode.
I understand that we need an valid access token with: public_content permission scope. I read many people having their applications denied by Instagram.
When I read their permissions review (https://www.instagram.com/developer/review/) on the developer part of their site I came across this question:
My company is working with multiple clients, should I submit one app
per project? No, we do not approve apps that are created for one-off
projects (e.g. a hashtag campaign, an event, a website). You should
use a single client_id across all your integrations.
Do they approve applications that reuses its client_id for several projects? For example if I would want to develop an application/client which whole purpose would be to show one public instagram hashtag feed on websites. Would that get approved by Instagram if I reused the applications client_id over several projects?
Your use case is not approved. So your client will not get approved to "go live". You can still make these tag requests in Sandbox mode, but you will only get results from your last 20 posts. This short article explains how the Instagram API works since June 1st.
If you can work around the 20-post restriction, you can use this tool to manually generate an Instagram API token with the necessary public_content scope.
I don't think so.
I have requested public_info permission for an application simialr to yours but "DECLINED"
Try to request the permission with a good screencast video on how to use it and might be work. who knows.
Regards.
I'm making an Instagram analytics web app. I've carefully read all of the Instagram API endpoints and I can't find any way to get historical data (ie, followers over time). All I would need would be something like a date followed, attached to each follower object.
However, there are Instagram analytics sites that offer this, for example, minter.io.
https://minter.io/faq#faq-posting-1
From link above: "Minter.io provides full historical data on Instagram accounts and hashtags except for:
Accounts – List of Lost Followers
Hashtags – Reach and Exposure
In these reports the data will only be available from the date the report is first generated."
An example of this historical data, from minter.io report on my account:
At this point, I think that either:
Minter has some special arrangement with Instagram to get additional data that otherwise isn't provided through API.
I'm missing something..
I understand how this could be done by comparing user data to previous reports (like this SO question asked) but clearly Minter is doing it some other way, because that report was generated from the very first time I created a trial account with them.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Now Facebook graph API has released the Instagram Insights API which returns detailed insights of Instagram Business accounts.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/reference/user#insights
Above is for user insights, which has follower count. there are many media insights as well now available under graph API.
Details on how to consume this API is captured in the answer at: How to access Instagram feed of any user with new Graph API?