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.
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For example, let’s say I wanted to create my own Instagram API (I’m aware Instagram has an API but let’s imagine they didn’t and I wanted to make my own for them). Could I make one to post, like photos, DM, etc? Or does Instagram themselves need to make an API to allow me to access these functionality and commands?
You can certainly make one but you could be in violation of the service's Terms of Service (ToS). If you violate the ToS, the service could shut down your access.
In the scenario where someone publishes an unofficial SDK, it can be taken down under DCMA. For example, such a private Instagram API was made and published on GitHub before Facebook filed a DCMA claim with GitHub to have it taken down:
Facebook DCMA Takedown Request:
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/01/2020-01-22-facebook.md
Discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22209892
Here's an excerpt from the Takedown Request:
Instagram-API repository (and its forks) offers a tool expressly designed to circumvent the Company’s effective access controls and protection measures by avoiding, bypassing, removing, deactivating, or impairing the Company’s technological measures without the authority of the copyright owners or the Company. Mgp25’s Instagram-API is designed to emulate the official Instagram mobile app when communicating with Instagram’s servers, which allows users of mgp25’s Instagram-API to send and receive data (including receiving legitimate, copyrighted posts by Instagram’s users) through Instagram’s private API. Mgp25’s Instagram-API also permits other types of access to, and collection of, Instagram’s users’ copyrighted works in manners that exceed the scope of access and functionality that would be permitted by a user with a legitimate, authorized Instagram account.
I am learning React Native by creating a clone of Instagram (Strictly Local Development). I want to use the Instagram API to get some real time data for my app. I tried registering as Instagram Developer but its asking me for the website and policy page of the website, which I don't have. Is it possible to use Instagram API for learning purpose, if so can you give me the steps for ding it??
Yes, you can. I think you're already in the right way. All you need to do is just integrate things up and follow all the steps in the Instagram Developer website.
You are not required to have policy page or anything to use the sandbox, but you will need it later on if you want to use the API in the production state of your app.
You will need to create an app in the developer site, and generate your access token. Then, add a sandbox user (your Instagram account) and start to use the User Endpoint to retrieve your user data (such as your bio, follower count, etc.) and media (this is what you want, your Instagram post feed).
Hope this helps.
I am trying to collect all media that use a specific hashtag from Instagram to run a hashtag contest for an event.
I have tried the Instagram API and I can collect the media through it, while in sandbox mode, but only the public ones. I want to be able to collect also those belonging to PRIVATE users that I already follow.
If my application passes the review process, will I be able to see the media that people I follow have posted? (like on the official Instagram APP?) Has the review process indeed paused due to the latest news?
Is there any 3rd party APP that has already been reviewed or any other solution that allows me to access the private data?
I just want to check for media that use a specific hashtag every 15-60 seconds and save them to a database based on submission time.
Edit: Another option would be to publish a minimal application that only reads the users' self media. This way everyone who participates would need to provide access to my Application and then I would be able to verify if they have posted using the hashtag.
My main concerns are:
Are applications requiring only the basic scope reviewed?
Can an application like this pass review? In the API terms it states they do not accept apps for one-off projects (like a campaign)*
Instagram is not accepting any new apps that use the public_content permission for review. So you won't be able to get your app out of Sandbox mode if you are using that permission. There are a few 3rd party apps that have been granted permission for that, but even they will stop working when the public_content permission is deprecated in December 2018.
As per https://instagram.com/developer and https://www.instagram.com/developer/changelog
Another option would be to use something like the hashtag campaign feature from SnapWidget that could be used to create a contest.
I'm building a site which wants to display recent Instagram images in a carousel, grabbed from a specific geotagged location. I have everything ready to go, but I just can't figure out how to get the data.
I'm using node.js and I want to grab the image URLs server-side and give them to the client for them to make the requests to Instagram to fetch the images. If this hits rate limits or violates Instagram policy then I'll simply cache the images server-side instead. Either way, I have no idea how to get the data I need from Instagram.
The furthest I've got is manually getting an access token using this URL: https://www.instagram.com/oauth/authorize/?client_id=123456&redirect_uri=http://localhost&response_type=token&scope=public_content
Then using that access token I tried the following request in Postman:
https://api.instagram.com/v1/locations/226170293/media/recent?access_token=123456
But it returns the following:
{"pagination": {}, "data": [], "meta": {"code": 200}}
After Googling around a bit, I figured maybe it's because my Instagram app is in sandbox mode. So I went about applying for full access. The request form presents these options:
Which use case best describes your Instagram integration?
I want to install a third party widget to show Instagram content on my website.
I want to display hashtag content and public content on my website.
I want to display my Instagram posts on my website.
I want to build analytics for my own Instagram account.
My app is still in development and/or is a test app.
My app allows non-business users to login and post comments, likes or follow actions.
My app allows people to login with Instagram and share their own content.
My product helps brands and advertisers understand, manage their audience and media rights.
My product helps broadcasters and publishers discover content, get digital rights to media, and share media with proper attribution.
Other
My requirement falls under the second option, but after selecting it, I'm told:
This use case is not supported. We do not approve the public_content permission for one-off projects such as displaying hashtag based content on your website. As alternative solution, you can show your own Instagram content, or find a company that offers this type of service (content discover, moderation, and display).
And actually, selecting any option apart from the 3 options above "Other" presents a message stating it's not allowed. Even selecting "Other" shows:
We do not accept submissions for integrations that do not fall into one of the approved use cases.
Talk about terrible UX.
I'm seriously considering just scraping the URLs instead, but I'm betting that's definitely against Instagram policy, but what other choice do I have? All I want to do is display some images on a website...
Think I have it thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/a/40527149/1864403.
https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/226170293/?__a=1
No idea how people can find this out other than word-of-mouth.
My company has different websites for different customers, each of them using instagram API to retrieve pictures from customer's instagram account.
I have tried to register different instagram clients but it has been rejected because 'We don't approve multiple submissions for the same company. Please consolidate all your integrations under a single client_id.'
How one would solve this problem ? An instagram client has its own website url, privacy policy url and redirect_url which obviously can't be shared between different websites.
It sounds like you are trying to get your client approved to "go live"... does it meet one of their only three acceptable use cases (since June 1st 2016)?
“My app allows people to login with Instagram and share their own
content”
“My product helps brands and advertisers understand, manage
their audience and media rights.”
“My product helps broadcasters and
publishers discover content, get digital rights to media, and share
media with proper attribution.”
If your use case doesn't fit their new agenda you will never get it approved to go live no matter how consolidated it is. Your only other option is to stay in Sandbox mode. First read about the limitations of Sandbox mode and if these are acceptable, then you don't have to worry about submission process at all. Just create multiple API clients and leave them in Sandbox mode forever. But if you're doing anything besides showing a few recent photos on your customer's sites, Sandbox mode probably won't cut it for you and you may be out of luck.