[instagram-api] How can I get a user's media from Instagram without authenticating as a user?

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var name = "smena8m";_x000D_
$.get("https://images"+~~(Math.random()*3333)+"-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?container=none&url=https://www.instagram.com/" + name + "/", function(html) {_x000D_
if (html) {_x000D_
    var regex = /_sharedData = ({.*);<\/script>/m,_x000D_
        json = JSON.parse(regex.exec(html)[1]),_x000D_
        edges = json.entry_data.ProfilePage[0].graphql.user.edge_owner_to_timeline_media.edges;_x000D_
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      $.each(edges, function(n, edge) {_x000D_
          var node = edge.node;_x000D_
          $('body').append(_x000D_
              $('<a/>', {_x000D_
              href: 'https://instagr.am/p/'+node.shortcode,_x000D_
              target: '_blank'_x000D_
          }).css({_x000D_
              backgroundImage: 'url(' + node.thumbnail_src + ')'_x000D_
          }));_x000D_
      });_x000D_
    }_x000D_
});
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html, body {_x000D_
  font-size: 0;_x000D_
  line-height: 0;_x000D_
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a {_x000D_
  display: inline-block;_x000D_
  width: 25%;_x000D_
  height: 0;_x000D_
  padding-bottom: 25%;_x000D_
  background: #eee 50% 50% no-repeat;_x000D_
  background-size: cover;_x000D_
}
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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
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You can download any Instagram user photo feed in JSON format using ?__a=1 next to landing page address like this. No need to get user id or register an app, no tokens, no oAuth.

min_id and max_id variables can be used for pagination, here is example

YQL may not work here inside snipped iframe, so you can always check it manually in YQL Console

APRIL 2018 UPDATE: After latest instagram updates you can't do this on client side (javascript) because custom headers for signed request can't be set with javascript due to CORS Access-Control-Allow-Headers restrictions. It still possible to do this via php or any other server side method with proper signature based on rhx_gis, csrf_token and request parameters. You can read more about it here.

JANUARY 2019 UPDATE: YQL retired, so, check my latest update with Google Image Proxy as CORS proxy for Instagram page! Then only negative moment - pagination not available with this method.

PHP solution:

    $html = file_get_contents('https://instagram.com/apple/');
    preg_match('/_sharedData = ({.*);<\/script>/', $html, $matches);
    $profile_data = json_decode($matches[1])->entry_data->ProfilePage[0]->graphql->user;