How can I get a user s media from Instagram without authenticating as a user

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I m trying to put a user s recent Instagram media on a sidebar  I m trying to use the Instagram API to fetch the media   http   instagram com developer endpoints users   The documentation says to GET https   api instagram com v1 users  lt user-id gt  media recent   but it says to pass an OAuth access token  An access token represents the authorization to act on behalf of a user  I don t want users to log into Instagram to see this on the sidebar  They shouldn t even need to have an Instagram account   For instance  I can go to http   instagram com thebrainscoop without being logged into Instagram and see photos  I want to do that through the API   In the Instagram API  non-user-authenticated requests pass a client id instead of an access token  If I try that  though  I get        meta         error type   OAuthParameterException        code  400       error message     access token   URL parameter missing  This OAuth request requires an   access token   URL parameter           So  is this not possible  Is there no way to fetch a user s latest  public  media without asking a user to log into an Instagram account through OAuth first

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I was able to get the most recent media of a user using the following API without authentication (including the description, likes, comments count).

https://www.instagram.com/apple/?__a=1

E.g.

https://www.instagram.com/{username}/?__a=1

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You can use this API to retrieve public info of the instagram user  https   api lityapp com instagrams thebrainscoop limit 2  edit  broken malware link on Feb 2021  If you don t set the limit parameter  the posts are limited at 12 by default This api was made in SpringBoot with HtmlUnit as you can see in the code  public JSONObject getPublicInstagramByUserName String userName  Integer limit        String html      WebClient webClient   new WebClient         try           webClient getOptions   setCssEnabled false           webClient getOptions   setJavaScriptEnabled false           webClient getOptions   setThrowExceptionOnScriptError false           webClient getCookieManager   setCookiesEnabled true            Page page   webClient getPage  quot https   www instagram com  quot    userName           WebResponse response   page getWebResponse             html   response getContentAsString          catch  Exception ex            ex printStackTrace             throw new RuntimeException  quot Ocorreu um erro no Instagram quot               String prefix    quot static bundles es6 ProfilePageContainer js quot       String suffix    quot   quot  quot       String script   html substring html indexOf prefix         script   script substring 0  script indexOf suffix         try           Page page   webClient getPage  quot https   www instagram com  quot    script           WebResponse response   page getWebResponse             script   response getContentAsString          catch  Exception ex            ex printStackTrace             throw new RuntimeException  quot Ocorreu um erro no Instagram quot               prefix    quot l pagination  queryId   quot  quot        String queryHash   script substring script indexOf prefix    prefix length          queryHash   queryHash substring 0  queryHash indexOf suffix        prefix    quot  lt script type   quot text javascript  quot  gt window  sharedData    quot       suffix    quot   lt  script gt  quot       html   html substring html indexOf prefix    prefix length         html   html substring 0  html indexOf suffix         JSONObject json   new JSONObject html       JSONObject entryData   json getJSONObject  quot entry data quot        JSONObject profilePage    JSONObject  entryData getJSONArray  quot ProfilePage quot   get 0       JSONObject graphql   profilePage getJSONObject  quot graphql quot        JSONObject user   graphql getJSONObject  quot user quot        JSONObject response   new JSONObject         response put  quot id quot   user getString  quot id quot         response put  quot username quot   user getString  quot username quot         response put  quot fullName quot   user getString  quot full name quot         response put  quot followedBy quot   user getJSONObject  quot edge followed by quot   getLong  quot count quot         response put  quot following quot   user getJSONObject  quot edge follow quot   getLong  quot count quot         response put  quot isBusinessAccount quot   user getBoolean  quot is business account quot         response put  quot photoUrl quot   user getString  quot profile pic url quot         response put  quot photoUrlHD quot   user getString  quot profile pic url hd quot          JSONObject edgeOwnerToTimelineMedia   user getJSONObject  quot edge owner to timeline media quot        JSONArray posts   new JSONArray         try           loadPublicInstagramPosts webClient  queryHash  user getString  quot id quot    posts  edgeOwnerToTimelineMedia  limit    null   12   limit         catch  Exception ex            ex printStackTrace             throw new RuntimeException  quot Voc   fez muitas chamadas  tente mais tarde quot               response put  quot posts quot   posts        return response     private void loadPublicInstagramPosts WebClient webClient  String queryHash  String userId  JSONArray posts  JSONObject edgeOwnerToTimelineMedia  Integer limit  throws IOException       JSONArray edges   edgeOwnerToTimelineMedia getJSONArray  quot edges quot         for  Object elem   edges            if  limit    null  amp  amp  posts length      limit                return                     JSONObject node     JSONObject  elem  getJSONObject  quot node quot             if  node getBoolean  quot is video quot                  continue                     JSONObject post   new JSONObject             post put  quot id quot   node getString  quot id quot             post put  quot shortcode quot   node getString  quot shortcode quot              JSONArray captionEdges   node getJSONObject  quot edge media to caption quot   getJSONArray  quot edges quot             if  captionEdges length    gt  0                JSONObject captionNode     JSONObject  captionEdges get 0   getJSONObject  quot node quot                 post put  quot caption quot   captionNode getString  quot text quot               else               post put  quot caption quot    Object  null                      post put  quot photoUrl quot   node getString  quot display url quot              JSONObject dimensions   node getJSONObject  quot dimensions quot             post put  quot photoWidth quot   dimensions getLong  quot width quot             post put  quot photoHeight quot   dimensions getLong  quot height quot              JSONArray thumbnailResources   node getJSONArray  quot thumbnail resources quot            JSONArray thumbnails   new JSONArray             for  Object elem2   thumbnailResources                JSONObject obj    JSONObject  elem2              JSONObject thumbnail   new JSONObject                 thumbnail put  quot photoUrl quot   obj getString  quot src quot                 thumbnail put  quot photoWidth quot   obj getLong  quot config width quot                 thumbnail put  quot photoHeight quot   obj getLong  quot config height quot                 thumbnails put thumbnail                      post put  quot thumbnails quot   thumbnails           posts put post              JSONObject pageInfo   edgeOwnerToTimelineMedia getJSONObject  quot page info quot         if   pageInfo getBoolean  quot has next page quot              return             String endCursor   pageInfo getString  quot end cursor quot        String variables    quot    quot id  quot    quot  quot    userId    quot   quot    quot first  quot  12   quot after  quot    quot  quot    endCursor    quot   quot   quot        String url    quot https   www instagram com graphql query  query hash  quot    queryHash    quot  amp variables  quot    URLEncoder encode variables   quot UTF-8 quot        Page page   webClient getPage url       WebResponse response   page getWebResponse        String content   response getContentAsString        JSONObject json   new JSONObject content        loadPublicInstagramPosts webClient  queryHash  userId  posts  json getJSONObject  quot data quot   getJSONObject  quot user quot   getJSONObject  quot edge owner to timeline media quot    limit       It s an example of response       quot id quot    quot 290482318 quot      quot username quot    quot thebrainscoop quot      quot fullName quot    quot Official Fan Page quot      quot followedBy quot   1023     quot following quot   6     quot isBusinessAccount quot   false     quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp 447ffd0262082f373acf3d467435f130 5C709C77 t51 2885-19 11351770 612904665516559 678168252 a jpg quot      quot photoUrlHD quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp 447ffd0262082f373acf3d467435f130 5C709C77 t51 2885-19 11351770 612904665516559 678168252 a jpg quot      quot posts quot                  quot id quot    quot 1430331382090378714 quot          quot shortcode quot    quot BPZjtBUly3a quot          quot caption quot    quot If I have any active followers anymore  hello  I m Brianna  and I created this account when I was just 12 years old to show my love for The Brain Scoop  I m now nearly finished high school  and just rediscovered it  I just wanted to see if anyone is still active on here  and also correct some of my past mistakes - being a child at the time  I didn t realise I had to credit artists for their work  so I m going to try to correct that post haste  Also  the font in my bio is horrendous  Why d I think that was a good idea  Anyway  this is a beautiful artwork of the long-tailed pangolin by  chelsealinaeve   Check her out  quot          quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp ab823331376ca46136457f4654bf2880 5CAD48E4 t51 2885-15 e35 16110915 400942200241213 3503127351280009216 n jpg quot          quot photoWidth quot   640         quot photoHeight quot   457         quot thumbnails quot                          quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp 43b195566d0ef2ad5f4663ff76d62d23 5C76D756 t51 2885-15 e35 c91 0 457 457 s150x150 16110915 400942200241213 3503127351280009216 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   150             quot photoHeight quot   150                                 quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp ae39043a7ac050c56d741d8b4355c185 5C93971C t51 2885-15 e35 c91 0 457 457 s240x240 16110915 400942200241213 3503127351280009216 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   240             quot photoHeight quot   240                                 quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp ae7a22d09e3ef98d0a6bbf31d621a3b7 5CACBBA6 t51 2885-15 e35 c91 0 457 457 s320x320 16110915 400942200241213 3503127351280009216 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   320             quot photoHeight quot   320                                 quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp 1439dc72b70e7c0c0a3afcc30970bb13 5C8E2923 t51 2885-15 e35 c91 0 457 457 16110915 400942200241213 3503127351280009216 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   480             quot photoHeight quot   480                                 quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp 1439dc72b70e7c0c0a3afcc30970bb13 5C8E2923 t51 2885-15 e35 c91 0 457 457 16110915 400942200241213 3503127351280009216 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   640             quot photoHeight quot   640                                       quot id quot    quot 442527661838057235 quot          quot shortcode quot    quot YkLJBXJD8T quot          quot caption quot   null         quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp dc94b38da679826b9ac94ccd2bcc4928 5C7CDF93 t51 2885-15 e15 11327349 860747310663863 2105199307 n jpg quot          quot photoWidth quot   612         quot photoHeight quot   612         quot thumbnails quot                          quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp c1153c6513c44a6463d897e14b2d8f06 5CB13ADD t51 2885-15 e15 s150x150 11327349 860747310663863 2105199307 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   150             quot photoHeight quot   150                                 quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp 47e60ec8bca5a1382cd9ac562439d48c 5CAE6A82 t51 2885-15 e15 s240x240 11327349 860747310663863 2105199307 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   240             quot photoHeight quot   240                                 quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp da0ee5b666ab40e4adc1119e2edca014 5CADCB59 t51 2885-15 e15 s320x320 11327349 860747310663863 2105199307 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   320             quot photoHeight quot   320                                 quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp 02ee23571322ea8d0992e81e72f80ef2 5C741048 t51 2885-15 e15 s480x480 11327349 860747310663863 2105199307 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   480             quot photoHeight quot   480                                 quot photoUrl quot    quot https   scontent-gru2-1 cdninstagram com vp dc94b38da679826b9ac94ccd2bcc4928 5C7CDF93 t51 2885-15 e15 11327349 860747310663863 2105199307 n jpg quot              quot photoWidth quot   640             quot photoHeight quot   640

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I really needed this function but for Wordpress  I fit and it worked perfectly         lt script gt      jQuery function             var name    caririceara comcariri             get  https   images     Math random   33   -focus-opensocial googleusercontent com gadgets proxy container none amp url https   www instagram com     name        function html                if  html                    var regex     sharedData          lt   script gt  m                    json   JSON parse regex exec html  1                      edges   json entry data ProfilePage 0  graphql user edge owner to timeline media edges                  each edges  function n  edge                       if  n  lt   7                        var node   edge node                          img ins   append   lt a href  https   instagr am p   node shortcode    target   blank  gt  lt img src    node thumbnail src    width  150  gt  lt  a gt                                                                                    lt  script gt

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Here is a lib that works fine for me in 2021 for retrieving user info and medias  PHP   https   github com restyler instagram-php-scraper

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x000D   x000D  var name    smena8m   x000D    get  https   images     Math random   3333   -focus-opensocial googleusercontent com gadgets proxy container none amp url https   www instagram com     name        function html    x000D  if  html    x000D      var regex     sharedData          lt   script gt  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   x000D          each edges  function n  edge    x000D            var node   edge node  x000D               body   append  x000D                    lt a  gt      x000D                href   https   instagr am p   node shortcode  x000D                target    blank  x000D               css   x000D                backgroundImage   url     node thumbnail src       x000D                 x000D            x000D        x000D      x000D  html  body   x000D    font-size  0  x000D    line-height  0  x000D    x000D   x000D  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    x000D   lt script src  https   ajax googleapis com ajax libs jquery 2 1 1 jquery min js  gt  lt  script gt  x000D   x000D   x000D    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          lt   script gt      html   matches        profile data   json decode  matches 1  - gt entry data- gt ProfilePage 0 - gt graphql- gt user

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Here is a php script that downloads the images and creates an html file with links on the images  Credit 350D for php version  this is just elaborated  I would suggest putting this is a cron job and firing however often you need  Verified working as of May 2019    lt    user    smena8m    igdata   file get contents  https   instagram com    user       preg match    sharedData          lt   script gt     igdata  matches    profile data   json decode  matches 1  - gt entry data- gt ProfilePage 0 - gt graphql- gt user   html     lt div class  instagramBox  style  display inline-grid grid-template-columns auto auto auto   gt     i   0   max   9  while  i lt  max        imglink    profile data- gt edge owner to timeline media- gt edges  i - gt node- gt shortcode       img    profile data- gt edge owner to timeline media- gt edges  i - gt node- gt thumbnail resources 0 - gt src      file put contents  ig   i   jpg  file get contents  img         html      lt a href  https   www instagram com p    imglink     target   blank  gt  lt img src  ig   i   jpg    gt  lt  a gt         i       html      lt  div gt     instagram   fopen  instagram html   w    fwrite  instagram  html   fclose  instagram     gt

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Here s a rails solutions   It s kind of back-door  which is actually the front door     create a headless browser b   Watir  Browser new  phantomjs uri    https   www instagram com explore tags     query uri    https   www instagram com     query if type     user   b goto uri    all data are stored on this page-level object  o   b execute script   return window  sharedData     b close   The object you get back varies depending on whether or not it s a user search or a tag search   I get the data like this   if type     user    data   o   entry data      ProfilePage     0     user      media      nodes      page info   o   entry data      ProfilePage     0     user      media      page info      max id   page info   end cursor      has next page   page info   has next page    else   data   o   entry data      TagPage     0     tag      media      nodes      page info   o   entry data      TagPage     0     tag      media      page info      max id   page info   end cursor      has next page   page info   has next page    end   I then get another page of results by constructing a url in the following way     uri    https   www instagram com explore tags     query string to s           amp max id     max id to s   uri    https   www instagram com     query string to s      amp max id          max id to s if type      user

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This works using a simple ajax call and iterating image paths            var name    nasa             get  https   www instagram com     name        a 1   function  data  status                console log  IG NODES   data user media nodes                 each data user media nodes  function  n  item                    console log  ITEMS   item display src                      body   append                        lt div class  col-md-4  gt  lt img class  img-fluid d-block  src      item display src      gt  lt  div gt

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Well  as     a 1 stopped working by now  it s better to use curl and parse the instagram page as written at this answer  Generate access token Instagram API  without having to log in

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One more trick  search photos by hashtags   GET https   www instagram com graphql query  query hash 3e7706b09c6184d5eafd8b032dbcf487 amp variables   tag name   nature   first  25  after        Where    query hash - permanent value i belive its hash of 17888483320059182  can be changed in future   tag name - the title speaks for itself   first - amount of items to get  I do not know why  but this value does not work as expected  The actual number of returned photos is slightly larger than the value multiplied by 4 5  about 110 for the value 25  and about 460 for the value 100    after - id of the last item if you want to get items from that id  Value of end cursor from JSON response can be used here

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If you are looking for a way to generate an access token for use on a single account  you can try this -  https   coderwall com p cfgneq   I needed a way to use the instagram api to grab all the latest media for a particular account

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The Instagram API requires user authentication through OAuth to access the recent media endpoint for a user  There doesn t appear to be any other way right now to get all media for a user

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JSFiddle  Javascript     document  ready function         var username    leomessi       var max num items   5       var jqxhr     ajax   https   www instagram com   username      a 1    done function               alert   success            fail function               alert   error            always function data              alert   complete            items   data graphql user edge owner to timeline media edges            each items  function n  item                if   n 1   lt   max num items                                 var data li     lt li gt  lt a target   blank  href  https   www instagram com p   item node shortcode    gt  lt img src      item node thumbnail src       gt  lt  a gt  lt  li gt                       ul instagram   append data li                                             HTML    lt ul class  instagram  gt   lt  ul gt    CSS   ul instagram       list-style  none     ul instagram li     float  left     ul instagram li img       height  100px

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As of last week  Instagram disabled  media  urls  I implemented a workaround  which works pretty well for now    To solve everyone s problems in this thread  I wrote this  https   github com whizzzkid instagram-reverse-proxy  It provides all of instagram s public data using the following endpoints   Get user media   https   igapi ga  lt username gt  media e g   https   igapi ga whizzzkid media    Get user media with limit count   https   igapi ga  lt username gt  media count N    1  lt  N  lt  20 e g   https   igapi ga whizzzkid media count 5   Use JSONP   https   igapi ga  lt username gt  media callback foo e g   https   igapi ga whizzzkid media callback bar   The proxy API also appends next page and previous page URLs to the response so you do not need to calculate that at your end   Hope you guys like it   Thanks to  350D for spotting this

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This is late  but worthwhile if it helps someone as I did not see it in Instagram s documentation   To perform GET on https   api instagram com v1 users  lt user-id gt  media recent   at present time of writing  you actually do not need OAuth access token   You can perform https   api instagram com v1 users  USER ID  media recent  client id  CLIENT ID    CLIENT ID  would be valid client id registered in app through manage clients  not related to user whatsoever   You can get  USER ID  from username by performing GET users search request  https   api instagram com v1 users search q  USERNAME  amp client id  CLIENT ID

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11 11 2017 Since Instagram changed the way they provide this data  none of above methods work nowadays  Here is the new way to get user s media  GET https   instagram com graphql query  query id 17888483320059182 amp variables   id   1951415043   first  20  after  null  Where  query id - permanent value  17888483320059182  note it might be changed in future   id - id of the user  It may come with list of users  To get the list of users you can use following request  GET https   www instagram com web search topsearch  context blended amp query YOUR QUERY first - amount of items to get  after - id of the last item if you want to get items from that id

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The below nodejs code scrapes popular Images from an Instagram Page  The function  ScrapeInstagramPage  takes care of post ageing effect   var request   require  parse5    var request   require  request    var rp        require  request-promise    var           require  cheerio       Basically jQuery for node js  const jsdom   require  jsdom        const   JSDOM     jsdom    function ScrapeInstagramPage  args        dout  ScrapeInstagramPage for username - gt      args username       var query url    https   www instagram com     args username             var cookieString            var options             url  query url          method   GET           headers                 x-requested-with     XMLHttpRequest                accept-language      en-US en q 0 8 pt q 0 6 hi q 0 4                 User-Agent           Mozilla 5 0  Macintosh  Intel Mac OS X 10 12 4  AppleWebKit 537 36  KHTML  like Gecko  Chrome 58 0 3029 110 Safari 537 36                referer              https   www instagram com dress blouse designer                 Cookie              cookieString               Accept                                  Connection           keep-alive                authority            www instagram com                          function dout  msg            if  args debug                console log msg                        function autoParse body  response  resolveWithFullResponse               FIXME  The content type string could contain additional values like the charset              Consider using the  content-type  library for a robust comparison           if  response headers  content-type        application json                 return JSON parse body             else if  response headers  content-type        text html                 return   load body             else               return body                       options transform   autoParse        rp options           then function  autoParsedBody                if  args debug                    console log  Responce of  Get first user page                       console log autoParsedBody                   console log  Creating JSDOM from above Responce                                  const dom   new JSDOM autoParsedBody html      runScripts   dangerously                  if  args debug  console log dom window  sharedData      full data doc form instagram for a page              var user   dom window  sharedData entry data ProfilePage 0  user              if  args debug                    console log user      page user                 console log user id      user ID                 console log user full name      user full name                 console log user username      user username                 console log user followed by count      user followed by                 console log user profile pic url hd      user profile pic                 console log autoParsedBody html                                if  user is private                    dout   User account is PRIVATE                  else                   dout   User account is public                    GetPostsFromUser user id  5000  undefined                                     catch function  err                console log   ERROR      err                       var pop posts           function GetPostsFromUser  user id  first  end cursor            var end cursor str               if  end cursor    undefined                end cursor str     amp after     end cursor                     options url    https   www instagram com graphql query  query id 17880160963012870 amp id                              user id     amp first     first   end cursor str           rp options               then function  autoParsedBody                    if  autoParsedBody status      ok                         if  args debug  console log autoParsedBody data                       var posts   autoParsedBody data user edge owner to timeline media                          POSTS processing                     if  posts edges length  gt  0                              console log posts edges                           pop posts   pop posts concat                          posts edges map function e                                var d   new Date                                var now seconds   d getTime     1000                               var seconds since post   now seconds - e node taken at timestamp                                console log  seconds since post      seconds since post                                var ageing   10     valuses  1-10   big value means no ageing                             var days since post   Math floor seconds since post  24 60 60                                var df    Math log ageing days since post     Math log ageing                                 var likes per day    e node edge liked by count   df                                  console log  likes      e node edge liked by count                                 console log  df      df                                 console log  likes per day      likes per day                                 return  likes per day  gt  10   1000                               var obj                                   obj url   e node display url                              obj likes per day   likes per day                              obj days since post   days since post                              obj total likes   e node edge liked by count                              return obj                                                                                 pop posts sort function  b a                              if  a likes per day  lt  b likes per day                              return -1                            if  a likes per day  gt  b likes per day                              return 1                            return 0                                                         console log pop posts                            pop posts forEach function  obj                                console log obj url                                                                          if  posts page info has next page                            GetPostsFromUser user id  first  posts page info end cursor                                           else                       console log   ERROR  Posts AJAX call not returned good                                                      catch function  err                    console log   ERROR      err                               ScrapeInstagramPage   username    dress blouse designer   debug   false      Try it here  Example       For given a URL  https   www instagram com dress blouse designer   one may call function  ScrapeInstagramPage   username    dress blouse designer   debug   false

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Thanks to Instagram s ever changing  and horrifically designed  API schema most of the above will no longer work as of April 2018   Here is the latest path to access individual post data if you are querying their API directly using the https   www instagram com username    a 1 method   Assuming your returned JSON data is  data you can loop through each result using the following path examples    foreach   data- gt graphql- gt user- gt edge owner to timeline media- gt edges as  item          content id    item- gt node- gt id        date posted    item-node- gt taken at timestamp       comments    item- gt node- gt edge media to comment- gt count       likes    item- gt node- gt edge liked by- gt count       image    item- gt node- gt display url       content    item- gt node- gt edge media to caption- gt edges 0 - gt node- gt text         etc etc          The main things in this recent change were graphql and edge owner to timeline media   Looks like they are going to be killing this API access off for non  business  customers in DEC 2018 so make the most of it while you can    Hope it helps somebody

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If you want to search users without having clientID and access token   1  If you want to search all users having your names similar to your search word    replace SeachName with text you want to search   https   www instagram com web search topsearch  query SearchName  2  if you want to search exact same name user    replace UserName with your desired search Name      https   www instagram com UserName    a 1

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Just want to add to  350D answer  since it was hard for me to understand   My logic in code is next   When calling API first time  i m calling only https   www instagram com  vull   media   When I receive response  I check boolean value of more available  If its true  I get the last photo from the array  get its id and then call Instagram API again but this time  https   www instagram com  vull  media  max id 1400286183132701451 1642962433   Important thing to know here  this Id is the Id of the last picture in the array  So when asking for maxId with the last id of the picture in the array  you will get next 20 pictures  and so on   Hope this clarify things

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If you bypass Oauth you probably wouldn t know which instagram user they are  That being said there are a few ways to get instagram images without authentication      Instagram s API allows you to view a user s most popular images without authenticating  Using the following endpoint  Here is link Instagram provides rss feeds for tags at this  Instagram user pages are public  so you can use PHP with CURL to get their page and a DOM parser to search the html for the image tags you want

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