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Can you elaborate a bit on your developer experience? I've started building an app for Instagram and would like to know. Apart from the newly introduced sandbo

by svens_ 10y ago

Can you elaborate a bit on your developer experience? I've started building an app for Instagram and would like to know. Apart from the newly introduced sandbox and app approval requirements I haven't noticed any major pain points yet. It's true that most libraries are only seldom updated, but on the other hand the API doesn't change much and it's REST with OAuth after all.

Yabood 10y ago
We went through the Instagram approval process about a week ago, and it was fine. The API itself is pretty good I think, and has a pretty good coverage of their platform functionality. New sandbox and approvals are bit more limiting than the previous version, but it was ok in general. Our application was approved for all requested permissions in less than two days.
- svens_ 10y ago
  Thank you, this is very useful information. That's pretty quick actually, didn't expect that they'd be so fast. Edit: I'd be pretty interested if other developers could share their experience with the approval process too.
  - detaro 10y ago
    Seems to depend on the type of service: Several services I know of that did sync between Instagram and other services got all their requests denied.
tcdent 10y ago
In addition to other major legal restrictions, the latest API update crossed a line for accessing your own posts; now you can only retrieve 20 of the most recent entries and pagination has been disabled. Yes, Instagram legally owns your data, but now they are actively preventing you from accessing it as well.
- svens_ 10y ago
  Are you implying that the /users/self/media/recent endpoint now ignores the count, min_id and max_id parameters?
  - tedmiston 10y ago
    It appears that the result set is overridden in sandbox mode. https://www.instagram.com/developer/sandbox/ https://www.instagram.com/developer/sandbox/
- iancarroll 10y ago
  Isn't that only for applications in sandbox mode?
  - Yabood 10y ago
    Yes, only in sandbox mode. Once your app goes live, the 20 post limit is removed.
    - tcdent 10y ago
      Have you gone through the approval process? The accepted use cases are very restrictive, and specifically do not support allowing you to access more than 20 of your own posts. "I want to display hashtag content and public content on my website." "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)."
      - tedmiston 10y ago
        That's kind of bullshit on their part. This is the kind of thing that causes people to circumvent their API management layer...
  - 10y ago

by svens_ 10y ago

Yabood 10y ago

We went through the Instagram approval process about a week ago, and it was fine. The API itself is pretty good I think, and has a pretty good coverage of their platform functionality. New sandbox and approvals are bit more limiting than the previous version, but it was ok in general. Our application was approved for all requested permissions in less than two days.

svens_ 10y ago
Thank you, this is very useful information. That's pretty quick actually, didn't expect that they'd be so fast. Edit: I'd be pretty interested if other developers could share their experience with the approval process too.
- detaro 10y ago
  Seems to depend on the type of service: Several services I know of that did sync between Instagram and other services got all their requests denied.

tcdent 10y ago

In addition to other major legal restrictions, the latest API update crossed a line for accessing your own posts; now you can only retrieve 20 of the most recent entries and pagination has been disabled. Yes, Instagram legally owns your data, but now they are actively preventing you from accessing it as well.

svens_ 10y ago
Are you implying that the /users/self/media/recent endpoint now ignores the count, min_id and max_id parameters?
- tedmiston 10y ago
  It appears that the result set is overridden in sandbox mode. https://www.instagram.com/developer/sandbox/ https://www.instagram.com/developer/sandbox/
iancarroll 10y ago
Isn't that only for applications in sandbox mode?
- Yabood 10y ago
  Yes, only in sandbox mode. Once your app goes live, the 20 post limit is removed.
  - tcdent 10y ago
    Have you gone through the approval process? The accepted use cases are very restrictive, and specifically do not support allowing you to access more than 20 of your own posts. "I want to display hashtag content and public content on my website." "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)."
    - tedmiston 10y ago
      That's kind of bullshit on their part. This is the kind of thing that causes people to circumvent their API management layer...
- 10y ago