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It actually uses screen scrapping as primary resource and the api just to read stuff out. It's the exact same request and interaction as a real person would do
by ramonfritsch 9y ago
It actually uses screen scrapping as primary resource and the api just to read stuff out. It's the exact same request and interaction as a real person would do with a browser, so no violation of ToS.
- troydavis 9y agoInstagram's terms of use (https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511 https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511) is nowhere near as neutral as your summary of it. For example, it says: > We prohibit crawling, scraping, caching or otherwise accessing any content on the Service via automated means, including but not limited to, user profiles and photos (except as may be the result of standard search engine protocols or technologies used by a search engine with Instagram's express consent).