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Instagram also shut down their public api last year and are deprecating the graph api in a week. (5 Nov) https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/ htt

Instagram also shut down their public api last year and are deprecating the graph api in a week. (5 Nov) https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/ The new api has no access to consumer (non-Business or non-Creator) instagram accounts.

forgotmyhnacc 7y ago
If Facebook offers a public API, people will complain that Facebook hasn't learned their lesson from Cambridge analytica. If they don't, then they're accused of having a walled garden. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
- dmix 7y ago
  I thought Cambridge Analytica had access to far more data than was available on the public API which is what made it so controversial?
  - ArtDev 7y ago
    Yes, that was precisely the issue.
- lalos 7y ago
  Who started with this whole facebook = "Damned if you do, damned if you don't". Been seeing this all over the place. Is it just a catchy phrase or some higher up in the tech world said it and everyone is parroting it? Search results for comments of the last month https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=false&query=Damned%20if%20you%20do%2C%20damned%20if%20you%20don%27t&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=fa...
- munmaek 7y ago
  CA had access to information they never should've had. Just like phone apps having access to a Contacts API that they never should have that kind of access to. Having a tightly managed API would be just fine.
eternalny1 7y ago
> The new api has no access to consumer (non-Business or non-Creator) instagram accounts. Good.
matheusmoreira 7y ago
Is it feasible to scrape the website?
- bransonf 7y ago
  Not anymore.
rawrmaan 7y ago
Where does it say they’re deprecating the graph API on Nov 5?
lprd 7y ago
Yup, I recently tweeted about this. Their previous API was much more pleasant to work with. IMO a 'personal use only' account type with a limited data scope would be a great option to have. Thus far, I can't get my 'app' authorized for personal use despite it being only for a page on my blog. I've given up trying to use their API. I'd like to just scrape my photos now but I'm not sure if even that's a possibility. https://twitter.com/jonlprd/status/1184547466244448257 https://twitter.com/jonlprd/status/1184547466244448257

forgotmyhnacc 7y ago

If Facebook offers a public API, people will complain that Facebook hasn't learned their lesson from Cambridge analytica. If they don't, then they're accused of having a walled garden. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

dmix 7y ago
I thought Cambridge Analytica had access to far more data than was available on the public API which is what made it so controversial?
- ArtDev 7y ago
  Yes, that was precisely the issue.
lalos 7y ago
Who started with this whole facebook = "Damned if you do, damned if you don't". Been seeing this all over the place. Is it just a catchy phrase or some higher up in the tech world said it and everyone is parroting it? Search results for comments of the last month https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=false&query=Damned%20if%20you%20do%2C%20damned%20if%20you%20don%27t&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=fa...
munmaek 7y ago
CA had access to information they never should've had. Just like phone apps having access to a Contacts API that they never should have that kind of access to. Having a tightly managed API would be just fine.

eternalny1 7y ago

> The new api has no access to consumer (non-Business or non-Creator) instagram accounts. Good.

matheusmoreira 7y ago

Is it feasible to scrape the website?

bransonf 7y ago
Not anymore.

rawrmaan 7y ago

Where does it say they’re deprecating the graph API on Nov 5?

lprd 7y ago

Yup, I recently tweeted about this. Their previous API was much more pleasant to work with. IMO a 'personal use only' account type with a limited data scope would be a great option to have. Thus far, I can't get my 'app' authorized for personal use despite it being only for a page on my blog. I've given up trying to use their API. I'd like to just scrape my photos now but I'm not sure if even that's a possibility. https://twitter.com/jonlprd/status/1184547466244448257 https://twitter.com/jonlprd/status/1184547466244448257