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cosmocatalano / instagram_scrape.php
Last active August 6, 2023 07:32
Quick-and-dirty Instagram web scrape, just in case you don't think you should have to make your users log in to deliver them public photos.
<?php
//returns a big old hunk of JSON from a non-private IG account page.
function scrape_insta($username) {
$insta_source = file_get_contents('http://instagram.com/'.$username);
$shards = explode('window._sharedData = ', $insta_source);
$insta_json = explode(';</script>', $shards[1]);
$insta_array = json_decode($insta_json[0], TRUE);
return $insta_array;
}