Get Recent Media from Instagram

getRecentMedia.go

import (
  "fmt"
  "io/ioutil"
  "net/http"
  "github.com/tidwall/gjson"
)

type Media struct {
	Link, Source string
}

// getRecentMedia returns an array of Media objects. Provide an access token and count of how many images to return
func getRecentMedia(accessToken string, count int) []Media {
	out := []Media{}
	URL := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self/media/recent/?access_token=%s&count=%d", accessToken, count)
	res, err := http.Get(URL)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
  bodyString := string(body)
	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
		get := fmt.Sprintf("data.%d.link", i)
		link := gjson.Get(bodyString, get)
		get = fmt.Sprintf("data.%d.images.standard_resolution.url", i)
		source := gjson.Get(bodyString, get)
		media := Media{Link: link.String(), Source: source.String()}
		out = append(out, media)

	}
	return out

}