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Get instagram images without API
<?php
/**
* @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40836144/php-how-to-get-images-from-instagram-without-api-access-token
* You can use function file_get_conents instead wp_remote_get
*/
function get_instagram_images( $username, $limit = 100 ){
$profile_url = "https://www.instagram.com/$username/?__a=1";
$iteration_url = $profile_url;
$tryNext = true;
$found = 0;
$images = array();
while ($tryNext) {
$tryNext = false;
$remote = wp_remote_get( $iteration_url );
if ( is_wp_error( $remote ) ) {
return false;
}
if ( 200 != wp_remote_retrieve_response_code($remote) ) {
return false;
}
$response = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $remote );
if ($response === false) {
return false;
}
$data = json_decode($response, true);
if ( $data === null) {
return false;
}
$media = $data['user']['media'];
foreach ( $media['nodes'] as $index => $node ) {
if ( $found + $index < $limit ) {
if (isset($node['is_video']) && $node['is_video'] == true) {
$type = 'video';
} else {
$type = 'image';
}
$image = array(
'title' => isset($node['caption']) ? $node['caption'] : '',
'link' => trailingslashit('//instagram.com/p/' . $node['code']),
'time' => $node['date'],
'comments' => $node['comments']['count'],
'likes' => $node['likes']['count'],
'thumbnail' => $node['thumbnail_src'],
'small' => $node['thumbnail_src'],
'full' => $node['display_src'],
'original' => $node['display_src'],
'type' => $type
);
array_push($images, $image);
}
}
$found += count($media['nodes']);
if ( $media['page_info']['has_next_page'] && $found < $limit ) {
$iteration_url = $profile_url . '&max_id=' . $media['page_info']['end_cursor'];
$tryNext = true;
}
}
return $images;
}
@webistomin
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Made a small package to download images, though it is written in TypeScript.
https://github.com/webistomin/nanogram.js

@derekcamarillo
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https://www.instagram.com/$username/?__a=1

This doesn't work anymore without Instagram login now.
What would be the alternative approach?

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