Instagram Graph API Access Tokens 

Hello, Justin. Glad to know that it's now possible. Thanks.

hey...I'm also stuck wiht this. It's been over 5 months since you posted this comment...may you please provide me solutions if you arrived at any?

@@adarshxd6274 hi I enquired a bit into it. I realised that now , you have to be registered as a company and show proper address proof and other documents for it (which an individual doesn't have) to get the permissions. So ultimately this route can't be taken at all. If I'm wrong now or a few months later I would be grateful if someone could Correct me.

I think this is the url to which Facebook will redirect you after registration. For example, if you use Google and OAuth (like protocol/library), then at any time the site can call OAuth, which will redirect the user to a pre-prepared url with the Google domain for registration, that is, only the Google site will have access to your password and account, but for how long Google doesn’t know where you came from, then the developer indicates in advance where to redirect the user after successful registration, and Google also adds a token to the query-params, and your personal site, having received a request from a user at this url, can receive some data about you from Google using the token from url and OAuth

Glad it helped you out!

Here is how to post content ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j65W-L-gQs4.html

Thank you! There is no "login with instagram", instead you need to implement the login with facebook. Check out my channel for videos on logging in with facebook.

You are welcome! Thanks for the comment!

the redirect uri is where IG will send the user after they authorize your app so it should be the url to your webpage where you will handle and get the access token after the user has authorized through IG

@@justinstolpe how to set this webpage up?

the answer is 'Graph returned an error ' . $e->getMessage(); and 'Facebook SDK returned an error ' . $e->getMessage();

now the error is Facebook SDK returned an error Cross-site request forgery validation failed. Required param "state" missing from persistent data.

@@MrTheripper7 with the persistent_data_handler set to session you should not need state. But, you can try adding a 'state' => 'value' to the creds array and see if that helps.

Yeah they don't make it easy and it sure is annoying!

yup...been there multiple times

Might be your access token expired, not sure what your error is though.

Here is my newest video on gettting media for a user I think it will help you ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8tu4DPSIQyA.html

Go check out my instagram graph api php sdk playlist it has some updated videos for access tokens that have changed since this video.

For the basic api you would need to use the authroization dialog and get a user access token for use with the basic display api

Hey! Thanks for watching, not sure about excel but you can check out my video on posting content which might help you out.

The intro is just a demo. After that the whole video is from scratch how to get to that demo. The link part though starts at about here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dEDKOcPuXlU.htmlsi=nJoWm5cYz2Fh7tgq&t=398

Thanks! The redirect uri it where Facebook will send the user after they have authorized your application. They also add on get variables which you then use to generate the users access token. Here is the flow hope it helps! 1. User on your login page clicks "login with FB" 2. Users is taken to FB and authenticates with your app. 3. Facebook sends the user to your redirect uri with more get vars. 4. You use the get vars to generate a user access token.

@@justinstolpe Got it. I am just trying to do this for myself and get a token so I can post to Instagram from my python script. Is there a simpler way to do this? I don't have a website to use for the URI.

@@mordye13 ah, In that case it is very easy. You can generate an access token with the facebook graph api explorer tool developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/

@@justinstolpe Awesome! Any idea how long this access token is valid for? I plan on running my script to post once a day.

@@mordye13 once you create a token there is a debug token button you can click and then you should be able to click on extend the tokens lifetime

Thanks! Yes, refresh the long lived token so it does not expire.

Yea but there is a refresh endpoint where you can simply exchange the current long token for a new long token if the current long token is not expired.

The refresh endpoint belongs to Instagram Basic Display APIs. I use the the graph apis because i need to post contents... But I cannot find a way to refresh long live tokens. Am I missing something?

The redirect uri is simply the URL for IG to send the user back to after they authorize your application. So, it should be something like www.yoursite.com/auth. Then after the user authorizes your application, IG would redirect them to www.yoursite.com/auth?code={code} so you can use the code to genereate an access token.

@@justinstolpe what to do if I am trying to use this api in app ?? URL doesn't exist there what to do then please help..

check out my new playlist on instagram graph api

yeah it should

The api currently does not allow for posting of images/videos.

@@justinstolpe Thanks for reply. Will this facility available in future?

@@dineshprajapati902 I am not sure it it will be, we will have to wait and see.

solved it by connecting a instagram account who exists for a while and not a fresh created account

let me know, what PHP file link are you talking about? what else am I jumping that you do not know how to get? here to help :D

@@justinstolpe You jumped passed the part where you CD'd into a folder that you didn't mention up until that point. What folder?

@@thomasalias8492 cd into your web root directory to where your code is located. In my case I am in my www/blog_code/instagram_graph_api/ folder. Code is also on github :)

@@justinstolpe hi Justin, I totally agree with Giomar. I never worked with API in general and I need to learn how to use Instagram Graph API for a project, so I would like to ask you if you can make a video where you can explain in steps. Like Giomar mentioned you jump for example from 44 to 32 but I don't know why

Thanks! Posting to Instagram is currently in closed beta developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/guides/content-publishing

I am not python master :) but I can look into this

Not sure what the issue was but seems to work now when I try to login with my fb account and authorize my app.

Did you solve it?

thank you!

Is it loading for you

@@PraveenKumarkimi yes, I just tried it last week it works

@@yesman4005 yeah it's working for me too.. I got error with autoloader

@@PraveenKumarkimi couldn’t it be the path? I have problem while loading autoload.php too, I simply change the naming of the path 😆

@@yesman4005 i found error because of composer getloader function, so I installed composer files & fb sdk using terminal.. & it worked

Yeah right now there is no endpoint for actually posting content through the api

sublime text is the editor

Might need to do a composer install/update. That file is in the vendor folder.

The manage_pages has been deprecated here is the docs on the new permissions developers.facebook.com/docs/pages/overview/permissions-features

The manage_pages has been deprecated here is the docs on the new permissions developers.facebook.com/docs/pages/overview/permissions-features

Yeah you can upgrade it to 60 days that is the max.

@@justinstolpe thanks justin!!

@@justinstolpe how can i get the url to extend the accesstoken?

Make sure your application is in development mode and localhost should work. You might also want to try https on localhost. I have a video for it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lDRdewhH_vg.html

everytime would be okay

I have not used the api for groups before but might look into it in the future. Here is the link to the documentation developers.facebook.com/docs/groups-api/

Sounds like you need to add the permission so your app

Glad to hear it!

The api does not allow for sending DM at this time.

@@justinstolpe Here's the thing though, I've seen a company's instagram post where if you liked it, you get a DM from them automatically. Manychat also allows you to do it for a fee. How did they do it?

@@LucasOsse-b7y bro u get this ??

@@LucasOsse-b7y i am also working on the same functionality

The business IG account needs to be admin on a facebook page in order to connect.

Same here for me. Worked a few days ago but not today

​@@Matthew-ld5zk I've tried all the ways. But I can't solve it

@@jihadhasan1151 Maybe your access token has expired? Hard to say though without knowing the exact error message the api is returning.

@@justinstolpe it's a access token generator script. so if i create first then it will be expired. By the way, When I download your github file and run it with my site then it's give me some error. of course I've changed app id and app secret

@@jihadhasan1151 There should be an error in the response which can help figure out what the issue is.

Not that I know of

@@justinstolpe thanks for replying 🙏 Are Facebook sdk and meta business sdk different?

@novartisnk9684 yeah for getting access tokens for a user you need to authenticate through fb login

no official one but you might be able to find some unofficially on github

@@justinstolpe is it safe? I don’t want to lose account or have it banned

@@timur.shhhhh I have not looked any up

All the accounts you want to use the graph api oh need to be business.

Is there anyone who can help me?

@@ibrahimsenn7 The manage_pages was replaced with six other permissions in late May developers.facebook.com/docs/permissions/reference/manage_pages/

To get insights on other accounts, that account needs to authenticate with your application.

@@justinstolpe according to documentation instagram accounts connected to fb page as admin ' s insights can be accessed and only 5 admins are allowed i want insight of every influencer who is loggedin to my website , if you help me i will gratefulfor you. here is link to that guidelines developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/overview#pages developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-api/overview#tasks

Unfortunatly the Graph API does not allow for actual posting of content

You can use localhost for testing, otherwise you will need to specify your actual domain with tthe path to your actual script where IG will redirect the user after they authenticate

The graph api requires a authentication dialog from the user so they can authorize your app to get their info.

Is it necessary to have Instagram business account

@@parmar3112 You can switch your IG account from personal to business.

@hitesh suthar is it possible to get other users media and insight?

it is a consumer app

'Your app has standard access to public_profile. To use Facebook Login, switch public_profile to advanced access. Get Advanced Access; This reply shows up in the settings part of the Facebook Login. If I don't grant advanced access, does that affect anything?

Thanks I appreciate it :D Make sure you have $facebook initialized and try dumping out the facebook object along with the accesstoken object to see if you can spot any errors

@@justinstolpe thanks for help. Yes, the issue is depending on censoring facebook in my country. My host would not connecting to some facebook services :(

Yeah for the graph API you use the facebook client id and client secret from your app

On every call you make to the api you could try and refresh the token and save the new one. The only way to get the short lived token for a user is with interaction.

@@justinstolpe Thank you, Justin. I don't quite understand what you said. I have the long-lived user access token stored in a database. I use version 6.0 of the Instagram Graph API. When I refresh the long-lived user access token, the data_access_expires_at field continues with the same timestamp, it does not change. Is it possible to refresh the user access token with the long-lived user access token? I don't have a short-lived user access token.

@@franccallau1452 The tokens get updated once a day on facebooks end. They do not get refreshed each time you hit the endpoint which is why you see the same expiration time. Wait at least a day and you will see a new expiration date when you hit the endpoint.

Instagram API does not have a publishing content endpoint

@@justinstolpe as of 26 jan 2021 they do have one

@@abhishekbaguldesign thanks for the update! I will make a tutorial for it then, been waiting for them to make the endpoint as lots of ppl have been asking about it!

content publishing video is up ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1lKzu3UVJso.html

@@justinstolpe Thanks :)

A user token will expire after 60 days if not refreshed. You can simply make a request to refresh the token. Check the api docs for refresh token details.

@@justinstolpe Thanks for your prompt reply. I checked the api docs but I couldn't find anything about refresh token. I'd be thankful if you could send me the link.

@@hodakhodabakhshi4164 developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/access-tokens/refreshing/

@@justinstolpe If it expires at NULL, will it cause errors in the future?

@@JohnCaspino if it expires you need the user to reauthorize your app and get a new access token.

In the next video I get the Instagram account id ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-763kVf9fvqA.html

Hello Sumeet , do I need a domain owner to gain access? Because I don't have a "valid oauth redirect uris" address of my own. I would be very happy if you answer.

I do not think the API allows access to stories

@@berkayyurur If your app is live mode then you need a domain. You can use localhost with the app in development mode.

@@justinstolpe I just want an app to check my own Instagram account. For example, who deleted me etc. When I have problems, can I send you an e-mail? Because there is not enough Turkish resources. Thank you, so much.

@@berkayyurur If you want it to run on anything else besides localhost you will need a domain.

And also thank you! there are not many guides on Graph API!

@@beo1222 Thanks! I do not think you can get geolocation with the Graph API

@@justinstolpe is there any way to?

@@beo1222 I don't think so

I am not sure where you are seeing this buttong named "Registration Disabled"

@@justinstolpe its in manage clients

@@richardmartinenriquez7470 I think you are using a different api.

You can't publish content with the API

@@justinstolpe Thank you for your reply. Is there any other ways to publish content? Any third party solutions?

​@@SuperMa06 Possibly, but I don't know any

You find any solution?

@@nencypatel2354 publishing with the API is now possible, see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1lKzu3UVJso.html

I will see what I can do! I am currently working on Instagram Graph API

Justin Stolpe thank you we can get full access token

Yeah, comments for a post come back in pages of 25 or 50 with a next/prev link to get the next/prev page of comments if there are many.

Justin Stolpe thank you so much!! And may I ask one more question? I have a rate limit of 200query/user/hour. So posts with 100k comments (25/query) are 4000 queries. Is the “next” query counting for the rate limit? Sorry for my english

@@jacintofleta I see, yeah I think it does count. If you go to your facebook app dashboard and click on the api rate limit usage meter, it will tell you the calls that you have made that count towards that rate limit.

Justin Stolpe thank you sooo much 🙏🏼

@Jacinto Fleta and @Justin Stolpe... The post that i want to get ALL the comments, can be from another user? Or only works for my posts?

Glad to help!

Hmm not sure with that vague error, maybe double check your app is setup correctly and you are using the right creds.