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Caspert
Caspert

Reputation: 4363

How to get posts of a specific user with Instagram API?

I would like to have the recent posts of an specific user, like Banksy. I came up with the following, but it will give me an error of:

GET https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/banksy/media/recent/?access_token={token}&callback=jQuery11110924438442569226_1445956181244&_=1445956181245

My ajax call looks like this:

$.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            dataType: "jsonp",
            cache: false,
            url: "https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/banksy/media/recent/?access_token={token}",
            success: function(response) {
                console.log('jfsdahuifhasudh')
                console.log(response);
                // placing the images on the page
                // for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
                    
                    var html = '<a href="' + response.data[i].link + '" >'+
                    '<img src="' + response.data[i].images.low_resolution.url + '" alt="thumbnail" /></a>';
                    $(".instafeed").html(html);

                // }
            }, 

            error: function(data) {
                console.log('We have a problem!');
            }
        });

Upvotes: 3

Views: 17386

Answers (1)

Adam Azad
Adam Azad

Reputation: 11297

You're using the username in your query; banksy in your case. Resolve the username into ID then use the id in your query. For example;

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/45951573/media/recent/?access_token={token}

*The API will return posts only if the account is public.

Edit

To get posts tagged with a specific hashtag use:

https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/{tag-name}/media/recent?access_token={token}

Further reading: Instagram API; Tags

Update

instaJS is a jQuery plugin I wrote in past. What makes this plugin unique is that it accepts username instead of forcing users to resolve their id. Completely Free to use :), and of course contribution is always welcomed InstaJS on Github

Upvotes: 4

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