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phpapitokeninstagram-api
freaky
freaky

Reputation: 1010

php - New Instagram API

I would like to implement Instagram for a Wordpress plugin. This plugin will allow user to display instagram images with comments, likes, etc... I would like to use different source like user, tags, etc... There will be no interaction with like, comment system. It's just a plugin to display an instagram grid.

However I don't understand what is the right way to use the new API. On the instagram developer guide it's mentioned that the new API will be limited for the number of connections, etc... I don't know if it can concern my case for the plugin I want to develop.

To sum up, does the access token is enough to do what I want or do I need to use the API like this wrapper class with 'api Key', 'api Secret', 'api Callback'. It seems that information can be retrieve in different way but I don't understand what I should use. Or do I need to create an APP?

Maybe these questions can seem stupid but I'm not fluent in English and the developer guide of instagram is just not clear for me about the way I should use instagram for authentication/connection with any user. I hope someone can guide me a little bit.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1152

Answers (1)

shrunyan
shrunyan

Reputation: 456

There is 2 ways you can approach this problem.

1) The plugin requires each user to register their own app with Instagram.

This means each user who installs the plugin would need to go through the app review process. Plus you would need to provide away for the users to supply their client_id, client_secret and a callback. Essentially you write the code to make everything work but the complexity of configuring the OAuth flow is still up to your users.

2) You register your plugin as an app with Instagram and make requests on your users behalf.

This is the intent of OAuth and Instagrams new API updates. This will also push all the complexity to you the plugin author. Since this is open code you will need to figure out away to keep your client_secret secure. One solution could be running a service for your plugin that handles the OAuth flow. You might also have API limit concerns depending upon your plugin adoption and usage.

Upvotes: 1

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