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That Homeless Guy
That Homeless Guy

Reputation: 149

Instagram get user ID from username

I recently found out from my employer that a public access token is no longer needed for obtaining a user ID from a user name which is great but I cannot find the relative documentation. I have been on the Instagram api and I cannot find this information or how it is achieved.

I found the solution using a client_ID like so.

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q=[USERNAME]&client_id=[CLIENT ID]

Upvotes: 3

Views: 8665

Answers (2)

Cpu Nerd
Cpu Nerd

Reputation: 312

With code you can use https://www.instagram.com/{username}/?__a=1 e.g. https://www.instagram.com/instagram/?__a=1

Without Code you can use the site: https://www.thekeygram.com/find-instagram-user-id/

Upvotes: 2

That Homeless Guy
That Homeless Guy

Reputation: 149

I found the solution using a client_ID like so.

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q=[USERNAME]&client_id=[CLIENT ID]

Upvotes: 1

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