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MojganK
MojganK

Reputation: 211

Instagram api returns HTTP status 200 but response contains empty data array

My curl request to get users id is not returning any data.

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q=xxxxx&access_token=xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Here is the result i am getting: {"data": [], "meta": {"code": 200}}

Any thought where there might be any issue?

Thanks, Mojgan

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1405

Answers (2)

XP Studio
XP Studio

Reputation: 11

Instagram changed their API settings and ruined so many app across the web this morning. They are switching to FB https://developers.facebook.com/products/instagram/

To use the new Instagram API features, users will need to have a business profile and will be required to use a Facebook Login when granting access to third party tools.

Upvotes: 1

krisrak
krisrak

Reputation: 12952

I think you are in Sandbox mode. In Sandbox mode you will only see your data and the users you approved to sandbox.

If you search your username in the API call q=, you will see just your user details in the data=[] response.

Once you go live and have been approved for public_content, you will see all the user results.

Read more about Sandbox mode here: https://www.instagram.com/developer/sandbox/

Data is restricted to sandbox users and the 20 most recent media from each sandbox user

Apps in sandbox are restricted to 10 users

Data is restricted to the 10 users and the 20 most recent media from each of those users

Upvotes: 1

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