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Maulik Pandya
Maulik Pandya

Reputation: 2220

Is it possible to get the Instagram profile picture and other basic details?

I'm trying to get the details of the user using the access_token from the Instagram APIs, Instagram Basic Display API and Instagram Graph API. What I found is the details are bit messy and by going deep into it I'm not able to conclude the final result as I want.

What I got to know during the implementation is that Instagram has stopped the public APIs. does that mean apart from getting auth-token then had stopped everything?.

I have even tried the Instagram Basic Display API which is only giving the access of 4 fields account_type, id, media_count, username. Is it possible to get any other field from the same API?

If so How do I get the profile picture of the user and other basic details of the Instagram user?

any help will be appreciated

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5503

Answers (1)

Alvin S. Lee
Alvin S. Lee

Reputation: 5182

Currently, the API endpoint for retrieving a user's profile information only allows for the retrieval of the 4 fields you listed above. This is, up to now, all that has been made available for retrieval through the me endpoint of the Instagram Basic Display API for getting a User node.

Until the API developers further extend the API's endpoints and capabilities, you won't be able to use this API programmatically to get a user's profile image.

Upvotes: 1

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