gem install instagram_api_clientBefore you start making the requests to instagram API provide the access_token using the configuration
wrapping.
InstagramAPI.config do |config|
config.access_token = 'put_your_token_here'
endAs for now Instagram access token doesn't change or expire, so you can use this simple-to-use service to generate it http://services.chrisriversdesign.com/instagram-token/ I the nearest future the OAuth authorization for access token fetching will be implemented.
The main module of the gem is InstagramAPI. It provides a series of methods, regarding each Instagram resource. They are:
Users, Media, Comments, Likes, Tags and Locations. So the Users resource methods can be accessed by InstagramAPI.user
method, Tags by InstagramAPI.tag and so on.
The main methods of each resource are show, index, create, destroy and search. The methods and API endpoints
correspondence is as follows
| Gem Action | API Endpoint |
|---|---|
| User Resource | |
| InstagramAPI.user.show | GET /users/self |
| InstagramAPI.user(user_id).show | GET /users/user_id |
| InstagramAPI.user.recent_media | GET /users/self/media/recent |
| InstagramAPI.user(user_id).recent_media | GET /users/user_id/media/recent |
| InstagramAPI.user.liked_media | GET /users/self/media/liked |
| InstagramAPI.user.search(search_query) | GET /users/search |
| Relationship Endpoints block | |
| InstagramAPI.user.follows | GET /users/self/follows |
| InstagramAPI.user.followed_by | GET /users/self/followed-by |
| InstagramAPI.user.requested_by | GET /users/self/requested-by |
| InstagramAPI.user.check_relationship(user_id) | GET /users/user_id/relathionship |
| InstagramAPI.user.change_relationship(user_id) | POST /users/user_id/relathionship |
| Media Resource | |
| InstagramAPI.media(media_id).show | GET /media/media_id |
| InstagramAPI.media.short_code(short_code) | GET /media/shortcode/shortcode |
| InstagramAPI.media.search(search_query) | GET /media/search |
| Likes Endpoints block | |
| InstagramAPI.media(media_id).likes | GET /media/media_id/likes |
| InstagramAPI.media(media_id).add_like | POST /media/media_id/likes |
| InstagramAPI.media(media_id).delete_like | DELETE /media/media_id/likes |
| Comment Endpoints block | |
| InstagramAPI.media(media_id).comments | GET /media/media_id/comments |
| InstagramAPI.media(media_id).add_comment | POST /media/media_id/comments |
| InstagramAPI.media(media_id).delete_comment(comment_id) | DELETE /media/media_id/comments/comment_id |
| Tag Resource | |
| InstagramAPI.tag(tag_name).show | GET /tags/tag_name |
| InstagramAPI.tag(tag_name).recent_media | GET /tags/tag_name/media/recent |
| InstagramAPI.tag.search(search_query) | GET /tags/search |
| Location Resource | |
| InstagramAPI.location(location_id).show | GET /locations/location_id |
| InstagramAPI.location(location_id).recent_media | GET /locations/location_id/media/recent |
| InstagramAPI.location.search(search_query) | GET /locations/search |
Each method from the list above accepts a hash as a second argument with additional params according to official instagram developers documentation i.e.
InstagramAPI.user.search('mell', {count: 10})
InstagramAPI.user('my_user_id').recent_media({min_id: '22721881'})Search method can get either a query string or a hash. It depends on API requirements, i.e.
InstagramAPI.user.search('mell')
InstagramAPI.location.search({lat: 33.10, lng: 15.40})Response is a Hashie::Mash object
- OAuth authorization for access token fetching
- Incode Documentation
- Cover functionality with tests
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