// fork from gatsby-source-instagram, support instagram display api, custom endpoint

Source plugin for sourcing data from Instagram. There are four ways to get information from instagram:

• scraping the posts of an Instagram account. It can only get last 12 photos.
• scraping a hashtag page.
• scraping a user profile’s informations.
• querying the Instagram Graph Api using a provided access_token

Table of Contents

• Install
• How to use
  • Public scraping for posts
  • Public scraping for a user’s profile
  • Graph API
  • Hashtag scraping
• How to query
  • Posts
  • User profile information
• Image processing
• Instagram Graph API token

Install

npm install --save gatsby-source-instagram

How to use

Public scraping for posts

If you intend to use the public scraping method then you need to pass the concerning username

// In your gatsby-config.js
plugins: [
  {
    resolve: `@theowenyoung/gatsby-source-instagram`,
    options: {
      username: `username`,
    },
  },
]

Public scraping for a user’s profile

If you want to source a user’s profile from their username then you need the following:

// In your gatsby-config.js
plugins: [
  {
    resolve: `@theowenyoung/gatsby-source-instagram`,
    options: {
      type: `user-profile`,
      username: `username`,
    },
  },
]

Graph API

If you intend to use the Instagram Graph Api then you need to pass the instagram id and an access token

// get your own media
plugins: [
  {
    resolve: `@theowenyoung/gatsby-source-instagram`,
    options: {
      access_token: "a valid access token",
    },
  },
]

How to get access token?

// more params
plugins: [
  {
    resolve: `@theowenyoung/gatsby-source-instagram`,
    options: {
      username: `username`,
      access_token: "a valid access token",
      instagram_id:
        "your instagram_business_account id / or instagram user id if you use graph.instagram.com endpoint",
      paginate: 100,
      maxPosts: 1000,
      endpoint: "https://graph.instagram.com", // optional, the default api endpoint is https://graph.facebook.com/v3.1, you can also choose https://graph.instagram.com as the base api endpoint, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-basic-display-api
    },
  },
]

Passing the username in this case is optional. If the Graph Api throws any exception and the username is provided then it will use the public scraping method as a fallback.

The paginate parameter will influence the limit set for the api call (defaults to 100) and the maxPosts enables to limit the maximum number of posts we will store. Defaults to undefined.

Hashtag scraping

If you want to source nodes from hashtags then you need the following:

// In your gatsby-config.js
plugins: [
  {
    resolve: `@theowenyoung/gatsby-source-instagram`,
    options: {
      type: `hashtag`,
      hashtag: `snowing`,
    },
  },
]

How to query

Posts

The plugin tries to provide uniform results regardless of the way you choose to retrieve the information

Common fields include:

• id
• likes
• original
• timestamp
• comments
• caption
• username (fallbacks to the hashtag name in case of hashtag scraping)
• preview
• mediaType

The public scraping method can additionaly retrieve:

• thumbnails
• dimensions

query {
  allInstaNode {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        likes
        comments
        mediaType
        preview
        original
        timestamp
        caption
        localFile {
          childImageSharp {
            fixed(width: 150, height: 150) {
              ...GatsbyImageSharpFixed
            }
          }
        }
        # Only available with the public api scraper
        thumbnails {
          src
          config_width
          config_height
        }
        dimensions {
          height
          width
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

User profile information

Fields include:

• id
• username
• full_name
• biography
• edge_followed_by (followers)
• edge_follow (who the user follows)
• profile_pic_url
• profile_pic_url_hd

query {
  instaUserNode {
    id
    username
    full_name
    biography
    edge_followed_by
    edge_follow
    profile_pic_url
    profile_pic_url_hd
  }
}

Image processing

To use image processing you need gatsby-transformer-sharp, gatsby-plugin-sharp and their dependencies gatsby-image and gatsby-source-filesystem in your gatsby-config.js.

You can apply image processing on each instagram node. To access image processing in your queries you need to use the localFile on the InstaNode as shown above:

Instagram Graph API display API token

See How to create access_token using User Token Generator

Instagram Graph API business token

Special thanks to LekoArts

1. You need to have a Facebook page (I know… :/)
2. Go to your site settings -> Instagram -> Login into your Instagram account
3. Create a app
4. Go to the Graph API Explorer
   1. Select your App from the top right dropdown menu
   2. Select “Get User Access Token” from dropdown (right of access token field) and select needed permissions (manage_pages, pages_show_list, instagram_basic)
   3. Copy user access token
5. Access Token Debugger:
   1. Paste copied token and press “Debug”
   2. Press “Extend Access Token” and copy the generated long-lived user access token
6. Graph API Explorer:
   1. Paste copied token into the “Access Token” field
   2. Make a GET request with “PAGE_ID?fields=access_token”
   3. Find the permanent page access token in the response (node “access_token”)
7. Access Token Debugger:
   1. Paste the permanent token and press “Debug”
   2. “Expires” should be “Never”
   3. Copy the access token
8. Graph API Explorer:
   1. Make a GET request with “PAGE_ID?fields=instagram_business_account” to get your Business ID