insta-api

An Instragram API that doesn't rely on Instagram's deprecating API.

Installing

npm install insta-api

Usage

Importing the module

let Instagram = require('insta-api');
let instagram = new Instagram("Enter your session id. Grab from your cookies in a browser");

getUserInfo(username)

instagram.getUserInfo('joshuadun').then((userInfo) => {
    console.log('Biography: ' + userInfo.biography)
})

Returns: Biography: I'm not sentimental. This skin and bones is a rental.

getPosts(username or userid)

instagram.getPosts('tylerrjoseph', {num: 10}).then(async (data) => {
    let myData = {}
    myData.receivedPosts = data.posts.length
    let firstPost = data.posts[0]
    myData.firstPost = {shortcode: firstPost.shortcode}


    //Posts have two functions: getPostMedia and getComments
    let urls = await firstPost.getPostMedia()
    myData.firstPost.firstMedia = urls[0]
    let commentData = await firstPost.getComments({num: 1})
    myData.firstPost.firstComment = commentData.comments[0].text
    console.log(myData)
})

Returns:

{
    receivedPosts: 10,
    firstPost: {
        shortcode: 'BU5BbaagEUV',
        firstMedia: 'https://instagram.fbna1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/1da0b84d63b19903b8a2f0584dd3573f/5C004BFB/t51.2885-15/e35/18812609_1875010279425214_5576153514956029952_n.jpg',
        firstComment: 'Post betch'
    }
}

getPostFromShortcode(shortcode)

instagram.getPostByShortcode('BlSBbgSgZRh').then((post) => {
    console.log(`${post.url} has ${post.likes} likes and ${post.comments} comments`)
})

Returns https://instagram.com/p/BlSBbgSgZRh has 400083 likes and 16279 comments

getStories(username or userid)

instagram.getStories('djkhaled').then((data) => {
    console.log(data.stories.length + ' stories')
    console.log(data.stories[0].url)
})

Returns:

{total: 54, first: 'https://instagram.fbna1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/4d8ce1d14e6acd1cb75ce11a3f31bc4e/5B67C6AD/t50.12441-16/37886089_2108992515842077_1764245142725384721_n.mp4'}

getID(username)

instagram.getID('instagram').then((id) => {
    console.log(id)
})

Returns: 25025320