deadcoder0904 / public-instagram

Tool to fetch Instagram's public content.

public-instagram

Tool to fetch Instagram's public content.

Features

• Fetch any pubic posts (images only)
• Search for hashtags and get information
• Fetch recent posts by hashtag
• Search for user's (public) information
• Fetch posts by (public) user

Installing

Using npm

npm i public-instagram

Using npm (& git):

npm i https://github.com/ivolimasilva/public-instagram.git

Examples

import instagram from 'public-instagram';

// Async function in order to use await
async function example() {

    // Get information about hashtag
    const info = await instagram.tags.info('instagram');
    console.log(info);

    // Get the 1000 most recent posts that contain an hashtag
    const posts = await instagram.tags.recent('instagram', 1000);
    console.log(posts.length);

    // Search hashtags by a string field
    const hashtags = await instagram.tags.search('instagram');
    console.log(hashtags);

    // Get media by shortcode
    const post = await instagram.media.get('BP-rXUGBPJa');
    console.log(post);

    // Get the 1000 most recent comments of that post
    const comments = await instagram.media.comments('BP-rXUGBPJa', 1000);
    console.log(comments);

    // Get information about a public user
    const user = await instagram.users.info('instagram');
    console.log(user);

    // Get posts from a public user
    const posts = await instagram.users.posts('instagram');
    console.log(posts.length);

};

example();

Async/Await

public-instagram uses Async/Await. In order to use it as intended, you need atleast Node v7.6.

Resources

• API

License

GPL-3.0