I need to put the instagram in the sidebar of a blog but the user has too much follower and is afraid of losing them and being hacked and so on. I tried to explain, but no way they want to put the password to authorize the plugin. Is there any way I can do this without logging into the user instagram? I looked for several plugins and it was mandatory to log in.
Can anyone help me?
@Eroder, the Instagram API requires a CLIENT ID and a CLIENT SECRET that are provided the moment you create an application. To create an application, you need to complete the following form: link
When you register your app you will have your CLIENT ID and a CLIENT SECRET ready, then you will have to make your requests.
There are vendors like instafeedjs that help you with this, code sample:
<script type="text/javascript">
var userFeed = new Instafeed({
get: 'user',
userId: YOUR_USER_ID,
accessToken: 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'
});
userFeed.run();
</script>
You will be able to access recent media as you wish if the user does not have a private profile, so you do not need the user to pass the ID and PASSWORD from him to you.
Eroder,
I have used an "competitor" of Instagram that displays the images and only a small link on the site. It's called Iconosquare .
There should be a method that displays through the Instagram API , but my API skills are pretty basic.