Instagram API and Pagination

4
votes

I can't get all images using Instagram API, Pagination seems to be working somehow different and I can't understand it yet

I use request: https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self/media/recent?access_token=TOKEN

and can get first 20 photos:

...
{
  "attribution": null,
  "tags": [
    "beautiful",
    "instalife",
    "picoftheday",
    "beauty",
    "instalike",
    "gf",
    "traveling",
    "instatravel",
    "vsco",
    "tourism",
    "\u0438\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f",
    "travelphoto",
    "vscogood",
    "instafollow",
    "travel",
    "\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0430",
    "amazing",
    "vscocam",
    "followme",
    "photooftheday"
  ],
  "type": "image",
  "location": null,
  "comments": {
    "count": 1
  },
  "filter": "Normal",
  "created_time": "1442825564",
  "link": "https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/74vm3GOCEn\/",
  "likes": {
    "count": 18
  },
  "images": {
    "low_resolution": {
      "url": "https:\/\/scontent.cdninstagram.com\/hphotos-xap1\/t51.2885-15\/s320x320\/e15\/11934647_531283580370186_1131008999_n.jpg",
      "width": 320,
      "height": 320
    },
    "thumbnail": {
      "url": "https:\/\/scontent.cdninstagram.com\/hphotos-xap1\/t51.2885-15\/s150x150\/e15\/11934647_531283580370186_1131008999_n.jpg",
      "width": 150,
      "height": 150
    },
    "standard_resolution": {
      "url": "https:\/\/scontent.cdninstagram.com\/hphotos-xap1\/t51.2885-15\/e15\/11934647_531283580370186_1131008999_n.jpg",
      "width": 612,
      "height": 612
    }
  },
  "users_in_photo": [

  ],
  "caption": {
    "created_time": "1442825564",
    "text": "#\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0430 #\u0418\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f #photooftheday #picoftheday #instalike #followme #vscogood #vscocam #vsco #instafollow #travel #traveling #instatravel #instalife #tourism #gf #beauty #beautiful #amazing #travelphoto",
    "from": {
      "username": "solotravel_me",
      "profile_picture": "https:\/\/igcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xaf1\/t51.2885-19\/11282631_115839268762391_863189534_a.jpg",
      "id": "736938591",
      "full_name": "and"
    },
    "id": "1078821495951073761"
  },
  "user_has_liked": false,
  "id": "1078821489441513767_736938591",
  "user": {
    "username": "solotravel_me",
    "profile_picture": "https:\/\/igcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xaf1\/t51.2885-19\/11282631_115839268762391_863189534_a.jpg",
    "id": "736938591",
    "full_name": "and"
  }
}
...

after that I'm trying use max_id parameter, but I'm not sure which ID I need to use I tried id of the photo, photo_user id, I even tried timestamp (found this idea on some forum), but every time I receive only first 20 photos

example: https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self/media/recent?access_token=TOKEN&max_id=1078821495951073761

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just use the pagination.next_url has worked perfectly for last 5 years - krisrak
forgot to tell, pagination object is empty { "pagination": { }, "meta": { "code": 200 }, "data": [ ... ] } - lasoweq
but there are much more, than just 20 photos - lasoweq
i'm not sure, but may be api is limited in sandbox mode - krisrak
yes, this is exactly the problem here - lasoweq

1 Answers

15
votes

I was having the same problem with the empty pagination object while the account actually had more photos.

And just to make things clear here. This question is answered in the comments of the origial question.

There is nothing in the pagination object because the app is in sandbox mode and app's in sandbox mode never returns more than 20 posts(photos).