/media/search/ Returning nothing with a valid access token

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The API endpoint:

'https://api.instagram.com/v1/media/searchlat=48.858844&lng=-122.418&access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN'

This is returning no data when passed a valid access token.

{"meta":{"code":200},"data":[]}

I've tried it with multiple lat & lng params but it still always returns the code '200' with data being null.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

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1 Answers

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https://api.instagram.com/v1/media/searchlat=48.858844&lng=-122.418&access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN

  1. You're missing a ? between search and lat.
  2. Afair, Instagram is only returning a certain amount of recent items. If you still receive no results after fixing 1), you might want to try a more "popular" location
  3. There's also a distance parameter, where you can increase the search radius (up to 5000 meters, according to the current API spec.)