Social Media API

Adding social feeds such as IG feeds to your small website is notoriously complex, even for developers. The reason is baffling. IG makes the process for creating new apps difficult and time consuming for smaller clients and developers. While yes, there are integrations for larger CMSs like Wordpress, those integrations don't exist for smaller clients.

Some recommend using plug-and-play JavaScript implementations, but this approach has significant drawbacks. Most rely on screen scraping, which likely violates IG's terms of service. Additionally, if IG updates its front-end code, your script will break. IG often detects these scripts, implementing measures like two-factor authentication (2FA) or severe rate limiting to block them.

I wish the approach above were more reliable because I've spent countless hours trying to retrieve feeds using that method. While there are ways to bypass those limitations, the process is often unreliable and cumbersome.

But no more! I've finally braved the convoluted IG API and hacked together a script that goes through IG's process as much as possible. Click the button below to see how simple it is for you to set up.