Instagram deprecates majority of their API

Re:Instagram deprecates majority of their API by kylehotchkiss on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:35PM (#16758776)

Does instagram have a data export option now?

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Re:Instagram deprecates majority of their API by charlieegan3 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:08PM (#16759112)

It does not. I've asked support about it but there isn't even one hidden away at the moment.

I suspect with GDPR coming one might show up sometime soon though.

In the meantime I've been using instalooter (https://github.com/althonos/InstaLooter) along with some of my own scripts.

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Re:Instagram deprecates majority of their API by kylehotchkiss on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:15PM (#16775031)

Thanks Charlie, I'm trying to get an export of old messages from Instagram. Scrolling up takes ages and I met my SO there, I'm hoping to get access to those first messages again one day!

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Re:Instagram deprecates majority of their API by charlieegan3 on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:35PM (#16776007)

No probs. I spent quite a long time experimenting and instaLooter was the best I could find.

Instagram's gone from a place where I posted the odd picture to a serious attempt to document my life (mostly to be consumed by myself). Throughout last year I became increasingly nervous about not having access to all the data!

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