Instagram API Locations Endpoint

Question

I'm trying to access the Instagram API location endpoint with the below call, but keep getting the error further below:

https://api.instagram.com/v1/locations/search/?lat=40.758895&lng=-73.985131&access_token=MY-ACCESS-TOKEN

error:

{"meta":{"error_type":"APIError","code":400,"error_message":"Endpoint temporarily unavailable; please retry shortly"}}

This has been consistent for the last 12+ hours. Is the Instagram API truly this unreliable or am I missing something? (Note: this is the lat/lon for Times Square, so I would expect locations to show up)

Answer 1

Yes, there is a problem currently affecting Instagram's API servers. First seen by my servers 20 hours ago.