i wrote a module for Drupal 7 with instagram images flow (based on a configuration of a hastag). Given the Client application registered on developers site and redirect urls configured correctly i managed to get the Access_token and finally got to use it on my front-end. But the problem is that API returns me empty data!
I've read that there're new rules and policies after November, 17 2015 for applications that are ALL now require access_token to make ANY type of request on Instagram API. More info here
I did Explicit authorization (server-side) flow.
Yes i did specified the scopes during the Authorization cycle (basic + public_content)
Call: https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/TAG_NAME/media/recent?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN
giving me the result: HTTP Status: 200
{
meta: { code: 200 }
data: {
media_count: 1466
name: "TAG_NAME"
}
}
Why ?
Thx for help if any1 sees this.
Are you in Sandbox mode?
If so:
The behavior of the API when you are in sandbox mode is the same as when your app is live, but comes with the following restrictions:
- Data is restricted to sandbox users and the 20 most recent media from each sandbox user
- Reduced API rate limits
Meaning, if your sandbox user(s) have no images with that tag, the data won't be shown.