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Can't receive images by hashtag

I'm trying to get all images with a specific tag by Instagram API. First I send this request:

https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/tag?access_token=XXXX

and get response:

{
  "meta": {
    "code": 200
  },
  "data": {
    "media_count": 8215885,
    "name": "tag"
  }
}

Then I try to start receive an images by next request:

https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/tag/media/recent?access_token=XXXX

Result is:

{
  "pagination": {
    "deprecation_warning": "next_max_id and min_id are deprecated for this endpoint; use min_tag_id and max_tag_id instead"
  },
  "meta": {
    "code": 200
  },
  "data": []
}

Why data is empty? I tried to send this request by adding count parameter, result was the same. I think maybe min_tag_id or max_tag_id is required, but I don't know where I can get it.

Solution

  • Trouble was in sandbox mode. Without LIVE mode app can receive only media that belongs to it's sandbox users. Answered here: New Instagram API - How do you request tagged media?