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This is an unofficial SDK for the Instagram Private API in PHP

Motivation

I decided to build this because most libraries for the Instagram Private API I have come across aren't OOP based and are difficult to use.

Donations

If you like this project, please consider donating towards my coffee addiction fund, so I can continue to push commits!

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Installation

Composer

composer require liamcottle/instagram-sdk-php

require("../vendor/autoload.php");
$instagram = new \Instagram\Instagram();

If you want to test code that is in the master branch, which hasn't been pushed as a release, you can use dev-master.

composer require liamcottle/instagram-sdk-php dev-master

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Examples

Examples can be seen in the examples folder.

Usage

Login

Read: Session Management, to avoid calling login in each script.

$instagram->login("username", "password");

Timeline Feed

• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getTimelineFeed($maxId);

User Feed

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to get Feed of
• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getUserFeed($userId, $maxId);

My User Feed

• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getMyUserFeed($maxId);

Liked Feed

• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getLikedFeed($maxId);

Tag Feed

• $tag:string Tag
• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getTagFeed($tag, $maxId);

Location Feed

• $locationId:string|Location Location or Location Id to get Feed of
• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getLocationFeed($locationId, $maxId);

User Tags Feed

• $userId:string|User User of User Id to get Tags Feed of
• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getUserTagsFeed($userId, $maxId);

Like Media

• $mediaId:string|FeedItem FeedItem or FeedItem Id to Like

$instagram->likeMedia($mediaId);

Unlike Media

• $mediaId:string|FeedItem FeedItem or FeedItem Id to Unlike

$instagram->unlikeMedia($mediaId);

Delete Media

• $mediaId:string|FeedItem FeedItem or FeedItem Id to Delete
• $mediaType:int Media Type (Constants available in DeleteMediaRequest class)

$instagram->deleteMedia($mediaId, $mediaType);

Comment on Media

• $mediaId:string|FeedItem FeedItem or FeedItem Id to Comment on
• $comment:string Comment

$instagram->commentOnMedia($mediaId, $comment);

Get Media Comments

• $mediaId:string|FeedItem FeedItem or FeedItem Id of Media to get Comments from
• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getMediaComments($mediaId, $maxId);

Delete Media Comments

• $mediaId:string|FeedItem FeedItem or FeedItem Id to Delete Comments from
• $commentIds:array Comment Ids to Delete

$instagram->deleteCommentsFromMedia($mediaId, $commentIds);

User Info

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to get Info of

$instagram->getUserInfo($userId);

User Followers

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to get Followers of
• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getUserFollowers($userId, $maxId);

User Following

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to get Following of
• $maxId:string (Optional) Used for Pagination

$instagram->getUserFollowing($userId, $maxId);

GeoMedia

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to get GeoMedia of

$instagram->getUserMap($userId);

Media Info

• $mediaId:string|FeedItem FeedItem or FeedItem Id to get Info of

$instagram->getMediaInfo($mediaId);

Current User Account

$instagram->getCurrentUserAccount();

Edit User Profile

• $firstname:string First Name
• $email:string Email
• $phoneNumber:string Phone Number
• $gender:int Gender (Constants available in User class)
• $biography:string: Biography
• $externalUrl:string External Url

$instagram->editUserProfile($firstname, $email, $phoneNumber, $gender, $biography, $externalUrl);

Set Account Public

$instagram->setAccountPublic();

Set Account Private

$instagram->setAccountPrivate();

Show Friendship

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to show Friendship between

$instagram->showFriendship($userId);

Follow User

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to Follow

$instagram->followUser($userId);

Unfollow User

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to Unfollow

$instagram->unfollowUser($userId);

Block User

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to Block

$instagram->blockUser($userId);

Unblock User

• $userId:string|User User or User Id to Unblock

$instagram->unblockUser($userId);

Search Tags

• $query:string Tag to Search for

$instagram->searchTags($query);

Search Users

• $query:string User to Search for

$instagram->searchUsers($query);

Search Places (Facebook)

• $query:string Place to Search for

$instagram->searchFacebookPlaces($query);

• $latitude:string Latitude
• $longitude:string Longitude

$instagram->searchFacebookPlacesByLocation($latitude, $longitude);

Change Profile Picture

• $path:string File path of Profile Picture to Upload

$instagram->changeProfilePicture($path);

Remove Profile Picture

$instagram->removeProfilePicture();

Post Photo

• $path:string File path of Photo to Post
• $caption:string Caption for this Photo

$instagram->postPhoto($path, $caption);

Edit Media

• $mediaId:string|FeedItem FeedItem or FeedItem Id to Edit
• $caption:string Caption for this Media

$instagram->editMedia($mediaId, $caption);

Get User by Username

• $username:string Username to find User by

$instagram->getUserByUsername($username);

Logout

$instagram->logout();

Session Management

To avoid logging in each time, you can use the saveSession and initFromSavedSession methods.

Script 1:

//Login
$instagram->login("username", "password");

//Serialize the Session into a JSON string
$savedSession = $instagram->saveSession();

//Store $savedSession in Database, or Cookie etc

Script 2:

//Load $savedSession from Database or Cookie etc
$savedSession = ...;

//Init from Saved Session
$instagram->initFromSavedSession($savedSession);

//Session is Restored, do something!
$instagram-> ...;

Extras

Pagination

Some Instagram endpoints return paginated data.

To access the next page of data, you will need to get the next maximum ID from the response object and pass it into the same method as the nextMaxId parameter.

Example:

//Get TimelineFeed
$timelineFeed = $instagram->getTimelineFeed();

//This will be null if there are no more pages.
$nextMaxId = $timelineFeed->getNextMaxId();

//We have another page of Items
if($nextMaxId != null){
	//Get the next page.
	$timelineFeed = $instagram->getTimelineFeed($nextMaxId);
}

Proxy

Use a Proxy between your Server and the Instagram API

$instagram->setProxy("127.0.0.1:8888");

Optional Username/Password Authentication

$instagram->setProxy("127.0.0.1:8888", "proxyUsername", "proxyPassword");

Enable or Disable Peer Verification, for testing with Charles Proxy etc.

$instagram->setVerifyPeer(false);

TODO

• Inbox
• Direct Share
• Recent Activity
• Register new Accounts
• Upload and Post Videos

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to this project, please feel free to submit a pull request.

Before you do, take a look at the issues to see if the functionality you want to contribute to is already in development.

License

MIT

Legal

The name "Instagram" is a copyright of Instagram, Inc.

This project is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Instagram, Inc or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.

I, the project owner and creator, am not responsible for any legalities that may arise in the use of this project. Use at your own risk.