The Instagram Ruby Gem

A Ruby wrapper for the Instagram REST and Search APIs

Installation

gem install instagram

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Sample Application

require "sinatra"
require "instagram"

enable :sessions

CALLBACK_URL = "http://localhost:4567/oauth/callback"

Instagram.configure do |config|
  config.client_id = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID"
  config.client_secret = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
end

get "/" do
  '<a href="/oauth/connect">Connect with Instagram</a>'
end

get "/oauth/connect" do
  redirect Instagram.authorize_url(:redirect_uri => CALLBACK_URL)
end

get "/oauth/callback" do
  response = Instagram.get_access_token(params[:code], :redirect_uri => CALLBACK_URL)
  session[:access_token] = response.access_token
  redirect "/feed"
end

get "/feed" do
  client = Instagram.client(:access_token => session[:access_token])
  user = client.user

  html = "<h1>#{user.username}'s recent photos</h1>"
  for media_item in client.user_recent_media
    html << "<img src='#{media_item.images.thumbnail.url}'>"
  end
  html
end

API Usage Examples

require "rubygems"
require "instagram"

# Get a list of a user's most recent media
puts Instagram.user_recent_media(777)

# Get the currently authenticated user's media feed
puts Instagram.user_media_feed

# Get a list of recent media at a given location, in this case, the Instagram office
puts Instagram.location_recent_media(514276)

# All methods require authentication (either by client ID or access token).
# To get your Instagram OAuth credentials, register an app at http://instagr.am/oauth/client/register/
Instagram.configure do |config|
  config.client_id = YOUR_CLIENT_KEY
  config.access_token = YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
end

# Get a list of all the users you're following
puts Instagram.follows

# Get a list of media close to a given latitude and longitude
puts Instagram.media_search("37.7808851","-122.3948632")

# Get a list of the overall most popular media items
puts Instagram.media_popular

# Search for users on instagram, by name or username
puts Instagram.user_search("shayne sweeney")

Contributing

In the spirit of free software, everyone is encouraged to help improve this project.

Here are some ways you can contribute:

by using alpha, beta, and prerelease versions
by reporting bugs
by suggesting new features
by writing or editing documentation
by writing specifications
by writing code (no patch is too small: fix typos, add comments, clean up inconsistent whitespace)
by refactoring code
by closing issues
by reviewing patches

Submitting an Issue

We use the GitHub issue tracker to track bugs and features. Before submitting a bug report or feature request, check to make sure it hasn't already been submitted. You can indicate support for an existing issuse by voting it up. When submitting a bug report, please include a Gist that includes a stack trace and any details that may be necessary to reproduce the bug, including your gem version, Ruby version, and operating system. Ideally, a bug report should include a pull request with failing specs.

Submitting a Pull Request

Fork the project.
Create a topic branch.
Implement your feature or bug fix.
Add documentation for your feature or bug fix.
Run rake doc:yard. If your changes are not 100% documented, go back to step 4.
Add specs for your feature or bug fix.
Run rake spec. If your changes are not 100% covered, go back to step 6.
Commit and push your changes.
Submit a pull request. Please do not include changes to the gemspec, version, or history file. (If you want to create your own version for some reason, please do so in a separate commit.)