Instagram Backup

The easiest way I've found to programmatically backup Instagram data.

1. Go to https://developers.facebook.com/apps
2. Click Create App
3. Select Consumer
4. Fill in any App Display Name
5. Leave App Contact Email and Do you have a Business Manager account? at defaults
6. Go to your app's Settings > Basic
7. Click Add Platform > Website and fill in any Site URL (required but unused)
8. Scroll down to Add Products to Your App
9. Find Instagram Basic Display and click Set Up
10. Go to Instagram Basic Display > Basic Display
11. Scroll down to User Token Generator and click Add or Remove Instagram Testers
12. Click Add Instagram Testers and invite your account
13. Go to https://www.instagram.com/accounts/manage_access
14. Switch to Tester Invites and accept the invite
15. Go back to the User Token Generator and click Generate Token
16. Store the token safely, treat it as a personal access token

The token should be valid for 60 days and can either be refreshed using the API or a new one may be generated.

Get the list of your account's media

https://graph.instagram.com/me?fields=media_count,media&access_token=…

I've not found a way to return more results on one page, the limit parameter in this Stack Overflow question does not appear to work (for me). The pagination is straightforward though.

Get individual media by ID

https://graph.instagram.com/${id}?fields=caption,media_type,media_url,permalink,thumbnail_url,timestamp&access_token=…

Instagram Data Takeout

Instagram offers a data takeout feature, but it may take a long time to be ready and it comes to your mailbox, it doesn't appear to have an API.