Instagram Subscribers Impoprter

bundle install
bundle exec ruby bin/import.rb

Set up

• Create a new request bin to be used as redirect URI.

• Register a new Instagram application, and acquire client id and client secret values.

• Opent this URL in browser:

  https://api.instagram.com/oauth/authorize/?client_id=...&redirect_uri=...&response_type=code&scope=basic+public_content+follower_list
  

• Pick the code value from the pastebin.

• Execute authorization API call:

  curl -F 'client_id=...' \
       -F 'client_secret=...' \
       -F 'grant_type=authorization_code' \
       -F 'redirect_uri=...' \
       -F 'code=...' https://api.instagram.com/oauth/access_token
  

• Pick access_token value from JSON response.

• Pull followers list:

  https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self/followed-by?access_token=...