I'm using the new Instagram Basic Display API.
I followed these steps to get an access_token: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-basic-display-api/getting-started
The problem is that the access_token expires very quickly (about one hour later) and I have to get a new authorization code from api.instagram.com, then exchange it for a new access_token. The authorization step has to be a manual step because I need to authenticate into Instagram with my account credentials (I open the URL in my browser: https://api.instagram.com/oauth/authorize?app_id={APP_ID}&redirect_uri={REDIRECT_URI}&scope=user_profile,user_media&response_type=code).
The exchange of the authorization code with an access_token can be done programmatically (with cURL).
curl -X POST \
https://api.instagram.com/oauth/access_token \
-F app_id={APP_ID} \
-F app_secret={APP_SECRET} \
-F grant_type=authorization_code \
-F redirect_uri={REDIRECT_URI} \
-F code={AUTH_CODE}
I just want to get the media of my own Instagram account. Is there a way to have access to my own data without the need to refresh my access_token every hour ?
I found that this endpoint was publicly readable: https://www.instagram.com/proquartet_cemc/?__a=1
If I cannot use the Basic Display API, I will parse the JSON returned by this endpoint. But it is not documented anywhere so it may be disabled at any time...
Thanks for your help.