How To: Get Instagram Graph API Token

This document explains how to successfully call the Instagram Graph API with your app and get an Instagram Business or Creator Account's media objects. Facebook provides a quickstart guide of there own however, I found it to be a bit antiquated and not to very clear when explaining actual implementation. As a result, I've decided to create a guide of my own to provide a step by step explanation of how it's done. This guide assumes working knowledge of PHP and RESTful API data parsing. Let's go!

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Before you follow this video, keep in mind that the Graph API requires an Instagram business or creator account to use. I've included links to the right to help you make the change if you haven't already done so. Let's get started!

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Instagram Graph API - Getting Your Token in Two Minutes
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Resources


Set Up a Business Account on Instagram
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The Final Product