Introduction
User Storie(s)
- As a user, I would like to ingest user profile/account data from Instagram so I can use it for end user analytics
- As a user, I would like to ingest media data (image, video, or album) related to the user from Instagram so I can leverage it for end user analytics
- As a user, I would like to ingest comments associated with the different media from Instagram so I can leverage it for end user analytics
Plugin Type
- Batch Source
- Batch Sink
- Real-time Source
- Real-time Sink
- Action
- Post-Run Action
- Aggregate
- Join
- Spark Model
- Spark Compute
Authentication
Instagram API requires
Configurables
| Properties | Description | Mandatory | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requested Data Type (Users, Media, Comments) | Select all the types of data you want to import from Instagram. There are three options | Yes, Multi select (User, Media, Comments) | |
Collecting data from Instagram
The data ingestion will be based on the API reference available at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-basic-display-api/reference
This API reference currently supports user and media data, the following are not supported:
- Stories are not supported.
- Comments are not supported.
- Insights are not supported.
- Promoted posts containing Instagram media are not supported.
Note that there is another version of the API for Instagram available at the following link