Instagram photo upload php

instagram-photo-upload-batuhanorg.php

<?php

/*
    (2014) Main source -> http://lancenewman.me/posting-a-photo-to-instagram-without-a-phone/
    
    I just managed to sniff Instagram traffic and fixed the code

    -- Have fun - batuhan.org - Batuhan Katırcı
    --- for your questions, comment @ http://batuhan.org/instagram-photo-upload-with-php/
    
    
*/


function SendRequest($url, $post, $post_data, $user_agent, $cookies) {
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://instagram.com/api/v1/'.$url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $user_agent);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);


    if($post) {
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data);
    }

    if($cookies) {
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, 'cookies.txt');            
    } else {
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, 'cookies.txt');
    }

    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $http = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    
    curl_close($ch);

    
    return array($http, $response);
}

function GenerateGuid() {
    return sprintf('%04x%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x%04x%04x', 
            mt_rand(0, 65535), 
            mt_rand(0, 65535), 
            mt_rand(0, 65535), 
            mt_rand(16384, 20479), 
            mt_rand(32768, 49151), 
            mt_rand(0, 65535), 
            mt_rand(0, 65535), 
            mt_rand(0, 65535));
}


function GenerateSignature($data) {
    return hash_hmac('sha256', $data, '25eace5393646842f0d0c3fb2ac7d3cfa15c052436ee86b5406a8433f54d24a5');
}

function GetPostData($filename) {
    if(!$filename) {
        echo "The image doesn't exist ".$filename;
    } else {
        $post_data = array('device_timestamp' => time(), 
                            'photo' => '@'.$filename);
        return $post_data;
    }
}

// Set the username and password of the account that you wish to post a photo to
$username = '';
$password = '';

// Set the path to the file that you wish to post.
// This must be jpeg format and it must be a perfect square
$filename = '400x400.jpg';

// Set the caption for the photo
$caption = "Testcaption";

// Define the user agent
$agent = 'Instagram 6.21.2 Android (19/4.4.2; 480dpi; 1152x1920; Meizu; MX4; mx4; mt6595; en_US)';

// Define the GuID
$guid = GenerateGuid();

// Set the devide ID
$device_id = "android-".$guid;

/* LOG IN */
// You must be logged in to the account that you wish to post a photo too
// Set all of the parameters in the string, and then sign it with their API key using SHA-256
$data = '{"device_id":"'.$device_id.'","guid":"'.$guid.'","username":"'.$username.'","password":"'.$password.'","Content-Type":"application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"}';
$sig = GenerateSignature($data);
$data = 'signed_body='.$sig.'.'.urlencode($data).'&ig_sig_key_version=6';
$login = SendRequest('accounts/login/', true, $data, $agent, false);


if(strpos($login[1], "Sorry, an error occurred while processing this request.")) {
    echo "Request failed, there's a chance that this proxy/ip is blocked";
} else {            
    if(empty($login[1])) {
        echo "Empty response received from the server while trying to login";
    } else {            
        // Decode the array that is returned
        $obj = @json_decode($login[1], true);

        if(empty($obj)) {
            echo "Could not decode the response: ".$body;
        } else {
            // Post the picture
            $data = GetPostData($filename);
            $post = SendRequest('media/upload/', true, $data, $agent, true);    

            if(empty($post[1])) {
                echo "Empty response received from the server while trying to post the image";
            } else {
                // Decode the response 
                $obj = @json_decode($post[1], true);

                if(empty($obj)) {
                    echo "Could not decode the response";
                } else {
                    $status = $obj['status'];

                    if($status == 'ok') {
                        // Remove and line breaks from the caption
                        $caption = preg_replace("/\r|\n/", "", $caption);

                        $media_id = $obj['media_id'];
                        $device_id = "android-".$guid;
                        $data = '{"device_id":"'.$device_id.'","guid":"'.$guid.'","media_id":"'.$media_id.'","caption":"'.trim($caption).'","device_timestamp":"'.time().'","source_type":"5","filter_type":"0","extra":"{}","Content-Type":"application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"}';   
                        $sig = GenerateSignature($data);
                        $new_data = 'signed_body='.$sig.'.'.urlencode($data).'&ig_sig_key_version=4';

                        // Now, configure the photo
                        $conf = SendRequest('media/configure/', true, $new_data, $agent, true);

                        if(empty($conf[1])) {
                            echo "Empty response received from the server while trying to configure the image";
                        } else {
                            if(strpos($conf[1], "login_required")) {
                                echo "You are not logged in. There's a chance that the account is banned";
                            } else {
                                $obj = @json_decode($conf[1], true);
                                $status = $obj['status'];

                                if($status != 'fail') {
                                    echo "Success";
                                } else {
                                    echo 'Fail';
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    } else {
                        echo "Status isn't okay";
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

I've added some debug code to my PHP and I see where the error is now. When the script tries to log in I'm getting the following response from the API:
{"message": "checkpoint_required", "checkpoint_url": "https://i.instagram.com/challenge/2157728006/2TQPdErb7M/", "lock": true, "status": "fail", "error_type": "checkpoint_challenge_required"}

I can get past this error by spoofing my IP address in the curl statement but then I get an empty response.

Any updates?

Good example! But what if i do not want to use username and password to upload photo? Can i use access token for this?

any path parameter for upload has change?
i got success but, i'm check on instagram wasn't uploaded.

Is it possible for multiple images at all?

Hola amigo quedo excelente jajajajaja https://amistadigital.com/

Good example! But what if i do not want to use username and password to upload photo? Can i use access token for this?

What about multiple images?

Returns success but does not upload to instagram.

I'm getting the error "CSRF token missing or incorrect"

Good example! But what if i do not want to use username and password to upload photo? Can i use access token for this?

Have you find any solution to that. I am looking for the same thing. With access token.

This work yet? for me i couldn't login to instagram

Notice: Undefined variable: body in D:\xammp\htdocs\instagram\index.php on line 89
Could not decode the response

this error i am getting when trying to run this program

please help me how can i resolve this

The code can log in but
{"logged_in_user":{"pk":47870071423,"username":"******","full_name":"","is_private":false,"profile_pic_url":"https://instagram.fdtb1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-19/4434343435656884218_3457882519_2446069589734326272_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fdtb1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\u0026_nc_cat=1\u0026_nc_ohc=3-IomJ49GywAX-ISCK3\u0026edm=AL4D0a4BAAAA\u0026ccb=7-4\u0026oh=e1feab6628bc1f793fdfge410333ff61c0190\u0026oe=60B4EF4F\u0026_nc_sid=712cc3\u0026ig_cache_key=YW5vbnltb3VzX3Byb2ZpbGVfcGlj.2-ccb7-4","is_verified":false,"has_anonymous_prof'...

does it work in 2021?

@my21century2002 probably no, this code snippet is 7 years old :D

Have you tried this? The 2021 solution!
https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2021/01/26/introducing-instagram-content-publishing-api/

Could not decode the response:
How to fix this error