cosmocatalano · February 8, 2025 07:43 · LabN36 · Oct 6, 2020 · restyler · Oct 8, 2020
diff --git a/instagram_scrape.php b/instagram_scrape.php
 <?php

 //returns a big old hunk of JSON from a non-private IG account page.
 function scrape_insta($username) {
 	$insta_source = file_get_contents('http://instagram.com/'.$username);
 	$shards = explode('window._sharedData = ', $insta_source);
 	$insta_json = explode(';</script>', $shards[1]); 
 	$insta_array = json_decode($insta_json[0], TRUE);
 	return $insta_array;
 }

 //Supply a username
 $my_account = 'cosmocatalano'; 

 //Do the deed
 $results_array = scrape_insta($my_account);

 //An example of where to go from there
 $latest_array = $results_array['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['media']['nodes'][0];

 echo 'Latest Photo:<br/>';
 echo '<a href="http://instagram.com/p/'.$latest_array['code'].'"><img src="'.$latest_array['display_src'].'"></a></br>';
 echo 'Likes: '.$latest_array['likes']['count'].' - Comments: '.$latest_array['comments']['count'].'<br/>';

 /* BAH! An Instagram site redesign in June 2015 broke quick retrieval of captions, locations and some other stuff.
 echo 'Taken at '.$latest_array['location']['name'].'<br/>';

 //Heck, lets compare it to a useful API, just for kicks.
 echo '<img src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?markers=color:red%7Clabel:X%7C'.$latest_array['location']['latitude'].','.$latest_array['location']['longitude'].'&zoom=13&size=300x150&sensor=false">';
 ?>
 */
	<?php

	//returns a big old hunk of JSON from a non-private IG account page.
	function scrape_insta($username) {
	$insta_source = file_get_contents('http://instagram.com/'.$username);
	$shards = explode('window._sharedData = ', $insta_source);
	$insta_json = explode(';</script>', $shards[1]);
	$insta_array = json_decode($insta_json[0], TRUE);
	return $insta_array;
	}

	//Supply a username
	$my_account = 'cosmocatalano';

	//Do the deed
	$results_array = scrape_insta($my_account);

	//An example of where to go from there
	$latest_array = $results_array['entry_data']['ProfilePage'][0]['user']['media']['nodes'][0];

	echo 'Latest Photo:<br/>';
	echo '<a href="http://instagram.com/p/'.$latest_array['code'].'"><img src="'.$latest_array['display_src'].'"></a></br>';
	echo 'Likes: '.$latest_array['likes']['count'].' - Comments: '.$latest_array['comments']['count'].'<br/>';

	/* BAH! An Instagram site redesign in June 2015 broke quick retrieval of captions, locations and some other stuff.
	echo 'Taken at '.$latest_array['location']['name'].'<br/>';

	//Heck, lets compare it to a useful API, just for kicks.
	echo '<img src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?markers=color:red%7Clabel:X%7C'.$latest_array['location']['latitude'].','.$latest_array['location']['longitude'].'&zoom=13&size=300x150&sensor=false">';
	?>
	*/