A Script to extract all followers using the Instagram API

instagram-followers.rb

require 'open-uri'
require 'json'
require 'typhoeus'

def generate_resultset(url)
  output = []

  result = JSON.parse(Typhoeus.get(url).body)
  output += result['data'].inject([]) do |arr,d|
    arr << d['username']
    arr
  end

  puts "Fetching API Url #{url}"

  if !result['pagination'].empty?
    output += generate_resultset(result['pagination']['next_url'])
  else
    output
  end
end

# This is where you insert your first image (then it will loop indefinitivelly until the end of universe)
start_url = "https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/416240579/followed-by?access_token=416240579.xxxxx"

output = generate_resultset(start_url)