Calling instagram api from Django view. Returns json to easily wire up into a js ajax call.

Instagram api Django View

def get_instagram(request):
    #define tag here:
    tag = 'jesus'
    req = urllib2.Request("https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/" + tag + "/media/recent?access_token=TOKEN_GOES_HERE&count=50")
    opener = urllib2.build_opener()
    instagram = opener.open(req)
    json = simplejson.load(instagram)
    images = []
    for image in json['data']:
        images.append({'thumbnail' : image['images']['thumbnail'], 'standard' : image['images']['standard_resolution'], 'caption' : image['caption'] })

    return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps(images), mimetype = 'text/json')