instagram_scraper.php

<?php
//clearly client_id should = something other than XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
$search = 'ecig';
$url = 'https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/' . $search .'/media/recent?client_id=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';
$json = file_get_contents($url);
$obj = json_decode($json);
date_default_timezone_set('EST');

			$list = array();
			foreach ($obj->data as $media) {
			 	$username = $media->user->username;
                $likes = $media->likes->count;
                $comments = $media->comments->count;
                $link = $media->link;
                $caption = $media->caption->text;
                $filter = $media->filter;
                $hashcount = substr_count($caption, '#');
                $hashtrue = (boolval($hashcount) ? 'true' : 'false');
                $atcount = substr_count($caption, '@');
                $attrue = (boolval($atcount) ? 'true' : 'false');
                
				array_push($list, $username . 'ˇ' . $likes . 'ˇ' . $comments . 'ˇ' . $link . 'ˇ' . $caption . 'ˇ' . $filter . 'ˇ' . date(DATE_RFC2822) . 'ˇ' . $hashtrue . 'ˇ' . $hashcount . 'ˇ' . $attrue . 'ˇ' .$atcount) ;
				}
			$file = fopen($search .'data.csv',"a+");

			foreach ($list as $line)
				  {
					  fputcsv($file,explode('ˇ',$line));
 				  }

			fclose($file); ?>
<?php	
			 for ($x = 0; $x <= 10; $x++) {
				$url = $url;	
				$next = $obj->pagination->next_url;	
				$url = $next;
				$json = file_get_contents($url);	
				$obj = json_decode($json);
//				echo $next . '<br>'; - was for testing url returns 
				
				$list = array();
				foreach ($obj->data as $media) {
			 	$username = $media->user->username;
                $likes = $media->likes->count;
                $comments = $media->comments->count;
                $link = $media->link;
                $caption = $media->caption->text;
                $filter = $media->filter;
	            $hashcount = substr_count($caption, '#');
                $hashtrue = (boolval($hashcount) ? 'true' : 'false');	            
                $atcount = substr_count($caption, '@');
                $attrue = (boolval($atcount) ? 'true' : 'false');
                	            
				array_push($list, $username . 'ˇ' . $likes . 'ˇ' . $comments . 'ˇ' . $link . 'ˇ' . $caption . 'ˇ' . $filter . 'ˇ' . date(DATE_RFC2822) . 'ˇ' . $hashtrue . 'ˇ' . $hashcount . 'ˇ' . $attrue . 'ˇ' .$atcount) ;
				}
			$file = fopen($search .'data.csv',"a+");

			foreach ($list as $line)
				  {
					  fputcsv($file,explode('ˇ',$line));
 				  }

			fclose($file); 			 

};
?>