ig-client

Streaming Instagram API client.

npm install ig-client

Usage

var ig = require('ig-client')({
    clientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
});
 
var r = ig({
    method: 'GET',
    uri: '/users/9243'
}).pipe(process.stdout);
 
r.on('error', function (err) {
    console.log('oh oh');
});

Supports callbacks as well.

ig({
    method: 'GET',
    uri: '/users/9243'
}, function (err, body) {
    if (err) console.log('uh oh');
 
    console.log(body); // json object
});

Authenticated requests can be made by passing an access_token as the token item in the request options.

ig({
    method: 'GET',
    uri: '/users/9243',
    token: 'xxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
}, function (err, body) {});

Simple GET requests can just provide a string uri.

ig('/users/9243').pipe(process.stdout);

Intention

This is mean to be a simple abstraction on top of request to remove some boilerplate when building up Instagram API calls. Would be cool to pair w/ an Instagram version of something like github-oauth to get an access token for making authenticated requests.

If you want to just mess around – when you explore the Instagram API Docs you can use the generated access_token they provide.