instagram
client
Pure-Go best-effort read client for public Instagram content.
A pure-Go, dependency-free, best-effort read client for public Instagram content served through Instagram's web JSON endpoints. The Go API is kept deliberately small and stable so your code can survive the churn underneath — the underlying transport may break at any time regardless.
⚠️ Best-effort — expect breakage
Instagram does not offer these endpoints as a stable, documented public API. They are the internal endpoints its own website calls, and they change, rate-limit, and lock without notice.
Unauthenticated requests are frequently rejected — you will often need a valid logged-in `sessionid` cookie for reads to succeed. Any request can start returning 401 / 403 / 429 at any time when Instagram decides to block you.
Usage
Pure Go, standard library only. go get github.com/go-instagram/instagram
// A sessionid cookie is usually required for reads to succeed.
c := instagram.New(instagram.WithSessionID("your-sessionid-cookie"))
prof, err := c.UserProfile(context.Background(), "instagram")
if err != nil {
panic(err) // 401/403/429 here means Instagram is blocking the request.
}
fmt.Printf("%s (%s) — %d followers\n", prof.FullName, prof.Username, prof.Followers)
for _, p := range prof.Posts {
fmt.Printf("- %s %d likes %s\n", p.Permalink, p.Likes, p.Caption)
}Repositories
Everything that actually exists in the org today.
brand
brand
Logos, icons and social images for go-instagram.