The Instagram connector lets you perform insert, delete, update, and read operations on Instagram.
Before you begin
Before using the Instagram connector, do the following tasks:
- In your Google Cloud project:
- Ensure that network connectivity is set up. For information about network patterns, see Network connectivity.
- Enable the following services:
secretmanager.googleapis.com
(Secret Manager API)connectors.googleapis.com
(Connectors API)
To understand how to enable services, see Enabling services.
If these services or permissions have not been enabled for your project previously, you are prompted to enable them when configuring the connector.
Instagram configuration
To create an app that integrates with Instagram, complete the following tasks:
- Set up an Instagram business account
- Create a Facebook developer account
- Set up OAuth2.0 client authentication
- Set up scope details
- Set up redirect URL details
Set up an Instagram business account
- Login to the Instagram account.
- If you are a new user, open the app and follow the prompts to create a new account. You can sign up with an email address, phone number, or through the Facebook application.
- If you are an existing user, sign in to your existing account.
- Connect to a Facebook page.
For information about creating a new Instagram business account, see Instagram account.
During the setup, Instagram offers you the option to connect to a Facebook page. This is optional but is recommended for access to all features.
You can create a new Facebook page directly through the setup or link to an existing one.
Create a Facebook developer account for app creation and configuration
Log in using the Facebook account that you have created earlier.
- Login to the Facebook developer account.
- Click on My Apps and select Create App.
- Choose the platform for your app from the list of options, such as iOS, Android, Web, etc.
- Enter basic information in your app, such as name, email address, and category.
- Click Create App ID after entering the necessary information to generate a unique identifier for your app.
- Configure additional settings in your app, by adding platform-specific details such as iOS bundle ID, Android package name and setting up app domains, and privacy policy URLs.
- Configure Instagram Graph API.
- Navigate to the settings of your app.
- Add the Instagram Graph API product to your app through the dashboard.
- On your app dashboard, click Set Up under Instagram
- Configure the settings according to the needs of your app, including setting permissions. For information about configuring the Instagram Graph API, see Instagram Graph API.
- Add permissions for access.
Request the necessary permissions for the data you need. This typically includes permissions like instagram_basic, instagram_manage_comments, instagram_content_publish, instagram_manage_insights, pages_show_list etc.
Each permission defines the type of data or actions you can perform with the API. For information about permissions, see Authorization and permissions.
- Link your Instagram business account.
- Make sure your Instagram account is a Business or Creator account, as the Instagram Graph API does not work with personal account.
- Link this Instagram account to a Facebook Page.
- Log in to the Meta for Developers using your Facebook credentials.
- Click on Apps tab and choose the Meta App you created in the previous step.
- Click on App Settings > Basic in the menu.
- View the App secret which is the client secret. Click on show, it will prompt you for your account password, save the client secret for later use.
- Click on App Settings > Advanced in the menu. Find the client token, which is the client ID. You can reset it if needed.
- Log in to the Meta for Developers using your Facebook credentials.
- Click on Apps tab and choose the Meta App you created in the previous step.
- Click facebook Login > Settings from the menu.
- Paste the redirect url generated under Valid OAuth Redirect URIs in the required field.
- In the Cloud console, go to the Integration Connectors > Connections page and then select or create a Google Cloud project.
- Click + Create new to open the Create Connection page.
- In the Location section, choose the location for the connection.
- Region: Select a location from the drop-down list.
Supported regions for connectors include:
For the list of all the supported regions, see Locations.
- Click Next.
- Region: Select a location from the drop-down list.
- In the Connection Details section, complete the following:
- Connector: Select Instagram from the drop down list of available Connectors.
- Connector version: Select the Connector version from the drop down list of available versions.
- In the Connection Name field, enter a name for the Connection instance.
Connection names must meet the following criteria:
- Connection names can use letters, numbers, or hyphens.
- Letters must be lower-case.
- Connection names must begin with a letter and end with a letter or number.
- Connection names cannot exceed 49 characters.
- Optionally, enter a Description for the connection instance.
- Service Account: Select a service account that has the required roles.
- Optionally, configure the Connection node settings:
- Minimum number of nodes: Enter the minimum number of connection nodes.
- Maximum number of nodes: Enter the maximum number of connection nodes.
A node is a unit (or replica) of a connection that processes transactions. More nodes are required to process more transactions for a connection and conversely, fewer nodes are required to process fewer transactions. To understand how the nodes affect your connector pricing, see Pricing for connection nodes. If you don't enter any values, by default the minimum nodes are set to 2 (for better availability) and the maximum nodes are set to 50.
- Verbosity Level: Verbosity level for connection, varies from 1-5. Higher verbosity level will log all the communication details (request,response & ssl certificates).
- Optionally, click + Add label to add a label to the Connection in the form of a key/value pair.
- Click Next.
-
In the Authentication section, enter the authentication details.
- Select an Authentication type and enter the relevant details.
The following authentication types are supported by the Instagram connection:
- OAuth 2.0 Auth Code Grant
- Click Next.
To understand how to configure these authentication types, see Configure authentication.
- Select an Authentication type and enter the relevant details.
- Review: Review your connection and authentication details.
- Click Create.
-
OAuth 2.0 Auth Code Grant
- Client ID: The client ID used for requesting access tokens.
- Scopes: A comma-separated list of desired scopes.
- Client secret: The client secret used for requesting access tokens.
- Secret version: The version of the secret that contains the client secret.
- Click on the required connection in the Connections page.
This opens the connection details page.
- Click Edit to edit the connection details.
- Verify the OAuth 2.0 - Authorization code details in the Authentication section.
If required, make the necessary changes.
- Click Save. This takes you to the connection details page.
- Click Edit authorization in the Authentication section. This shows the Authorize pane.
- Click Authorize.
If the authorization is successful, the connection status will be set to Active in the Connections page.
- In the Connections page,
locate the newly created connection.
Notice that the Status for the new connector will be Authorization required.
- Click Authorization required.
This shows the Edit authorization pane.
- Copy the Redirect URI value to your external application.
- Verify the authorization details.
- Click Authorize.
If the authorization is successful, the connection status will be set to Active in the Connections page.
- Entity: An entity can be thought of as an object, or a collection of properties, in the
connected application or service. The definition of an entity differs from a connector to a
connector. For example, in a database connector, tables are the entities, in a
file server connector, folders are the entities, and in a messaging system connector,
queues are the entities.
However, it is possible that a connector doesn't support or have any entities, in which case the
Entities
list will be empty. - Operation: An operation is the activity that you can perform on an entity. You can perform
any of the following operations on an entity:
Selecting an entity from the available list, generates a list of operations available for the entity. For a detailed description of the operations, see the Connectors task's entity operations. However, if a connector doesn't support any of the entity operations, such unsupported operations aren't listed in the
Operations
list. - Action: An action is a first class function that is made available to the integration
through the connector interface. An action lets you make changes to an entity or entities, and
vary from connector to connector. Normally, an action will have some input parameters, and an output
parameter. However, it is possible
that a connector doesn't support any action, in which case the
Actions
list will be empty. - In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select IGMedia from the
Entity
list. - Select the
List
operation, and then click Done. - In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select AccountFollowersNonfollowers from the
Entity
list. - Select the
List
operation, and then click Done. - Set the filter clause to List single AccountFollowersNonfollowers. To set the filter clause, in
the Data Mapper section of the Data Mapping, click Open Data Mapping Editor and
then enter
Metric='reach'
in the Input Value field and choose the filter clause as Local variable. - In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select IGMedia from the
Entity
list. - Select the
Get
operation, and then click Done. - Set the entity ID to Get single IGMedia. To set the entity ID, in
the Data Mapper section of the Data Mapping, click Open Data Mapping Editor and
then enter
18008309540391873
in the Input Value field and choose the EntityId as Local variable. - In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select MediaInsightReels from the
Entity
list. - Select the
List
operation, and then click Done. - Set the filter clause to Get single MediaInsightReels. To set the filter clause, in
the Data Mapper section of the Data Mapping, click Open Data Mapping Editor and
then enter
MediaId='18018014180193817'
in the Input Value field and choose the filter clause as Local variable. - In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select Comments from the
Entity
list. - Select the
Delete
operation, and then click Done. - Set the entity ID to Delete Comments. To set the entity ID, in
the Data Mapper section of the Data Mapping, click Open Data Mapping Editor and
then enter
18435078259055638
in the Input Value field and choose the EntityId as Local variable. - In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select Comments from the
Entity
list. - Select the
Create
operation, and then click Done. - In the Data mapper section of the Task click
OpenDataMapping
editor and then enter a value similar to the following in thefield:
{ "MediaId": "18008309540391873", "Text": "The Universe is with you" }
Running this example, returns a response similar to the following in the Connector task's
connectorOutputPayload
output variable:{ "Id": "18351045133102133" }
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select Replies from the
Entity
list. - Select the
Create
operation, and then click Done. - In the Data mapper section of the Task click
OpenDataMapping
editor and then enter a value similar to the following in thefield:
{ "CommentId": "18022630739158714", "Text": "conquered" }
Running this example, returns a response similar to the following in the Connector task's
connectorOutputPayload
output variable:{ "Id": "18167970637306971" }
- To understand how to create and use the Connectors task in Apigee Integration, see Connectors task.
- To understand how to create and use the Connectors task in Application Integration, see Connectors task.
- Understand how to suspend and resume a connection.
- Understand how to monitor connector usage.
- Understand how to view connector logs.
For information about creating an app, see Create an app.
If your app requires additional data, you must submit your app for App review by Facebook. For this you need to describe how your app uses the data, by providing a screencast of the actual usage, to ensure that you meet the platform policy.
Set up OAuth2.0 client authentication
Set up Scope details
Scopes can be set according to your business needs. Scopes have been set as instagram_basic, pages_show_list, pages_read_engagement.
Set up Redirect URL details
Configure the connector
Configuring the connector requires you to create a connection to your data source (backend system). A connection is specific to a data source. It means that if you have many data sources, you must create a separate connection for each data source. To create a connection, do the following steps:
Connection configuration samples
This section lists the sample values for the various fields that you configure when creating the Instagram connection.
Instagram web connection type
Fieldname | Details |
---|---|
Location | europe-west1 |
Connector | |
Connector version | 1 |
Connection Name | google-cloud-instagram |
Service Account | SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME@PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com |
Verbosity Level | 5 |
Minimum number of nodes | 2 |
Maximum number of nodes | 50 |
Client ID | CLIENT_ID |
Scopes | instagram_basic,pages_show_list,pages_read_engagement |
Client secret | CLIENT_SECRET |
Secret version | 2 |
Configure authentication
Enter the details based on the authentication you want to use.
Re-authorization for authorization code
If you are using Authorization code
authentication type and have made any cofiguration changes in your Azure AD application, you must re-authorize your Azure AD connection. To re-authorize a connection, perform the following steps:
Additional steps after connection creation
If you selected OAuth 2.0 - Authorization code
for
authentication, you must do the following additional steps after creating the connection:
Entities, operations, and actions
All the Integration Connectors provide a layer of abstraction for the objects of the connected application. You can access an application's objects only through this abstraction. The abstraction is exposed to you as entities, operations, and actions.
System limitations
The Instagram connector can process 2 transactions per second, per node, and throttles any transactions beyond this limit. By default, Integration Connectors allocates 2 nodes (for better availability) for a connection.
For information on the limits applicable to Integration Connectors, see Limits.
Action examples
This section describes how to perform some of the actions in this connector.
Example - List all IGMedia
Example - List all AccountFollowersNonfollowers
You must use the filter clause in the Data Mapper section of the Tasks to perform an operation with the AccountFollowersNonfollowers entity.
Example - Get single IGMedia
Example - Get MediaInsightReels
You must use the filter clause in the Data Mapper section of the Tasks to perform a Get operation for the following entities: MediaInsightReels, MediaInsights, MediaInsightsPost, AccountFollowersNonfollowers, andAccountContactButtonType.
Example - Delete a comment
Example - Create a comment
Example - Create a reply
Use the Instagram connection in an integration
After you create the connection, it becomes available in both Apigee Integration and Application Integration. You can use the connection in an integration through the Connectors task.