node-red-node-instagram

Node-RED nodes that get photos from Instagram.

Install

Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install

    npm install node-red-node-instagram

Usage

Two nodes that get photos from Instagram

Input Node

Get photos from Instagram.

This node automatically checks for new content in a user's account every 15 minutes.

It can be configured to either retrieve new photos uploaded by the user, or photos the user has liked. Each message sent by the node contains a single photo in its payload, either as a Buffer containing the photo or its URL.

When the metadata is available within Instagram's service, the photo's capture time and location are also forwarded in the form of msg.time, msg.lat and msg.lon.

Query node

Get photos from Instagram.

This node checks for new content in a user's account whenever it receives a message.

It can be configured to either retrieve new photos uploaded by the user, or photos the user has liked. Each message sent by the node contains a single photo in its payload, either as a Buffer containing the photo or its URL.

When the metadata is available within Instagram's service, the photo's capture time and location are also forwarded in the form of msg.time, msg.lat and msg.lon.

Note:

Videos are currently not supported and are ignored.