An easy-to-use and simple Instagram package allows you to fetch media content without API and access token.
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Warning • Key Features • Demo • Documentation • Installation • How To Use • Caveats • Browsers support • License • Contributing
Warning ❗
Instagram has introduced a strict-origin-when-cross-origin policy since February 2021. So they don't allow cross-site content access anymore. For now, I am not sure how to solve this issue.
Key Features ✨
- Small. ~ 2KB (minified and gzipped). Size Limit controls the size
- No dependencies
- No need for the access token secret
- Easy to use
- Typescript support
- Tree shakeable
Demo 👀
DEMO
Documentation 🔨
You can read the full documentation here
Installation 🚀
Using package managers
npm
$ npm install nanogram.js --saveyarn
$ yarn add nanogram.jsvia CDN
Add script right before closing </body> tag
<script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/nanogram.iife.js"></script>
or
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/nanogram.iife.js"></script>Hint: for a better performance add preconnect link in the head of your document.
<head>
<!-- for unkpg cdn -->
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://unpkg.com">
<!-- for jsdelivr cdn -->
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net">
<!-- dns-prefetch only for IE11 -->
<!-- <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://unpkg.com"> -->
<!-- <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net"> -->
</head>How to use 🤔
Get media content by providing instagram username
ES2015
import { getMediaByUsername } from 'nanogram.js'
getMediaByUsername('instagram').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getMediaByUsername = require('nanogram.js').getMediaByUsername;
getMediaByUsername('instagram').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getMediaByUsername = window.Nanogram.getMediaByUsername
getMediaByUsername('instagram').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get content from user page. 12 photos is the maximum for this method.
Get media content by providing instagram post id
ES2015
import { getMediaByPostId } from 'nanogram.js'
getMediaByPostId('CIrIDMtDwn4').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getMediaByPostId = require('nanogram.js').getMediaByPostId;
getMediaByPostId('CIrIDMtDwn4').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getMediaByPostId = window.Nanogram.getMediaByPostId
getMediaByPostId('CIrIDMtDwn4').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get content from post page
Get media content by providing instagram reel id
ES2015
import { getMediaByReelId } from 'nanogram.js'
getMediaByReelId('CKONdDkJaPU').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getMediaByReelId = require('nanogram.js').getMediaByReelId;
getMediaByReelId('CKONdDkJaPU').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getMediaByReelId = window.Nanogram.getMediaByReelId
getMediaByReelId('CKONdDkJaPU').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get content from reel page
Get media content by providing instagram tag
ES2015
import { getMediaByTag } from 'nanogram.js'
getMediaByTag('sunset').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getMediaByTag = require('nanogram.js').getMediaByTag;
getMediaByTag('sunset').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getMediaByTag = window.Nanogram.getMediaByTag
getMediaByTag('sunset').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get content from tag page
Get media content by providing location id and place name
ES2015
import { getMediaByLocation } from 'nanogram.js'
getMediaByLocation(6264386, 'highbridge-park').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getMediaByLocation = require('nanogram.js').getMediaByLocation;
getMediaByLocation(6264386, 'highbridge-park').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getMediaByLocation = window.Nanogram.getMediaByLocation
getMediaByLocation(6264386, 'highbridge-park').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get content from location page
Get all available countries
ES2015
import { getCountries } from 'nanogram.js'
getCountries().then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getCountries = require('nanogram.js').getCountries;
getCountries().then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getCountries = window.Nanogram.getCountries
getCountries().then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get countries from location page
Get all cities by providing country id
ES2015
import { getCitiesByCountryId } from 'nanogram.js'
getCitiesByCountryId('US').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getCitiesByCountryId = require('nanogram.js').getCitiesByCountryId;
getCitiesByCountryId('US').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getCitiesByCountryId = window.Nanogram.getCitiesByCountryId
getCitiesByCountryId('US').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get cities from country page
Get all places by providing city id
ES2015
import { getPlacesByCityId } from 'nanogram.js'
getPlacesByCityId('c2728325').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getPlacesByCityId = require('nanogram.js').getPlacesByCityId;
getPlacesByCityId('c2728325').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getPlacesByCityId = window.Nanogram.getPlacesByCityId
getPlacesByCityId('c2728325').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get places from city page
Get media content by providing place id
ES2015
import { getMediaByPlaceId } from 'nanogram.js'
getMediaByPlaceId(2999512).then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getMediaByPlaceId = require('nanogram.js').getMediaByPlaceId;
getMediaByPlaceId(2999512).then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getMediaByPlaceId = window.Nanogram.getMediaByPlaceId
getMediaByPlaceId(2999512).then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get content from place page
Get media content by providing search query
ES2015
import { getMediaBySearchQuery } from 'nanogram.js'
getMediaBySearchQuery('sunset').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});CommonJS
const getMediaBySearchQuery = require('nanogram.js').getMediaBySearchQuery;
getMediaBySearchQuery('sunset').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});IIFE
const getMediaBySearchQuery = window.Nanogram.getMediaBySearchQuery
getMediaBySearchQuery('sunset').then((media) => {
console.log(media);
});Note: get content from searchbar on the top of the page
Caveats 💣
How to get next page? There are only 12 photos
12 photos is the maximum. I think there is no way to load more content. Use instafeed.js with access_token to load more items.
Nanogram stopped working (Cannot read property '0' of undefined)
Perhaps you made a large number of requests in a short period of time. There is a limit. Usually, the duration of a temporary Instagram ban ranges from few hours to 24-48 hours. The duration of ban also depends on your follow up actions. If you would continue doing the wrong actions, the ban may prolong.
Browsers support 🌎
 IE / Edge |
 Firefox |
 Chrome |
 Safari |
 iOS Safari |
 Opera |
 Yandex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE11*, Edge 12+ | 27+ | 32+ | 7.1+ | 8+ | 19+ | 14.2+ |
* – For IE11 you need to install a Promise polyfill.
If you are using version less than 2.0.0 you will also need polyfill for Fetch API.
If you want maximum browser compatibility, please use polyfills.
See caniuse for promise.
Browsers polyfills
If you want to send a polyfill only to browsers that need it, there's a handy service called Polyfill.io which does just that, it offers a wide array of polyfills.
Here's an example of using polyfill.io to polyfill only the Promise feature, so if we put this right before closing </body> tag of index.html and Nanogram.js script, Polyfill.io will read the user agent and use that information to determine if the browser requires a polyfill for the feature or features listed. Since I'm using Chrome it will send back an empty response since my browser doesn't need it, pretty slick.
<script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=Promise"></script>Alternatively, you can install packages like es6-promise.
Node.js
Node.js doesn't have a built-in implementation of the XHR API, but you can use any library with a compatible interface, such xmlhttprequest.
If you are using version less than 2.0.0 you need Fetch API instead of XHR API. Such node-fetch.
License 📄
MIT
Contributing 🎉
Found a bug? Missing a specific feature? Your contributions are always welcome! Please have a look at the contribution guidelines first.
Contributors ✨
Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):
 Alexey Istomin |
 Yousuf Khan |
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!