jlengstorf / realtime-instagram

The demo to accompany @jlengstorf's realtime workshop at Future Insights Live 2013.

Realtime Instagram Photo Tag Loader

This is a demo application that reads photos with the tag #catstagram and displays them instantly using Instagram's API and Pusher.

Demo

A live demo of this code is available at http://rtig.aws.af.cm/

Walkthrough

To build this app, you'll need to run through the following steps:

1. Set up a live dev environment (AppFog is a quick and free option if you don't have access to your own server)
2. Register a new app with Instagram
3. Register a new app with Pusher
4. Subscribe to a tag on Instagram

Choose Your Tag Wisely

Originally, this demo used #selfie, but so many selfies are posted on Instagram that the API limit of 5000 requests per hour was maxed out within minutes. Additionally, looking at the #selfie feed made me feel like a creepy old man.

Adding a Subscription

Add a subscription to the tag #catstagram by executing the following command in a terminal:

curl -F 'client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID' \
     -F 'client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET' \
     -F 'object=tag' \
     -F 'aspect=media' \
     -F 'object_id=catstagram' \
     -F 'callback_url=http://YOURREDIRECTURI.com/' \
     https://api.instagram.com/v1/subscriptions/

Deleting a Subscription

Remove all subscriptions by executing the following command in a terminal:

curl -X DELETE 'https://api.instagram.com/v1/subscriptions?client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET&client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&object=all'

Copyright and license

Copyright (c) 2013 Jason Lengstorf

Licensed under the MIT License (the "License"); you may not use this work except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License in the LICENSE file, or at:

http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.