Want to build a bot: what do I "tell" Instagram I'm developing?

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jdenhaan

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Right,

So I have dev expertise and know that I'd need to use the API etc, but... How do I get access to it? What do I "tell" Instagram I'm developing?

From what I understand all apps have to approved; how do you get a bot approved?

Thanks

 

xinga

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jdenhaan said:

Right,

So I have dev expertise and know that I'd need to use the API etc, but... How do I get access to it? What do I "tell" Instagram I'm developing?

From what I understand all apps have to approved; how do you get a bot approved?

Thanks

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Start with a normal analyzer..like something that would give your users 'precious' insights of the behaviour of their crowd! ;-)
As I see it, instagram must get bombared with apps like that

 

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JustChillin

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A bot (like FL) doesn't get "approved". They reverse engineer the private API and use it without permission.

 

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jdenhaan

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Would these bots work by simply emulating a browser? More like a macro?

 

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jdenhaan

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Edit: looks like the public API is tightly controlled. All apps need to go through a review process.

I did however just find a private API interface on Github. I can't link it for some reason, but it will make things 'a bit' easier

 

Last edited: May 6, 2016

imGrej

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Like Risto said,

They don't ask for permission just RE it.