Instagram

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Information to be mentioned: Everything that is mentioned at https://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Chromebot&oldid=37910#Instagram.com. InstaGrabber + Usage ( https://github.com/TheRealJoshiePoo/Instagrabber/blob/master/README.md ) Instaloader (can grab everything Instagram-related, stories, IGTV, profile pic, etc: https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader) I (Coloradohusky) made a program to automatically archive Instagram profiles List of pages that regularly erase old posts (such as SamsungMobile: Erased everything from 2013 to 2016.) Adverse APi changes such as June 2016 API scandal – see: http://www.zeldman.com/2016/06/04/instagram-third-party-developers-drop-dead/ https://taggbox.com/instagram-api-update-changes-solutions/ https://later.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-instagram-changes-2016/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/17/just-instagram/?guccounter=1 https://www.picodash.com/about/gramfeed-picodash-features API changes rendered some web-apps such as InstaPort.me unfunctional and some (e.g. Webstagram: Websta.me) heavily crippled. Third party applications and web-viewers[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] could no longer contain any of “Insta” or “Gram” in their name. Applications contained either of these had to rename (e.g. “GramFeed” → “PicoDash”). List of vanished content such as cross-advertisements (advertising each other) of larger entertainment Instagram pages. Those advertisements are usually deleted within days. Many of them have gone lost during the past years. Unlike Twitter, Instagram's useability had always been heavily restricted via their desktop website requiring to use the mobile phone app for full functionality. Original desktop website functionality: Viewing&liking&commenting photos&videos, view like counts, access settings, live image gallery banner(←removed since 201506 website layout minimalisation.) Since 2017: Uploading images through mobile website possible, but not desktop website. (former is accessible through desktop browser by user agent spoofing or viewport size spoofing) Later: Adding effects and cropping image possible through mobile website. Direct messages only accessible through the mobile app. Notifications: Accessible through desktop website since circa 2016. Since 2018: Comment liking possible through mobile + desktop website. (Feature introduced on December 6th 2016 in mobile app).[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] Removed feature: Badges[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]. Instagram got rid of photo maps[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] in September of 2016. The old version of the app was still able to display photo maps for a few months afterwards. The reason is the infamous “not widely used”. Volatile: . https://isdb.pw/ – Database of from popular accounts. (Dead) §20 () obligated Instagram create export (data download) feature. But it may not include all information. Possible excluded (thus lost) information: URL/ID of images one commented to Comments on one's own Instagram page, including those from other users. Comments that mention/reply to one's comment Comment ID's (if such thing exists on Instagram) User ID number. User ID numbers of other people (people you follow, people who follow you) Full URL and target users+ID's of liked pictures+comments. Usernames, user ID's and positions of marked users onto an image. Likes on oneself's comments (from users, user display names, user ID's) Information showed by Instagram Export Tools: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/access_tool/ https://www.instagram.com/accounts/access_tool/former_usernames https://www.instagram.com/accounts/access_tool/former_full_names https://www.instagram.com/accounts/access_tool/former_bio_texts https://www.instagram.com/accounts/access_tool/former_links_in_bio https://www.instagram.com/accounts/access_tool/current_follow_requests Instagram has different types (formats) of URL's and ID's. All of the following URL's refer to the same Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXpcUcAXXz/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] https://ingram.life/u/instagram/2042283222032807411[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] http://picdeer.com/media/2042283222032807411_25025320[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] File location (includes file name): https://scontent-dus1-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/1acf4035349e14f63bfa6230f7b1dc69/5D639209/t51.2885-15/e35/59723301_742850496111314_5197326153391766227_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-dus1-1.cdninstagram.com[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] The User ID (found using this tool) of @Instagram is “25025320”, which is included in the third listed URL format. Instagram hashtags post counter used to count deleted and private posts as well. Got patched at some point, probably due to program.