Is there a working Instagram feed Extra?

9thwave · August 17, 2020, 8:34am

Every Instagram Extra available via Package Manager do not appear to be working. I have had some working on sites but presumably there’s been a recent change to the api.
Anyone have or know of a working extra to display Instagram latest posts?
Cheers
J

chrisandy · August 17, 2020, 2:09pm

This is something I’d also like to know but I don’t think there is a reliable free or ‘without restriction’ free one. I tend to use https://lightwidget.com/ which is $10 (one-off) if used on https and free if used on http

jenswittmann · August 18, 2020, 10:21am

I use NoCodeAPI: https://nocodeapi.com/instagram-api

Then write a small snippet to loop the entries. You can use getCache to limit the API requests: https://modx.com/blog/2012/10/29/optimization-with-getcache-and-custom-cache-partitions/

digitalpenguin · August 18, 2020, 10:34am

You can also get a JSON feed from Instagram by simply adding ?__a=1 on the end of the URL.

For example:
https://www.instagram.com/your_username/?__a=1

So you could write a snippet to request that and then return it with whatever formatting you like.

bahbvee · August 19, 2020, 9:40am

I think digitalpenguin’s suggestion is great.

I’ve also looked at the socialFeed extra, which also looks promising if you don’t mind signing up.
They’re also planning on including an twitter/facebook feed and it seems like it would be a great
use case for a client site. https://www.socialfeed.pro/

edit: it does require a cron job to import the feed btw https://github.com/jdaehne/socialFeedMODX

9thwave · August 19, 2020, 10:52am

Thanks for all the suggestions.
The SocialFeed Extra seems perfect. Cheers.

chrisandy · August 21, 2020, 8:52am

I’d be interested to know how it works out. Quadro are really good and very helpful

9thwave · August 24, 2020, 10:11am

It was really easy to set up and configure. I’d recommend it.

jenswittmann · October 20, 2020, 8:59am

Thanks for the tip! Works pretty well:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/jenswittmann/ae7495bc704d54ab2d636da6fe04931e

instagramLatestPosts.php

<?php
/**
 * instagramLatestPosts
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 * This Snippet return latest posts from Instagram as iframe embed.
 *
 * PROPERTIES:
 *

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digitalpenguin · October 20, 2020, 9:11am

Nice work! Thanks for sharing

mmcgee · December 3, 2020, 3:42am

Ran across this post looking for a method to go the other way. I’d like to have a way to enter posts on a modx site and have it post to the various social media outlets—5 accounts is simply not enough, and developer mode on mac does not allow video upload.

At any rate… https://elfsight.com is a great resource for many extras. I have used several without issue. I like that the instagram extra allows the feed to be viewed on the website, rather than jumping you to instagram.