Instagram has become one of the web’s most popular platforms for photo and video sharing. To help users integrate the social network even further into their daily lives, it has released a public application programming interface (API).
For those who have never heard the term before, an API is a seamless software-to-software interface, meaning there is no user involvement during the passing of information. For example, when you enter credit card information to make an online purchase, the website sends your credit card information through an API to another application, which confirms that the provided information is correct.
By using Instagram’s public API, users — tech-savvy or otherwise — have a number of options on how to best implement the code. For some ideas on how to begin, here are eight basic ways to use the API for your own online presence.
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- Search Tags
- Incorporate Photos on Websites
- View Photos from Specific Locations in Real Time
- View Popular and Trending Photos
- Print Photos from Events and Tags Instantly
- Make Custom Items
- Market Venues, Events and Businesses
- Create Event Live Feeds
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