I'm making requests against the Instagram API from a mobile app. Currently, I'm just directing the user to the Instagram auth url and specifying the response type to be "access_token". Specifying this response_type is known as implicit auth.
Explicit auth: response_type=code Implicit auth: response_type=access_token
I'm trying to get around needing to stand up a web service to facilitate explicit auth. This would be necessary because in explicit auth flow, the Instagram API needs to make a call to a redirect URL and pass in a "code" parameter. The code would then be used by my server-side code to make a final request to Instagram for an access token.
It's much more efficient for a mobile app to use implicit flow because no extra privately-maintained auth service needs to be stood up to handle it.
Instagram supports the following scopes:
- basic - to read any and all data related to a user (e.g. following/followed-by lists, photos, etc.) (granted by default)
- comments - to create or delete comments on a user’s behalf
- relationships - to follow and unfollow users on a user’s behalf
- likes - to like and unlike items on a user’s behalf
When I make any other type of scope specification besides "basic", I get the following response when the user provides the credentials at the auth URL:
{"code": 400, "error_type": "OAuthException", "error_message": "Invalid scope field(s): basic+likes"}
Any combination of scopes other than "basic" gives the same response.
So, my question are these:
- Is explicit auth required in order to specify scopes beyond "basic"??
- Do I need to specify response_type=code in order for extended scopes to work?
- Is this an Instagram limitation, or is it a limitation of OAuth 2.0?
Thanks in advance.
I just tried with implicit oauth flow with my client_id and scope=basic+likes and it worked. Replace the url below with your client_id and redirect_uri, and try.
https://instagram.com/oauth/authorize/?client_id=CLIENT_ID&redirect_uri=REDIRECT-URI&response_type=token&scope=basic+likes
May be Instagram is not allowing scope other than basic with new client accounts...
The answer here is that YES, scopes can be requested by implicit auth flow just fine. My problem was related to an OAuth component that I was using. The component was silently URL-encoding the value of the scope param, which was rejected by the Instagram auth endpoint. I updated the component (Xamarin.Auth) to accomodate a non-encoded scope param and issued a pull request.
Thanks to @krisak for providing a working URL that I could test.
So I had similar issues regarding the encoding of the + when trying to get permission for multiple scopes (basic, likes, comments). The solution I found was to use spaces between the individual scopes:
In the config/initializers/omniauth.rb file:
Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do
provider :instagram, 'TOKEN', 'SECRETKEY' , {:scope => "basic likes comments"}
end
Unfortunately starting from April 14th 2015 new clients cannot get access for any scope but basic. Official message could be found at the client configuration page:
Starting April 14th 2015, new clients need to request access to be able to post likes, follows, and comments. For more information please read the Developer Blog at http://developers.instagram.com.
The message refers following blog entry: http://developers.instagram.com/post/116410697261/publishing-guidelines-and-signed-requests
Instagram requires personal request to be sent to enable scopes for your application (client ID), but your app has to meet certain conditions described in the blog entry.
i have the same problem i found this solution and works fine
Go to Manage clients under instagram/developer. Then click edit under your app and uncheck Disable Implicit OAuth. It will now work as intended.
Instragram changed this for a reason though, so should probably think twice before going public with your app: http://instagram.com/developer/restrict-api-requests/
At this time, May 2015, YES.
As explained on instagram documentation about authentication:
The Instagram API uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol for simple, but effective authentication and authorization. OAuth 2.0 is much easier to use than previous schemes and developers can start using the Instagram API almost immediately. The one thing to keep in mind is that all requests to the API must be made over SSL (https:// not http://).
You first need to register your app here and then, with CLIENT ID provided by instagram, you can do this request:
https://api.instagram.com/oauth/authorize/?client_id=CLIENT-ID&redirect_uri=REDIRECT-URI&response_type=code
Where you have to put your client_id and redirect_uri.
Just for information, in redirect_uri field you can insert also
http://localhost
you must be add "+" between scopes like that is "basic+comments+follower_list+likes+public_content+relationships"
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20580535/instagram-api-do-scopes-work-with-oauth2-implicit-authentication-flow