Instagram how to get my user id from username?

Question

I\'m in the process of embedding my image feed in my website using JSON, the URL needs my user id so I can retrieve this feed.

So, where can I find/get my user id?

Answer 1

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q="[USERNAME]"&access_token=[ACCESS TOKEN]

Please notice the quotation marks.

This does not always return a valid result but more often than non-quoted one:

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q="self"&count=1&access_token=[ACCESS TOKEN] 

returns user "self" (id: 311176867)

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/search?q=self&count=1&access_token=[ACCESS TOKEN]

returns user "super_selfie" (id: 1422944651)