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

Working solution ~2018

I've found that, providing you have an access token, you can perform the following request in your browser:

https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self?access_token=[VALUE]

In fact, access token contain the User ID (the first segment of the token):

.1677aaa.aaa042540a2345d29d11110545e2499

You can get an access token by using this tool provided by Pixel Union.