Where do I find the Instagram media ID of a image

Question

I\'m am looking for the MediaID of an Instagram image which has been uploaded. It should look like

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Answer 1

In pure JS (provided your browser can handle XHRs, which every major browser [including IE > 6] can):

function igurlretrieve(url) {

  var urldsrc = "http://api.instagram.com/oembed?url=" + url;

  //fetch data from URL data source
  var x = new XMLHttpRequest();
  x.open('GET', urldsrc, true);
  x.send();

  //load resulting JSON data as JS object
  var urldata = JSON.parse(x.responseText);

  //reconstruct data as "instagram://" URL that can be opened in iOS app
  var reconsturl = "instagram://media?id=" + urldata.media_id;
  return reconsturl;

}

Provided this is your goal -- simply opening the page in the Instagram iOS app, which is exactly what this is about -- this should do, especially if you don't want to have to endure licensing fees.