Instagram Publishing API
Content creation and publishing workflow
Instagram Publishing API is one of 9 APIs that Instagram publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Publishing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, authentication docs, and a changelog.
This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 21.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0, https://graph.instagram.com/v21.0.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Instagram Publishing API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 7 scopes.
oauth2— OAuth 2.0 authentication via Instagram Login or Facebook Login.
Paths & Operations 4
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Content creation and publishing workflow
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CreateContainerRequest (8 properties), ContainerResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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