Instagram Api User Logout

Question

How do I perform a logout from my application only (not from the instagram account - but yes from my app) ?

I saw some people saying "refer the user to the instagram logout page" but it's not what I really need.

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '12 at 07:59

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You could use an iframe in your own "logout" page. Something like:

<iframe src="https://instagram.com/accounts/logout/" width="0" height="0" />

You probably want to redirect to the main page after the log out is performed.

Hope that helped.

answered Nov 19 '12 at 07:59

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I try it but this error is thrown https://www.instagram.com/accounts/logout/ in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'SAMEORIGIN' – dev verma Jun 15 '17 at 12:46

Tristan · Answer 2 · 2015-02-26T16:03:33.290

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If Bhavik S's answer didn't work for you, like me, because of XFrame Options being set to SAMEORIGIN, try putting the logout in an image's src:

<img src="http://instagram.com/accounts/logout/" width="0" height="0" />

edited Feb 26 '15 at 16:03

answered Feb 10 '15 at 01:17

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Great answer. There are no restrictions on loading an image and because the logout is a GET request this just works. – Tim Fletcher Oct 02 '17 at 22:11
sweet. never thought of this hack. just tried it on something - worked like a charm – Ricky Brown Nov 15 '19 at 18:00

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '12 at 04:10

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If you are using PHP/HTML I would put a hidden IMG element with the SRC attribute pointed at the Instagram logout URL.

answered Sep 18 '12 at 04:10

Brad

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 12 '13 at 12:06

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You can use an ajax call, which gives you another benefit that in case of an HTTP error due to any reason you'll get exception and you can find either it was logged out or you got any http error. Also in case of success you can run some code to show or hide any component on your page without any page refresh.

        $.ajax({
            url: "https://instagram.com/accounts/logout/",
            success: function (data) {
            },
            error: function (e) {
                alert('Error::' + e.responseText);
                //in case of any error you can put some code here.
            }
        });

answered Nov 12 '13 at 12:06

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Thankyou, this was exactly what I was looking for! – DanceSC Oct 20 '15 at 16:05
@JamieL only if you don't allow that domain, you could simply run AJAX and allow from the origin and it would work fine. – Jordan Davis Dec 19 '17 at 02:05

Instagram Api User Logout

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