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

1234567894561231236_33215652

I have found out the last set of integers are the usersID

For example: this is the link for the image directly, however I see no mediaID in the correct format?

http://distilleryimage11.ak.instagram.com/d33aafc8b55d11e2a66b22000a9f09de_7.jpg

while this is the link

http://instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL/

I don't wish to use the API as all I need the MediaID from a selected image.

score 102 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 27 '16 at 08:21

102

Here's a better way:

http://api.instagram.com/oembed?url=http://instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL/

Render as json object and you can easily extract media id from it ---

For instance, in PHP

$api = file_get_contents("http://api.instagram.com/oembed?url=http://instagram.com/p/Y7‌GF-5vftL/");      
$apiObj = json_decode($api,true);      
$media_id = $apiObj['media_id'];

For instance, in JS

$.ajax({     
    type: 'GET',     
    url: 'http://api.instagram.com/oembed?callback=&url=http://instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL‌/',     
    cache: false,     
    dataType: 'jsonp',     
    success: function(data) {           
        try{              
            var media_id = data[0].media_id;          
        }catch(err){}   
    } 
});

edited Nov 27 '16 at 08:21

Giacomo1968

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answered Sep 02 '13 at 07:46

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`$api = file_get_contents("http://api.instagram.com/oembed?url=http://instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL/"); $apiObj = json_decode($api,true); $media_id = $apiObj['media_id'];` – George Sep 19 '13 at 01:43
Thanks for reply i was referring to javascrip method without php ! Is it possible without php ? Or there will be cross domain restriction with ajax call? – user1788736 Sep 19 '13 at 02:10
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I have not tested this, but off the top of my head: `$.ajax({ type: 'GET', url: 'http://api.instagram.com/oembed?callback=&url=http://instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL/', cache: false, dataType: 'jsonp', success: function(data) { try{ var media_id = data[0].media_id; }catch(e){ } } });` If you need further help, create a new ticket and let me know – George Sep 19 '13 at 05:56
many thanks i had to use var media_id = data.media_id instead. you think i can jsonp all instagram api this way? it is good way because it takes away load on the server using jsonp. – user1788736 Sep 19 '13 at 19:46
yes and no. there isn't a limit to the number of api calls for this particular api. But for the rest of instagram's api, there is a 5000 request/hour limit per client_id and 30 request/hour limit on access token. depending on which you need. – George Sep 20 '13 at 01:46
why oembed fails on private profiles? I want get image media id of private profiles that i am following already but using above method fails! Is yhere any other way to get those media ids for private profiles? – user1788736 Oct 04 '13 at 01:52
you will need access, using instagram API and permission from the users. [respective link](http://instagram.com/developer/authentication/) – George Oct 04 '13 at 02:16
I am already following the user so its means i have permission but the above api link return nothing!for all private profiles the above api url fails! Do i need to pass it my access token?how? – user1788736 Oct 04 '13 at 07:05
The user needs to give your app the permission - following is not enough. Do create a separate question, and state what you've tried and what doesn't work. – George Oct 04 '13 at 08:38

score 23 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 22 '19 at 20:22

So the most up-voted "Better Way" is a little deprecated so here is my edit and other solutions:

Javascript + jQuery

$.ajax({
    type: 'GET',
    url: 'http://api.instagram.com/oembed?callback=&url='+Url, //You must define 'Url' for yourself
    cache: false,
    dataType: 'json',
    jsonp: false,
    success: function (data) {
       var MediaID = data.media_id;
   }
});

PHP

$your_url = "" //Input your url
$api = file_get_contents("http://api.instagram.com/oembed?callback=&url=" . your_url);      
$media_id = json_decode($api,true)['media_id'];

So, this is just an updated version of @George's code and is currently working. However, I made other solutions, and some even avoid an ajax request:

Shortcode Ajax Solution

Certain Instagram urls use a shortened url syntax. This allows the client to just use the shortcode in place of the media id if requested properly.

An example shortcode url looks like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL/

The Y7GF-5vftL is your shortcode for the picture.

Using Regexp:

var url = "https://www.instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL/"; //Define this yourself
var Key = /p\/(.*?)\/$/.exec(url)[1];

In the same scope, Key will contain your shortcode. Now to request, let's say, a low res picture using this shortcode, you would do something like the following:

    $.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        dataType: "json",
        url: "https://api.instagram.com/v1/media/shortcode/" + Key + "?access_token=" + access_token, //Define your 'access_token'
        success: function (RawData) {
            var LowResURL = RawData.data.images.low_resolution.url;
        }
    });

There is lots of other useful information, including the media id, in the returned RawData structure. Log it or look up the api documentation to see.

Shortcode Conversion Solution

You can actually convert your shortcode to the id fairly easily! Here's a simple way to do it in javascript:

function shortcodeToInstaID(Shortcode) {
      var char;
      var id = 0;
      var alphabet = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_';
      for (var i = 0; i < Shortcode.length; i++) {
          char = Shortcode[i];
          id = (id * 64) + alphabet.indexOf(char);
      }
      return id;
  }

Note: If you want a more robust node.js solution, or want to see how you would convert it back, check out @Slang's module on npm.

Full Page Solution

So what if you have the URL to a full Instagram page like: https://www.instagram.com/p/BAYYJBwi0Tssh605CJP2bmSuRpm_Jt7V_S8q9A0/

Well, you can actually read the HTML to find a meta property that contains the Media ID. There are also a couple other algorithms you can perform on the URL itself to get it, but I believe that requires too much effort so we will keep it simple. Either query the meta tag al:ios:url or iterate through the html. Since reading metatags is posted all over, I'll show you how to iterate.

NOTE: This is a little unstable and is vulnerable to being patched. This method does NOT work on a page that uses a preview box. So if you give it the current HTML when you click on a picture in someone's profile, this WILL break and return a bad Media ID.

function getMediaId(HTML_String) {
  var MediaID = "";
  var e = HTML_String.indexOf("al:ios:url") + 42; //HTML_String is a variable that contains all of the HTML text as a string for the current document. There are many different ways to retrieve this so look one up. 
  for (var i = e; i <= e + 100; i++) { //100 should never come close to being reached
      if (request.source.charAt(i) == "\"")
         break;
      MediaID += request.source.charAt(i);
  }
  return MediaID;
}

And there you go, a bunch of different ways to use Instagram's api to get a Media ID. Hope one fixes your struggles.

score 21 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

Here's an even better way:

No API calls! And I threw in converting a media_id to a shortcode as an added bonus.

Based on slang's amazing work for figuring out the conversion. Nathan's work converting base10 to base64 in php. And rgbflawed's work converting it back the other way (with a modified alphabet). #teameffort

function mediaid_to_shortcode($mediaid){

    if(strpos($mediaid, '_') !== false){
        $pieces = explode('_', $mediaid);
        $mediaid = $pieces[0];
        $userid = $pieces[1];
    }

    $alphabet = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_';
    $shortcode = '';
    while($mediaid > 0){
        $remainder = $mediaid % 64;
        $mediaid = ($mediaid-$remainder) / 64;
        $shortcode = $alphabet{$remainder} . $shortcode;
    };

    return $shortcode;

}

function shortcode_to_mediaid($shortcode){

    $alphabet='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_';

    $mediaid = 0;

    foreach(str_split($shortcode) as $letter) {
        $mediaid = ($mediaid*64) + strpos($alphabet, $letter);
    }

    return $mediaid;

}

Not working for me anymore. I guess is deprecated. – Philip Enc Jul 12 '23 at 10:08 — Philip Enc, Jul 12 '23 at 10:08

Elad Ratson · Answer 4 · 2021-11-23T16:28:57.037

Here's a much better way (No Instagram API):

Get the permalink URL of the Instagram image you need the media ID for.
http://instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL/
add ?__a=1 at the end of the permalink
http://instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL/?__a=1

Run the link in a browser and Instagram will provide all the metadata of the image in JSON, from which you can easily recover the image ID and other valuable data.

The JSON response will look like this:

{
  "graphql": {
    "shortcode_media": {
      "__typename": "GraphImage",
      "id": "448979387270691659",
      "shortcode": "Y7GF-5vftL",
      "dimensions": {
        "height": 612,
        "width": 612
      },
      "gating_info": null,
      "fact_check_overall_rating": null,
      "fact_check_information": null,
      "sensitivity_friction_info": null,
      "sharing_friction_info": {
        "should_have_sharing_friction": false,
        "bloks_app_url": null
      },
      "media_overlay_info": null,
      "media_preview": null,
      "display_url": "https://scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e15/11324452_400723196800905_116356150_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=YQtotj4Ygh0AX9Vqa8s&edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&ccb=7-4&oh=9f8658a873a3e94a462db148bde85b5a&oe=61A49EE6&_nc_sid=83d603",
      "display_resources": [
        {
          "src": "https://scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e15/11324452_400723196800905_116356150_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=YQtotj4Ygh0AX9Vqa8s&edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&ccb=7-4&oh=9f8658a873a3e94a462db148bde85b5a&oe=61A49EE6&_nc_sid=83d603",
          "config_width": 640,
          "config_height": 640
        },
        {
          "src": "https://scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e15/11324452_400723196800905_116356150_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=YQtotj4Ygh0AX9Vqa8s&edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&ccb=7-4&oh=9f8658a873a3e94a462db148bde85b5a&oe=61A49EE6&_nc_sid=83d603",
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          "config_height": 750
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          "src": "https://scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e15/11324452_400723196800905_116356150_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-cdt1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=YQtotj4Ygh0AX9Vqa8s&edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&ccb=7-4&oh=9f8658a873a3e94a462db148bde85b5a&oe=61A49EE6&_nc_sid=83d603",
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        "edges": []
      },
      "edge_media_to_caption": {
        "edges": [
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            "node": {
              "text": "New ankle biter! #Beagle #pup #shoes #blueisthecolor #cute #iwantone"
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}

You can use the same ?__a=1 ending even on Instagram user permalinks, for example https://www.instagram.com/taz4535/?__a=1 and you'll get incredibly valuable user data in the reply JSON.

The best is that this is all done without Instagram API authentication!

Info: The Media Id is a string containing two ids. First the real post id, which is the id in the output above and the account id of the account who posted it. The account id is at graphql -> owner -> id. — ValiSpaceProgramming, May 18 '21 at 16:57
as yild mentioned, Instagram discontinued this unofficial ?__a=1 api endpoint — weezilla, Nov 24 '22 at 09:18

score 14 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 07 '21 at 07:59

You can actually derive the MediaId from the last segment of the link algorithmically using a method I wrote about here: http://carrot.is/coding/instagram-ids. It works by mapping the URL segment by character codes & converting the id into a base 64 number.

For example, given the link you mentioned (http://instagram.com/p/Y7GF-5vftL), we get the last segment (Y7GF-5vftL) then we map it into character codes using the base64 url-safe alphabet (24:59:6:5:62:57:47:31:45:11_64). Next, we convert this base64 number into base10 (448979387270691659).

If you append your userId after an _ you get the full id in the form you specified, but since the MediaId is unique without the userId you can actually omit the userId from most requests.

Finally, I made a Node.js module called instagram-id-to-url-segment to automate this conversion:

convert = require('instagram-id-to-url-segment');
instagramIdToUrlSegment = convert.instagramIdToUrlSegment;
urlSegmentToInstagramId = convert.urlSegmentToInstagramId;

instagramIdToUrlSegment('448979387270691659'); // Y7GF-5vftL
urlSegmentToInstagramId('Y7GF-5vftL'); // 448979387270691659

score 8 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

8

Try the solution from this question: How can I get an direct Instagram link from a twitter entity?

You can get just the image by appending /media/ to the URL. Using your

You can even specify a size,

One of t (thumbnail), m (medium), l (large). Defaults to m.

So for a thumbnail: http://instagr.am/p/QC8hWKL_4K/media/?size=t

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Jan 20 '14 at 03:27

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@pal4life Try using one media existing. Worked for me with another image: http://instagram.com/p/xrXtpsqlaV/media?size=l – LeonardDrs Jan 12 '15 at 16:36

score 8 · Answer 7 · answered May 09 '17 at 18:21

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Here is python solution to do this without api call.

def media_id_to_code(media_id):
    alphabet = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_'
    short_code = ''
    while media_id > 0:
        remainder = media_id % 64
        media_id = (media_id-remainder)/64
        short_code = alphabet[remainder] + short_code
    return short_code


def code_to_media_id(short_code):
    alphabet = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_'
    media_id = 0;
    for letter in short_code:
        media_id = (media_id*64) + alphabet.index(letter)

    return media_id

answered May 09 '17 at 18:21

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NOTE: for python3 you should use "//64" instead of "/64" because of division operator behavior change, see "floor division" for details. – Victor Gavro Dec 28 '18 at 18:24
There is method in instabot-py library bot.get_media_id_from_link("https://www.instagram.com/p/BAYYJBwi0Ts/"). The result is the same as code_to_media_id ("BAYYJBwi0Ts"). – Vodyanikov Andrew Aug 26 '19 at 14:56
`media_id, remainder = divmod(media_id, 64)` – Olvin Roght Jan 01 '22 at 21:12

score 3 · Answer 8 · edited Dec 10 '15 at 14:55

Your media ID is: 448979387270691659_45818965 This is how to get it.

Go to instgram.com/username.
Click the photo you want the id of.
(Chrome instructions) right click on the photo (should be a popup image)
Inspect element
Search through the selected text, you should see something like this photo448979387270691659_45818965

There should be your photo ID.

For some reason, this only seems to work with the popup, and not the actual image URL.

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 17 '13 at 06:35

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.

SamB · Answer 10 · 2018-10-23T03:22:08.737

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The iOS Instagram app has now registered for regular http links to open in the Instagram app and this deeplink methodology is no longer necessary.

old

Swift 4 short-code parsing solution

private static func instagramDeepLinkFromHTTPLink(_ link: String) -> String? {
    guard let shortcode = link.components(separatedBy: "/").last else { return nil }

    // algorithm from https://stackoverflow.com/a/37246231/337934
    let alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
    var mediaId: Int = 0
    for (_, char) in shortcode.enumerated() {
        guard let index = alphabet.index(of: char) else { continue }
        mediaId = (mediaId * 64) + index.encodedOffset
    }

    return "instagram://media?id=\(mediaId)"
}

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 16 '18 at 19:25

Same thing you can implement in Python-

import requests,json

def get_media_id(media_url):
   url = 'https://api.instagram.com/oembed/?callback=&url=' + media_url
   response = requests.get(url).json()
   print(response['media_id'])

get_media_id('MEDIA_URL')

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Aug 21 '17 at 14:41

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You can use the shortcode media API from instagram. If you use php you can use the following code to get the shortcode from the image's URL:

$matches = [];

preg_match('/instagram\.com\/p\/([^\/]*)/i', $url, $matches);

if (count($matches) > 1) {
    $shortcode = $matches[1];
}

Then send a request to the API using your access token (Replace ACCESS-TOKEN with your token)

$apiUrl = sprintf("https://api.instagram.com/v1/media/shortcode/%s?access_token=ACCESS-TOKEN", $shortcode);

answered Aug 21 '17 at 14:41

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This isn't working. Throwing an error, "Page Not Found • Instagram" – Rudra Mar 11 '19 at 06:09
This is actually deprecated. Instagram's API is not active anymore ;-) – totas Mar 14 '19 at 15:36

score 0 · Answer 13 · edited Sep 23 '20 at 08:42

Instagram deprecated their legacy APIs in support for Basic Display API during the late 2019

In Basic Display API you are supposed to use the following API endpoint to get the media id. You will need to supply a valid access token.

https://graph.instagram.com/me/media?fields=id,caption&access_token={access-token}

You can read here on how to configure test account and generate access token on Facebook developer portal.

Here is another article which also describes about how to get access token.

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jul 23 '21 at 09:31

Instagram media id to Shortcode

Instagram Shortcode to media id

var bigint = require( 'big-integer' )

var lower = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
var upper = lower.toUpperCase();
var numbers = '0123456789'
var ig_alphabet =  upper + lower + numbers + '-_'
var bigint_alphabet = numbers + lower

function toShortcode( longid )
{
var o = bigint( longid ).toString( 64 )
return o.replace(/<(\d+)>|(\w)/g, (m,m1,m2) =>
{
    return ig_alphabet.charAt( ( m1 )
      ? parseInt( m1 ) 
      : bigint_alphabet.indexOf( m2 ) )
    });
}

function fromShortcode( shortcode )
{
    var o = shortcode.replace( /\S/g, m =>
    {
    var c = ig_alphabet.indexOf( m )
    var b = bigint_alphabet.charAt( c ) 
    return ( b != "" ) ? b : `<${c}>`
    } ) 
    return bigint( o, 64 ).toString( 10 )
}
toShortcode(  '908540701891980503' ) // s.b. 'ybyPRoQWzX'
fromShortcode( 'ybyPRoQWzX' ) // s.b. '908540701891980503'

Could you add an explanation - what this does? – avalanche1 Sep 28 '22 at 19:38 — avalanche1, Sep 28 '22 at 19:38

score -1 · Answer 15 · answered Nov 24 '16 at 10:29

Right click on a photo and open in a new tab/window. Right click on inspect element. Search for:

instagram://media?id=

This will give you:

instagram://media?id=############# /// the ID

The full id construct from

photoID_userID

To get the user id, search for:

instapp:owner_user_id Will be in content=

Where do I find the Instagram media ID of a image

15 Answers15

Here's a better way:

Here's an even better way:

Here's a much better way (No Instagram API):

Linked