According to this press release: https://madmimi.com/p/7a2394?fe=1&pact=23816224659#, this company can upload directly to Instagram.
I thought uploading to Instagram's API was not allowed? Does any one know how this is done?
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Instagram private API? I was looking for the same thing, couldn't find any hopeful results rather than a GitHub repository [phpinstagram](https://github.com/gruzilla/phpinstagram) – Adam Azad Jul 12 '14 at 17:12
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1If you run wireshark while gramblr is logging in and uplaoding, you should be able to read the packets to determine how they are doing it. – user3610030 Jul 17 '14 at 03:36
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1Here's a python library that claims to be able to do it, but "The key needed to sign the requests has been purposely omitted." https://github.com/acoomans/instagram-client – user3610030 Jul 17 '14 at 03:39
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Per Instagram's API documentation:
At this time, uploading via the API is not possible. We made a conscious choice not to add this for the following reasons...
While it is possible to use Instagram's private API to upload photos (you'd need to capture this information using a proxy server) it is a very quick way to get you instantly banned for life from using the API.
There are a handful of exceptions to this rule, Hipstamatic/Oggl being one of them. Whether or not posts.so is or not, I can't say, though I find it highly unlikely that they're authorized to do that they're doing. More-so with gramblr, their site is.. shady at best.
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I read the API docs, yes there is a exception list while Gramblr is not in it, Good answer though ;) – Adam Azad Jul 16 '14 at 09:17
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So are you suggesting this company is using the same kind of hack that Gramblr is using? – user3610030 Jul 17 '14 at 03:34
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You cannot post pictures to Instagram via the API.
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According to the press release in the original question, this company claims to be able to do it. – user3610030 Jul 17 '14 at 03:33